Christian Gottlieb Glöckner

Christian Gottlieb Glöckner (born October 26, 1698 in Schwarzenberg , † March 19, 1780 in Annaberg ) was a German Protestant pastor, mountain preacher and superintendent .

Life

Glöckner was the son of blast furnace master Andreas Glöckner (born November 11, 1652 in Stützengrün ; † May 7, 1734 in Schwarzenberg) and his wife Esther geb. Weichel (born January 20, 1658 in Schwarzenberg; † May 21, 1743 ibid). His grandfather was the blast furnace master Martin Glöckner († December 18, 1695 in Stützengrün). According to the family chronicle, he emigrated from the Bohemian Neudek ( Trinksaifen ) to Electoral Saxony at the time of the Counter Reformation for reasons of faith .

Glöckner grew up in poor circumstances, he reported: "Since we were all still at home, Schmalhans was often our kitchen manager, we often went to bed hungry". He studied from 1713 to 1722 at the Kreuzschule in Dresden and from 1726 to 1733 at the University of Wittenberg . As a pupil of the sexton Rothe in Schwarzenberg, he was able to go to the University of Leipzig after six years .

He obtained the degree Mag. Phil. And worked temporarily as an assistant teacher in Dresden. According to his own statement, he brought the money he earned to his parents in Schwarzenberg: “As a taller student I gave lessons for a number of cruisers, but helped me and at times had so much that I even gave my parents to Schwarzenberg several times I was able to bring several guilders or Groeschlein with me. "

On the 4th Advent 1733 he took a preaching position in Arnsfeld for fifteen years and on July 16, 1745 he became the 25th preacher on the mount in Annaberg. There he was appointed 22nd superintendent on July 2, 1763. He died at the age of 82.

Honors

A larger than life portrait of Glöckner was hung up next to other pastors and superintendents in the church in Annaberg, and a copy was in the Protestant church in Neudek.

family

Glöckner married on May 4, 1734 in Annaberg Johanna Sophia geb. Mark, the daughter of the merchant and wine merchant Johann Georg Mark. The following children are known from the marriage.

Carl Gottlieb Glöckner (born October 28, 1744 in Arnsfeld; † August 6, 1826), master's degree, preacher on the mount; ⚭ 1774 in Alt-Leisnig Johanna Maria Sophia Mende
Gottlieb Friedrich Glöckner (* 1746), businessman in Döbeln
daughter

Works (selection)

Grateful memory of the divine care and help with the roofing of the main church in St. Annaberg, which began in 1765 and was completed the following year, with slate: at the suggestion of various friends, erected by M. Christian Gottlieb Glöcknern, PP and superintendent in St. Annaberg, Friese , 1767
David's opened mountain school, was at the usual mountain festivals, godly miners and trades ... on the almost night day of the 1749th year, on February 18, in the main church of St. Annaberg, in a mountain Sermon from Psalm XXXVII. 3.4. shown St. Annaberg: Friese, 1749
Episkopon Mias Gynaikos Andra Ad Ductum I. Tim. III. 2. Et Tit. 1. 6. Sistunt, Simulque Viro Plurimum-Reverendo ... Domino M. Christian. Gottlieb Gloecknero ... Coniugium Cum Virgine ... Johanna Sophia ... Joh.Georgii Marckii ... Filia Altera, D. IV. Nonas Maias, AOR MDCCXXXIV. Feliciter Ineunti, 1734
Dissertatio Theologica De Sexaginta Fortibus In Israel Circa Lectum Salomonis: In Cantic III, 7. 8. Dresdae: Harpeter, 1733

literature

Records of the Glöckner family, from five centuries, a family history based on old diaries edited by A. Glöckner
Friedrich August Weiz: The learned Saxony, Carl Friederich Schneidern, Leipzig, 1780, p. 78
Christian Gottlieb Jöcher: Allgemeinem Gelehrten-Lexico, Johann Christoph Adelung in Johann Friedrich Gleditschens Handlung, 1787, p. 1487
Johann Georg Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died between 1750 and 1800: text, Volume 4, G. Fleischer, der Jüngere, 1804, p. 226

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Carl Wilhelm Hering : History of the Saxon Highlands: with special reference to the Lauterstein office and neighboring cities, castles and manors . Barth, 1827 ( digitized in the Google book search [accessed on March 29, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Glöckner, Christian Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant pastor, mountain preacher and superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH	October 26, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwarzenberg
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1780
Place of death	Annaberg

[1] Carl Wilhelm Hering : History of the Saxon Highlands: with special reference to the Lauterstein office and neighboring cities, castles and manors . Barth, 1827 ( digitized in the Google book search [accessed on March 29, 2018]).