Christian Adam Then

Christian Adam Dann (born December 24, 1758 in Tübingen , † March 19, 1837 in Stuttgart ) was a German Lutheran pastor, animal welfare pioneer and follower of Pietism .

Life

Christian Adam Dann was born on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 1758 in Tübingen. His father Jakob Heinrich Dann was mayor of Tübingen, court judge and member of the state parliament, his mother was Sophie Elisabet Mögling. After his childhood in Tübingen, Dann attended the Blaubeuren monastery school as a pupil and entered the Tübingen Theological Monastery in 1777 , where he became a pupil of Gottlob Christian Storr . He then worked for two years as vicar of the Preceptor in Bebenhausen and five years as a repetent at the Tübinger Stift, before he took up his first position as a deacon in Göppingen in 1793 . From 1794 he worked as a deacon in the Stuttgart Leonhardskirche , from 1800 in the Stuttgart Hospital Church .

On the occasion of a funeral address at the grave of the Stuttgart actor and comedian Carl Friderich Weberling (1769-1812), he criticized morality and theater life in the city so fiercely in 1812 that King Friedrich I transferred him to the village of Öschingen near Tübingen after he rejected it had to take over the Dean's office in Weinsberg . In 1819 Dann moved to Mössingen before King Wilhelm I brought him back to Stuttgart in 1824. After his return he was first the first deacon at the collegiate church and from 1825 until his death the parish priest in the Leonhardskirche in Stuttgart. A sermon he gave in 1830 moved the later founder of the Stuttgart deaconess institution Charlotte Reihlen so much that she turned to pietism.

Then grave of Christian Adam.

Then died at the age of 78 on March 19, 1837 in Stuttgart. He was buried in Section 5 at the Fangelsbach Cemetery in Stuttgart.

family

Then in 1798 married Luise Christiane Finner (1768–1817), a daughter of Conrad Heinrich Finner, town clerk and bailiff in Weilheim, and Elisabethe Christiane Neußer (?). The son Christian Heinrich Immanuel Dann (1800–1866), who worked as a pastor in Schwieberdingen, emerged from the marriage.

Animal welfare

During his time in Mössingen, Dann discovered a stork riddled with bullets in 1821 . Angry about this cruelty to animals, he wrote the text that appeared the following year: Request of the poor animals, the unreasonable creatures, to their sensible fellow creatures and masters, the people , in which he not only describes the senseless torture of domestic, farm and wild animals as well as the Denounced neglect and mistreatment of cattle, but also animal testing and the looting of nature through egg theft and bird trapping. Then his writing was overwritten with quotations from the Old Testament , which tell of God's merciful treatment of animals. He called for animals to be respected as God's beloved creatures and fellow creatures. A person who tortures animals cannot love God either. Furthermore, the senseless torture of animals should be stopped, since cruelty towards animals also leads to cruelty towards fellow human beings and to a brutalization of society. Another paper on the protection of animals appeared ten years later. Then, in his fight against cruelty to animals, he argued that animal welfare was a biblical requirement, which u. a. he justified with the Bible passage "The righteous have mercy on his cattle, but the heart of the wicked is ruthless" ( Prov 12.10  LUT ).

Dann's writings had such a strong impact on his friend, the song writer and pastor Albert Knapp , that he founded Germany's first animal welfare association in 1837, eleven months after Dann's death .

Honors

In 2008 the city of Mössingen named a street after him, Christian-Dann-Straße . In September and October 2008 an exhibition with the title Mössingen's Old Masters in Bird and Animal Protection - Exhibition Christian Ludwig Landbeck (ornithologist) and Pastor Christian Adam Dann took place in Mössingen .

Fonts

In addition to theological writings and songs, Dann was best known as the author of two writings in which he advocated animal welfare and is therefore considered a pioneer of animal welfare in Germany. It appeared:

Writings on animal welfare

• Pray of the poor animals, the unreasonable creatures, to their sensible fellow creatures and masters, men. Fues, Tübingen 1822 (2nd edition 1838).
• An urgent call, illuminated by many examples, to all people of reflection and feeling to common concern and alleviation of the unspeakable sufferings of the animals living in our environment. Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1832.

Both writings are printed in:

• Christian Adam Dann, Albert Knapp: Against animal cruelty: Early calls for animal welfare from the Württemberg Pietism (= Small Texts of Pietism. Vol. 7), ed. by Martin H. Jung, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-374-01988-9 .

Theological writings

• Guide to Christian Reflection for Young People on Confirmation, Communion, and Early Godliness (1801; 3rd Edition 1837)
• The most beautiful stories for Christian children. LF Fues, Tübingen 1805 ( digitized version )
• Statements by a preacher to his congregation. A New Year's sheet. Tübingen by Ludwig Friedrich Fues 1807. (Anonymous, 16 p.)
• Spring Feyer. A word of teaching and encouragement for the dear youth on May Day. Stuttgart, at Joh. Friedr. Stone head. (Anonymous, 24 p.)
• The great deeds of God for renewed devotion to the worshipers of our Lord presented in a short overview. Stuttgart by Joh. Friedr. Stone head. 1811. (Anonymous, 32 pp.)
• Gethsemane and Golgotha. A devotional sheet to promote a useful celebration of the great and silent week. Tübingen, by Ludw. Friedrich Fuss. 1812. (Anonymous, 24 p.)
• Farewell sermon in Stuttgart (November 22nd, 1812.) and inaugural sermon in Oeschingen (November 29th, 1812.) A memorandum intended for both communities and left to print for charitable purposes by Christian Adam Dann, pastor in Oeschingen. Tübingen, printed with Hopfer's writings. 1813. (72 pp.)
• The most beautiful birthday and name day. Second improved edition. Tübingen, by Ludwig Friedrich Fues. (Anonymous, 24 p.)
• New Year's sheet for older and younger Christians whose spiritual exercise is godliness. Stuttgart, at Joh. Fried. Stone head. 1813. (Anonymous, 36 pp.)
• Confession and Communion Book (1816; 4th edition 1838)
• For my school children. A memorial to awaken pious and happy thoughts on the celebration of the Reformation. Tübingen, with Ludwig Friedrich Fues. 1817. (Anonymous, 12 p.)
• For my school children. Second thought sheet for the preservation, preservation and increase of the festive, pious and happy impressions and thoughts. From CAD Tübingen, by Ludwig Friedrich Fues. 1817. (14 pp.)
• For my school children. Third thought sheet. Something from Luther's teaching wisdom or his intellectual exercises with children. To revive the memory of the dear man of God. From CAD on the 1st Sunday Epiph. than the day of a school and children's sermon. Tübingen, with Ludwig Friedrich Fues. 1818. (10 pp.)
• For my school children. Fourth paper. Luther's going home to the Lord, celebrated d. February 18, 1818 during the weekly prayer hour of CAD and his ward. Tübingen, with Ludw. Friedr. Feet. 1818. (8 pp.)
• The young hikers at the crossroads. A thought sheet dedicated to the first confirmed youth. Fourth improved edition. Tübingen, by Ludwig Friderich (!) Fues. 1820. (Anonymous, 36 pp.)
• Admonitions to my confirmands at the end of my class. Recorded for lasting memory for ... Tübingen, by Ludw. Friedr. Feet. 1821. (Anonymous, 16 p., Obviously to be dedicated by name to the respective confirmant)

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Then, Christian Adam. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1209.
• Helmut Engisch: Man of Sorrows of the Good News. Christian Adam Then, a brave fighter against all human weakness and eloquent preacher against sin and carnal lust. In: The Swabian Buffalo King and the Lion Madam. Delightful stories from courageous and curious Swabians. Stuttgart: Theiss, 1998, pages 127-144.
• Martin H. Jung: The beginnings of the animal protection movement in the 19th century. Mössingen - Tübingen - Stuttgart - Dresden - Munich . In: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte 56 (1997), pp. 205–239.
• Albert Knapp : Monument of love for the accomplished MCA Dann, city pastor near St. Leonhardt in Stuttgart. Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1837 (with bibliography).
• Christian Palmer:  Then, Christian Adam . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 740 f.
• A pastor made himself an advocate for animals. For the 250th birthday of Christian Adam Dann. In: Schwäbische Zeitung . January 15, 2009.
• Werner Raupp (Ed.): Lived Faith. Experiences and life testimonies from our country. A reading book, Metzingen / Württ .: Ernst Franz-Verlag 1993, pp. 218-227, 391 (introduction, source texts, lit.).
• Hermann Ziegler: Friedhöfe in Stuttgart, 5th volume: Fangelsbachfriedhof. Stuttgart Klett-Cotta, 1994, pages 98-99.

Web links

Commons : Christian Adam Dann  - Collection of Images

• Literature by and about Christian Adam Then in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ #Ziegler 1994 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Martin H. Jung : The beginnings of the German animal protection movement in the 19th century. Mössingen - Tübingen - Stuttgart - Dresden - Munich . In: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte 56 (1997), pp. 205–240, here p. 209.
3. ↑ #Ziegler 1994 .