Christian Gotthold Neudecker

Johann Christian Gotthold Neudecker (also Christian Neudecker ; born April 10, 1807 in Gotha ; † July 11, 1866 there ) was a German church historian , private scholar and pedagogue .

Life

Neudecker was the son of a sergeant in the life guard of the Duke of Gotha. From 1816 he attended the Gothaer Gymnasium illustrious , which at that time had an excellent reputation and where, among others, in addition to the rector Friedrich Wilhelm Döring, he followed professors Friedrich Jacobs , Johann Friedrich Salomon Kaltwasser , Valentin Rost , Christian Ferdinand Schulze and Ernst Friedrich Wüstemann met. Then moved to the University of Jena at Easter 1826 . There he studied theology , history and education and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD .

Neudecker initially aimed for a career as a university lecturer and therefore moved to Leipzig as a lecturer . However, this plan failed due to its insufficient financial resources. After a study trip through southern Germany and France, he settled as a private tutor in Kassel . There he served in the house of Countess Hessenstein . After a few years, however, he returned to his hometown and worked as a private scholar. During this time he also turned down a call as superintendent in Altenburg .

In November 1842, Neudecker became a teacher under the rector Adolf Moritz Schulze at the Gotha public schools, and in 1843 their vice rector . After Schulze no longer wanted to be the sole head of the community schools, Neudecker was appointed second rector. After Schulze's departure in 1860, he completely took over the post of rector and held this until his death. Neudecker continued the reorganization of the Gotha school system that Schulze had begun and attended the model school in Frankfurt am Main on behalf of the ducal ministry .

In addition to his own rich literary activity, he also continued the works of others and obtained new editions.

Works (selection)

• General Lexicon of Religions- u. Christian church history for all confessions , 4 volumes and 1 supplement volume, Voigt, Ilmenau 1834–1837.
• Documents from the Reformation , Krieger, Kassel 1836.
• Strange files from the age of the Reformation , 2 volumes, Campe, Nuremberg 1838.
• Textbook of the historical-critical introduction to the New Testament , Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1840.
• New contributions to the history of the Reformation, with historical-critical comments , 2 volumes, Fleischer, Leipzig 1841.
• History of Protestant Protestantism in Germany for thinking and examining Christians , 2 volumes, Köhler, Leipzig 1844–1845.

literature

• Albert Schumann :  Neudecker, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 479-481.
• Max Schneider: The high school graduates of the Illustrious Gymnasium in Gotha from 1768 - 1859 , Gotha 1906, No. 762.

Web links

• Works by and about Christian Gotthold Neudecker  in the German Digital Library