Christian Gotthold Contius
Christian Gotthold Contius (born November 19, 1750 in Hunswalde, † November 8, 1816 in Dommitzsch ) was a German Protestant theologian and poet.
Life
Contius was the son of a pastor from Hunswalde near Bischofswerda . From 1764 to 1767 he attended the school of the Francke Foundation in Halle . He then began studying theology in Leipzig in 1768 , which he completed in 1772 with the acquisition of a master's degree . As a result, he took a job as a preacher in Dollenchen . From there, Contius moved to Hoyerswerda as archdeacon in 1798 . In 1805 he was appointed preacher and pastor to Dommitzsch.
Contius made a name for himself with his large number of poems (odes), which he published in many of his own writings, as well as weekly and monthly newspapers. He also published other works. Very talented in terms of art and craftsmanship, he mostly engraved the vignettes for his poems himself. He also engraved some sheets of paper after Dietrich, Schönau and other artists.
On his death, Contius left his widow Johanna Friederike geb. Lessing (1758–1831) and two sons and two daughters.
Works
- The Dardanelles or the prayer Mustapha III. ... (1772).
- Lyric poems and short stories (1773).
- Intercepted literary correspondence between Dodsley's art judges and other scholars (3 volumes 1772, 1773, 1774).
- Wieland and his subscribers (1775).
- Songs for the campaign in 1778 (1778).
- Songs of a Saxon Dragoons (1778).
- Lamentation of the young Blendheim in the shadow realm (Roman, Dresden 1780).
- The Marquis of Floredo Lamenting in the Underworld (1781).
- Medor and Angelica (1782).
- Poems (1782).
literature
- Friedrich Ferdinand Traugott Heerwagen : Literature history of the sacred songs and poems of the modern age. Vol. II, Schweinfurt 1797, p. 274.
- Gottlieb Friedrich Otto : Lexicon of the Upper Lusatian writers and artists who died in the fifteenth century and are now living. Vol. I., Görlitz 1800, pp. 215-217.
- Ernst Kelchner : Contius, Christian Gotthold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 45.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Contius, Christian Gotthold. In: Important historical personalities of the Düben Heath, AMF - No. 237, 2012, p. 19.
Individual evidence
- ^ Edmund Goetze - From the sources of Karl Goedeke: Ground plan for the history of German poetry . tape IV / 1 . Berlin-Düsseldorf 1955, p. 192 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Contius, Christian Gotthold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hunswalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1816 |
| Place of death | Dommitzsch |