Conrad Iken

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Conrad Iken , also Konrad Iken (born December 25, 1689 in Bremen , † June 30, 1753 in Bremen) was a German Protestant clergyman.

biography

Family, education and work

Iken was the son of the judge of the same name Conrad Iken (born August 22, 1655 in Bremen; † April 4, 1709) and his wife Anna, b. from Line.

From October 1705 he attended the pedagogy and grammar school (today Altes Gymnasium ) in Bremen. There he was introduced to the theology according to Johannes Coccejus by the rector Cornelius de Hase . His other teachers were Diedrich Sagittarius (1642–1707), Heinrich Alers (1636–1714), Gerhard Meier , Johann Tiling (1668–1715), Albert Schumacher (1661–1743) and Carl Kesler. To complete his studies, he studied from 1711 to 1713 at the University of Utrecht and attended lectures by Hermann Alexander Roëll , Henricus Pontanus , Adrianus Reland , Josephus Serrurier and Frans Burman ; there he also learned the Dutch language .

After he was accepted into the candidate office for preacher in Amsterdam , he took up his first ministerial office on September 9, 1714 in Lopik and the nearby Cabauw. Two years later he received a call to the Walloon-Dutch Church in Hanau and also in Zutphen ; he took the latter position on March 2, 1716 and worked there until he left for Bremen.

On October 17, 1719 he was appointed second preacher at the side of Friedrich Adolf Lampe in the St. Stephanigemeinde in Bremen as the successor to Johann Georg Rhode (1669–1727) and took office on March 17, 1720. Because Friedrich Adolf Lampe received his appointment as a professor at the University of Utrecht, Conrad Iken was elected Primarius of his church in June 1720 . From the University of Utrecht he received his theological doctorate on February 26, 1720

On January 8, 1723, the city council of Bremen elected him full professor at the grammar school illustrious . He took up the position with his speech De veritate religionis Christianae, demonstrata ex Judaeorum post Christum natum fatis , of which he became rector in 1740. He took up his post as rector with his speech Oratio de Illustri Bremensium Schola on February 2, 1741. Because it had been so common since the beginning of the 18th century, he alternated in the rector's office every two years with the preacher of the Liebfrauenkirche, Dr. Nicolaus Nonnen (1701–1772); he also retained his ministerial office.

In 1723 he turned down a call as a preacher at Hague and in 1734 a call as a professor at the University of Utrecht.

Conrad Iken was married to Anna, (* October 15, 1705; † October 15, 1735), daughter of the Bremen senator and lawyer Diedrich Klugkist (1675-1739). Together they had two sons and four daughters; of these are known by name: Conrad and Diedrich Iken.
In his second marriage he was with Adelheid, geb. Düsing married. Together they had the son: Dethard Iken (born May 2, 1740 in Bremen; † July 4, 1810), university preacher at the University of Duisburg , preacher of the German Reformed Church in Copenhagen and chief preacher of St. Stephen's Church in Bremen, married to Anna , born Mühlhausen (born March 1749 in Bremen; † January 18, 1821 in Bremen).

Memberships

Fonts (selection)

Literature (selection)

  • Johann Friedrich Iken:  Iken, Konrad . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 15 f.
  • Konrad Iken . In: Contributions to the history of the church in Bremen . Bremen 1844. p. 179 f.
  • Konrad Iken . In: The now living learned Europe , Volume 3. Cell 1737. P. 143 f.
  • Konrad Iken . In: New Messages from Recently Deceased Scholars , Volume 3. Leipzig 1754. p. 389 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund: Lexicon of all scholars who have lived in Bremen since the Reformation: along with news from bored Bremers who held positions of honor in other countries . Schünemann, 1818, p. 223 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Iken, Conrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ikenius, Conrad; Jkenius, Conrad; Ikenius, Konrad; Ikenius, Conradus; Iken, Konrad; Iken, Conradus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1689
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1753
Place of death Bremen