Christian Jacob Koitsch

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Christian Jacob Koitsch (born September 13, 1671 in Meißen ; † August 21, 1734 in Elbing ) was a German pietistic theologian and hymn poet .

Life

Christian Jacob Koitsch was born in Meissen on September 13, 1671. His matriculation to study theology at the University of Halle took place on August 25, 1696; his teachers there were Joachim Justus Breithaupt and August Hermann Francke . As the successor to Jakob Baumgarten (1668–1722), the father of Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten , Koitsch became a teacher at the Francke Foundations after studying in Glaucha near Halle on the Saale . From 1700 to 1705 he was also an inspector at the pedagogy . Then he went to Elbing as rector and professor at the local grammar school . As such, he made services to the grammar school. He finally died in Elbing on August 21, 1734 at the age of 62.

Koitsch composed sacred songs; ten of them were included in the witty hymn book by Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen .

Works

  • O origin of life, O eternal light
  • Brief introduction to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments through comfortable rhymes, each of which shows the content (Zülichau / Leipzig 1730)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Koitsch, Christian Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pietistic theologian and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1671
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1734
Place of death Elblag