Carl Gehewe

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Carl Heinrich Constantin Gehewe (born February 12, 1796 in Dorpat ; † July 2, 1856 in Eger-Franzensbad ) was a Baltic German clergyman and promoter of the Estonian language .

Life

Carl's father Johannes Gehewe (* around 1757, master tailor) had moved to Dorpat from Hessen and married Katharina Poltin (* April 14, 1784) here.

Carl Gehewe attended high school in Tartu and studied here from 1814 to 1815 and from 1817 to 1819 theology ; he was awarded a silver medal for a prize work by the faculty. After working as a private tutor at Schloss Ringen in Livonia, he worked as a pastor in Ringen from 1820 to 1831 , and then looked after the Estonian rural community in Dorpat from 1831 until his death. He tried very hard to translate church texts into Estonian and wrote several writings for this purpose. He was one of the founders of the Estonian Scholarly Society , became its first president and held the office from 1838 to 1841, alternatively from 1842 to 1843. In this company he gave a number of lectures on the Estonian language. In 1855 he was elected an honorary member. For a long time he was also director of the city's widows and death benefit.

Gehewe died on a vacation trip in Eger-Franzensbad. He was married to Marie Moritz; his son Carl Wilhelm Gehewe was a neurologist .

Fonts (Estonian)

  • (Translation) Lammaste-karjusse Ramatokenne: Schmalzi nink Koppe oppusse perra meiepolitse lamba wallitsejide nink lamba poisside hääs kirjotetu . ('Book of the Shepherd. Based on the teachings of Schmalz and Koppe for the benefit of our sheep owners and shepherds.') Tarto: JC Schünmann 1830. 115 pp.
  • (Translation) Luterusse Catechism ('Lutheran Catechism') Tartu 1836. 24 pp.
  • (Translation) Piibli Catekism ehk Meie Lutterusse usso Catekisms Öppetus nore rahwa kassuks pühha kirja sannadega ärraselletud. ('The Catechism of the Bible or The Catechism of Our Lutheran Faith Explained in the Words of the Holy Scriptures for the Young'). Tartu: Schünmanni lesk 1844. 112 pp.
  • Tarto- ja Wörro-ma rahwa calendar ehk Täht-ramat 1840 ('Folk Calendar for Tartumaa and Võrumaa or Merkbuch for the year 1840'). Tartu: Liivimaa Üldkasulik ja Majanduslik Selts 1839. 64 pp.
  • Luggemisse Ramat laste kolitamisse tarwis ('Reading Book for School Children'). Tarto: H. Laakmann. 56 p. 1841, new edition 1843, facsimile 2004.
  • ABD nink wäikenne Luggemisse ramat Tarto marahwa tullus ('ABD and small reading book for the Tartu rural people'). Tartu: H. Laakmann 1860. (New editions 1879 and 1885).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Student album of the Dorpatschen Gymnasium from 1804-1879. Dorpat 1879, no.146.
  2. ^ Arnold Hasselblatt and Gustav Otto : Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat. C. Mattiesen, Dorpat 1889, no.939 and 1212.
personal data
SURNAME Gehewe, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gehewe, Carl Heinrich Constantin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baltic German clergyman and promoter of the Estonian language
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorpat
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1856
Place of death Eger-Franzensbad