Carl Friedrich Cless

Carl Friedrich Cless (born December 31, 1797 in Heidenheim an der Brenz , † April 29, 1861 in Kuchen ) was a German pastor and writer .

Life

Born as the son of the deacon David Friedrich Cless (1768–1810), Cless studied Protestant theology in Tübingen and Heidelberg . During his studies he became a member of the Tübingen fraternity Arminia and in 1817 a member of the old Heidelberg fraternity . After completing his studies, he worked as a parish vicar in Welzheim from 1820 to 1821 , where he was pastor or parish administrator until 1824 . After a short stop in Steinenberg in 1824, he was pastor in Holzheim until 1833 . At the same time he was director of the school conference in Göppingen . From 1833 to 1847 he was pastor in Tüngental , in 1847 in Sontheim an der Brenz and from 1858 in Kuchen. Cless was a member of the Patriotic Society .

Publications (selection)

• Expert opinion on the new hymnal to be introduced in Würtemberg. To recommend it to the educated classes of the fatherland. Schwäbisch Hall 1841.
• Description of the Thüngenthal district, Hall Oberamts. Schwäbisch Hall 1842.
• Six king songs composed on different occasions and published for the reign of His Majesty King Wilhelm von Würtemberg. Schwäbisch Hall 1842.
• Patriotic travel songs mostly from Upper Swabia and Lake Constance. Schwäbisch Hall 1843.
• Basic features of the draft of a new constitution for the Protestant Church in Württemberg. Giengen 1849.
• The Sunday celebration in Württemberg, its origin, meaning, disintegration and legislation. A treatise on canon law and church history, initially for theologians but also for educated people from the secular classes. Giengen ad Brenz 1852.

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 110–111.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cleß, David Friedrich on Württembergische Kirchengeschichte Online (accessed on August 1, 2019).