Christian Löber (General Superintendent)

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Christian Löber , also Christian Loeber (born January 22, 1683 , other date: February 2, 1683 in Naschhausen near Orlamünde , † December 26, 1747 in Altenburg ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

Christian Löber was the son of Christoph Heinrich Löber (born October 25, 1634 in Weimar ; † November 1, 1705 in Orlamünde), pastor and superintendent and his wife Anna Katharina († November 13, 1700 in Orlamünde), daughter of Christoph Schmidt. He still had six siblings and ten half-siblings, of whom his sister Anna Sophie Löber was married to the Göttingen university professor and later deacon Johann Samuel Heumann (1665–1722).

He attended school in Rudolstadt and matriculated at the University of Jena in 1698 ; In 1700 he obtained his master's degree there. During his studies he learned the oriental languages with Johann Andreas Danz and heard philosophical lectures with Johann Paul Hebenstreit , mathematics with Georg Albrecht Hamberger , in history with Burkhard Gotthelf Struve , and in theology with Friedemann Bechmann , Valentin Veltheim , Philipp Müller and Johann Paul Lifting dispute.

He was ordained in Altenburg in 1702 and was his father's substitute in Orlamünde. In 1705 he went on a scientific trip and in 1706 became an adjunct of the philosophical faculty of the University of Jena. In 1709 he was appointed regional church inspector and school inspector for Altenburg .

In 1711 he was appointed superintendent in Ronneburg and, as the successor to Karl Andreas Redel (1664–1730), in 1731 general superintendent in Altenburg; there he became a church councilor , consistorial councilor and court preacher in 1738 . During this time he also received his doctorate as Dr. theol. at the University of Jena in 1714.

After his death, Johann Christian Stemler followed him as general superintendent.

Christian Löber was married to Dorothee Sophie (* 1697; † March 8, 1771 in Altenburg), daughter of the official adjunct Jacob Abraham Börner († October 17, 1722 in Ronneburg) in Ronneburg since 1712. Together they had several children, of which have reached adulthood:

His grandson was Gottwerth Heinrich Löber (born May 3, 1760 in Schmölln, † September 15, 1808 in Kahla ), pastor and superintendent in Kahla.

The life-size portrait of Christian Löber hangs next to the pulpit of the cemetery church in Altenburg.

Writing

He was a collaborator on the revised Ernestine Bible work and wrote not only memorial sermons and programs in 1722, but also a history of Ronneburg and a complicated message from the Salzburg emigrants who passed through Ronneburg from June 10 to 13 , which was published in 1732. He also dealt with the writing of hymns.

honors and awards

Fonts (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Heinrich Zedler: Large complete Universal Lexicon of all sciences and arts, 18th volume . S. 154. Published by Johann Heinrich Zedler, 1738 ( google.de [accessed on November 5, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Detailed biography of D. Christoph August Heumann, who is well-deserved around the world of scholarship: was a full teacher of theology, philosophy and history of scholarship in Göttingen; from the same in the MSt. left and other reliable messages . Cramer, 1768 ( google.de [accessed November 6, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Historical commission at the royal. Academy of Sciences: Redel, Karl Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 27 (=  Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ). 1st edition. Duncker & Humblot, Munich / Leipzig 1888, p. 507 ( wikisource.org [accessed November 6, 2019]).
  4. ^ Gabriel Wilhelm Goetten: The now living learned Europe . P. 164 f. L. Schröder, 1735 ( google.de [accessed November 6, 2019]).
  5. ↑ The Grand Lodge Indissolubilis. In: Monthly Issues of the Comenius Society, 3rd Issue, p. 131 f. Ludwig Keller, 1907, accessed November 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ History - Great State Lodge of the Freemasons of Germany - Order of Freemasons. Accessed November 6, 2019 (German).
  7. ^ Ancestral gallery of the Löber family (15th – 18th centuries). Retrieved November 6, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Friedhilde Krause, Friedhilde Krause Felicitas Marwinski Bernhard Fabian, Severin Corsten, Bernhard Fabian, Felicitas Marwinski: Handbook of historical book stocks. Thuringia AG. S. 73. Georg Olms Verlag, ISBN 978-3-487-41814-8 ( google.de [accessed on November 6, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Monthly issues of the Comenius Society for Culture and Spiritual Life 1910, September, Issue 4, p. 192. Ludwig Keller, 1910, accessed on November 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Löber, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loeber, Christian; Loeber, Christianus; Loeberus, Christianus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH Naschhausen near Orlamünde
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1747
Place of death Altenburg