Christoph Klesch
Christoph Klesch (born October 16, 1632 in Iglo ; † February 20, 1706 in Erfurt ) was a Carpathian-German Lutheran theologian and poet .
Life
At the age of five he had already lost his father, who had provided for the maintenance of his family as a miner and mine partner. After attending the school in his hometown, Klesch traveled to several places in Silesia and Saxony and in 1648 attended the grammar school in Breslau . In the early 1650s he moved to the University of Wittenberg , where he studied philosophy and theology and then in 1654 accepted a position as a deacon in Felka . After further stops in Bartfeld and Matthiasdorf (near Altsohl ), he became pastor and school inspector in Georgenberg in 1661 . As the persecution of Protestant clergy began in Hungary , he fled to Wittenberg in 1673.
Here he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree at the university on October 9, 1674 and moved to Jena , where he worked as a preacher and writer. In 1680 he again accepted a preaching office in Tennstedt , changed to Erfurt as a deacon in 1684 and became a pastor there the following year.
Contemporary witnesses describe him as an eloquent Reimer who, together with his brother Daniel Klesch, came up with a concise manner of expression. In addition to his poems, he published theological pamphlets and some sermons. On May 4, 1676, Philipp von Zesen crowned him with the poet's crown and had received the name of the poet in the German-minded cooperative .
Fonts (selection)
- De ortu Animae Rationalis. Wittenberg 1653
- Of all Christians, strange teachers, the crown of life. Leutschau 1661
- Honest and speaking travel companion of a refugee from Hungary. Jena 1675
- The evangelical preacher adorned with the divine jewel of salutary misery claws. Jena 1679
- Devout wretched voice on David's harp playing. Jena 1679
- Succincta Papistica ae in XIII Scepus. oppidis…, instituta deformationis enarratio. Jena 1679
- New gate of honor. Erfurt 1705
literature
- P. Rainer Rudolf, Eduard Ulreich: Karpatendeutsches Biographisches Lexikon. Working group of the Carpathian Germans from Slovakia, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-927096-00-8 .
- Gabriele Henkel: Klesch, Christoph. In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works of German language. (15 volumes). Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 ), Vol. 6, pp. 383–384
- Klesch or Kleschius, Christoph. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 15, Leipzig 1737, columns 918-920.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klesch, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Carpathian German evangelical theologian and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iglo |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1706 |
| Place of death | Erfurt |