Christian Gottlob Barth
Christian Gottlob Barth (born July 31, 1799 in Stuttgart , † November 12, 1862 in Calw ) was a German Protestant pastor , pietist , writer and publisher .
Life
Barth belongs to the Württemberg Pietism and is considered one of the "fathers" of the revival there in the 19th century. He was a pastor in Möttlingen from 1834 to 1838 and then worked for the Calwer publishing association (founded in 1833), where he campaigned for the dissemination of Christian folk literature. The pastoral office in Möttlingen was then taken over by Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1838–1852); Through his pastoral efforts for a sick woman, Gottliebin Dittus , the place later became well known as a result of the obsession and spooky phenomena associated with it.
While traveling to England and Scotland he got to know the Evangelical Alliance .
Barth is the poet of many songs, some of which have also been included in the Protestant church hymnbook. In 1832 he also wrote “Twice two and fifty biblical stories for schools and families”, a children's Bible in the spirit of revival, the title of which is similar to Johann Huebner's well-known children's Bible from 1714.
His History of Württemberg, which first appeared in 1843, saw numerous editions . There the following eulogy can be found : "Above all else, the inclined reader must know that there are two promised countries in the world, one is the land of Canaan or Palestine, the other is Württemberg!"
Christian Gottlob Barth was known for his extensive ethnographic collection, which was constantly expanded by the missionaries who worked for him worldwide. He gave important pieces to the natural history cabinet in Stuttgart and the University of Tübingen. In 1845 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1848 he became an honorary member of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg .
Remembrance day
November 12th in the Evangelical Name Calendar .
literature
- Karl Frohnmeyer: Barth, Christian Gottlob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 601 ( digitized version ).
- Werner Raupp : BARTH, Christian Gottlob. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 125-152.
- Palmer: Barth, Christian Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 94 f.
- Wilhelm Kopp : Christian Gottlob Barth. Life and work . 1886 ( Calwer family library, vol. 1).
- K. Müller: The religious awakening in the beginning of the 19th century . 1925.
- Julius Roessle: From Bengel to Blumhardt . 4th ed. 1966.
- Werner Raupp : Christian Gottlob Barth. Studies of life and work . 1998 (also Diss. Tübingen 1996).
- Jan Carsten Schnurr: Empires and witnesses to the truth. Historical images of the Protestant revival movement in Germany 1815-1848 , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011 (work on the history of Pietism, volume 57), ISBN 978-3-525-55014-4 .
- Karl Friedrich Werner : Christian Gottlob Barth, doctor of theology, after his life and work , 3 vols. Calw / Stuttgart 1865–1869.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Gottlob Barth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Christian Gottlob Barth in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry by Christian Gottlob Barth (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 12, 2016.
- ^ Honorary members of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg
- ↑ Christian Gottlob Barth in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barth, Christian Gottlob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant pastor, pietist, writer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1862 |
| Place of death | Calw |