Christoph Friedrich Neander

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Grenzhof Church (today Augstkalne)

Christoph Friedrich Neander (born December 28, 1723 in Eckau , Duchy of Courland and Semgallia ; † July 9, 1802 in Grenzhof, Doblen District , Courland Governorate , Russian Empire ) was a Protestant pastor and hymn poet .

Life

After studying Protestant theology in Halle (Saale) Neander was initially tutor in Kurland, 1751, he was in Kabillen ordained . From 1756 he worked as a pastor in Grenzhof / Kurland and Kuckern, from 1775 as provost of the Doblen diocese and assessor of the Kurland consistory . In 1785 he refused the appointment to become superintendent of Courland .

Neander was a member of the Masonic lodge founded by Samuel von Brukenthal to the three golden keys in Halle . On May 13, 1744 he became an apprentice and journeyman there on the same day, and on June 1, 1744 he was promoted to master craftsman.

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Neander's poems and songs are influenced by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock . In Courland , advocating moderate rationalism , he advocated the abolition of private confession. He translated songs into Latvian which were included in the Latvian hymnbook . The collection of hymns he published in 1773 was evidence of the influence of the Enlightenment in Courland under Duke Peter . The draft for a new church order in the spirit of the Enlightenment , which was elaborated by Neander in 1778 and printed in 1786 . a. the establishment of church relief for the poor and the creation of regular classes for Latvian children was not officially introduced.

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  • Commemorative speech for the once high-born Mr. Levin Grotthuss , 1765
  • Spiritual songs , 1766 (1793)
  • New collection of Christian chants , 1773
  • Holy songs. Zwote and last collection, 1774
  • Scipio, a singspiel in three acts, performed at the court theater of the Sr. Hochfürstlichen Highness of the ruling Duke of Courland and set to music by Franz Adam Veichtner , 1778
  • The glorious memory of the blessedly immortalized Duchess of Courland Benigna Gottlieb , 1782;
  • Elisens von der Recke sacred songs, along with an oratorio and a hymn by C.F. Neander, edited and composed by Johann Adam Hiller , 1783.
  • Draft for church regulations (in: Diarium of the Courland Landtag of September 14, 1778 ), 1786.
  • The first Feyer of the Ascension of Jesus, an oratorio. To the church walk Ihro High Princely Highness the Duchess set to music by F [ranz] A [dam] Veichtner , 1787.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich August Eckstein: History of the Masonic Lodge in the Orient of Halle. A ceremony for the secular celebration of the lodge to the three swords . Gebauer Buchdruckerei, Halle 1844. ( document pages in digitized form ).
personal data
SURNAME Neander, Christoph Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH Eckau , Courland
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1802
Place of death Grenzhof, Courland