Christian Saalbach
Christian Saalbach (born August 16, 1653 in Schenkenberg ; † January 23, 1713 in Greifswald ) was a German classical philologist , university professor and poet.
Life
Christian Saalbach, who comes from Saxony , studied at the University of Leipzig and the University of Gießen . In 1681 he received a full professorship for 'poetry and eloquence' at the University of Greifswald . He remained a professor here until his death in 1713.
He was also the librarian of the University Library Greifswald and dean of the artist faculty , which later became the philosophical faculty of the Alma Mater . In 1683 he was elected rector of the university.
He wrote numerous recipient-related writings in his field of activity, but also on contemporary religious disputes. In his theological writings he confessed to Protestantism around 1687 in a speech at the funeral of Johannes Colberg . In De conversione judaeorum, addressed to Augustine Balthasar , he took the view that the Jews should be converted. In his essay De affectivos he professes empiricism .
As a casual poet , he wrote a large number of songs, mainly funeral poems ( Epicedia ). He attached great importance to a wealth of forms. In keeping with the times, around two thirds of the works are in Latin and only one third in German . The songs are collected in the University's Vitae Pomeranorum .
When he died, 20 mourning poems were dedicated to him. In one of these poems, Jakob Heinrich von Balthasar praised him as a “highly deserved teacher” and “pillar” and “pillar” of the university.
Fonts (selection)
- De periodis , Greifswald 1687 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- De numero oratorio , Greifswald 1702 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- De eloquentia Pauli
- De idolatria judaeorum hodiernorum
- De Tragoedia , Greifswald 1710 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
See also
literature
- Great Complete Universal Lexicon of All Sciences and Arts , Volume 33, Page 21
- Horst Hartmann: Christian Saalbach - an important Greifswald professor and professional poet around 1700 . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, Vol. 89, Ludwig, Kiel 2003, ISBN 3-933598-95-8 , pp. 63–72.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Rectors of the University 1600–1699 ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Clemasius | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1683 |
Jacob Henning |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saalbach, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist, university professor and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schenckenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1713 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |