Constantin Ackermann

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Constantin Ackermann (1860)

Constantin Ackermann , also Konstantin Ackermann (born April 15, 1799 in Ilmenau , † October 5, 1877 in Meiningen ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

Constantin Ackermann was the son of the judicial officer Ernst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann , who was friends with August von Kotzebue and was in contact with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

He initially attended the grammar school in Rudolstadt and later the grammar school (today: Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium ) in Weimar , before he worked at the University of Jena from 1817 to 1820 and from April 23, 1820 under the vice-rector Friedrich Heinrich Christian Schwarz at the university Heidelberg studied theology; He received his doctorate later Dr. theol. and Dr. phil.

In 1821 he became a collaborator, initially at the city ​​church and later at the court church in Weimar.

In 1824 he went on a trip to Italy and, after his return, came to Blankenhain as a deacon . From there he went to Jena as archdeacon , at the same time he also became pastor in Lichtenhain , and was called to Meiningen as court preacher on October 15, 1837 ; later he was appointed chief preacher.

After the abolition of the consistory in Hildburghausen in 1848, he was at the head of the church regiment together with his close friend, senior church councilor Eduard Schaubach (1796–1865) . He followed as General Superintendent Ludwig Nonne , who died in 1854 until he was retired in November 1869 at his own request. During this time, between 1850 and 1855, he belonged to the “young court” that the later Duke George II gathered around him.

Constantin Ackermann was married to Josephe (née Ulbricht) from Stolberg am Harz for the first time; they had two daughters together:

  • Marie Henriette Ferdinande Ackermann (* 1829), married to Adolf Schaubach , rector of the community school in Meiningen;
  • Mathilde Antonie Ackermann (* 1833).

In his second marriage he married Auguste, the sister of his first wife.

Writing and spiritual work

In 1837 he published several articles on the appreciation of the Apostolic Symbol in the impartial universal church newspaper for the clergy and the educated world class of Protestant, Catholic and Israelite Germany .

In addition to his work The Christian in Plato and Platonic Philosophy, he published further treatises in theological studies and reviews . His theological thinking was particularly influenced by Martin Luther and Friedrich Schleiermacher ; to this end he dealt with the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Gottfried Herder .

He published a proverb for Luther's catechism, to which he added main clauses and a manual, which was then reprinted from year to year. Because he was also concerned about church singing, he suggested the formation of a commission to issue a hymn book, in which he was also represented and whose publisher of the hymn book he became in 1862.

For the Eisenach Conferences he prepared reports, with which he was seldom able to assert himself.

He welcomed the introduction of the presbytery , but rejected the introduction of synods because, in his opinion, the parishes were not yet ready for it. He recognized the Protestant Association , but criticized that it wanted to transform ecclesiastical Christianity into a secular one .

After his retirement he published Church Catechizations in 1871 and in 1872 the brochure Views in Our Time and Matters for Discussion .

In Meiningen he took over the organization and management of poor relief ; To this end, he encouraged candidates and clergy to undertake further and deeper studies during exams and colloquia.

honors and awards

Fonts (selection)

literature

  • Constantin Ackermann . In: Protestant Church Newspaper for Protestant Germany , No. 47 v. Chr. November 24, 1877.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Toepke: The register of the University of Heidelberg . Ed .: Paul Hintzelmann. Part Five, from 1807 to 1846. Carl Winter's University Bookstore, 1904, p. 187 ( online [accessed April 3, 2020]).
  2. ^ Maren Goltz, Johannes Mötsch, Werner Greiling: Duke Georg II of Saxony-Meiningen (1826–1914): Culture as a strategy of assertion? Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2015, ISBN 978-3-412-50151-8 ( google.de [accessed on March 21, 2020]).
  3. ↑ New contributions to the history of German antiquity . 1863 ( google.de [accessed on March 21, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Beata Mache: The "impartial universal church newspaper for the clergy and the educated world class of Protestant, Catholic and Israelite Germany" (1837). In: Digital edition and development of an interreligious periodical from the Vormärz as an edition philological task. March 25, 2015, accessed March 21, 2020 .
  5. ^ Philipp Dietz: The restoration of the evangelical hymn . Georg Olms Verlag, 1903, ISBN 978-3-487-41259-7 ( google.de [accessed on March 21, 2020]).
  6. ^ Ernst I. Zimmermann: Allgemeine Kirchen-Zeitung, at the same time an archive for the latest history and statistics of the Christian church . Leske, 1869 ( google.de [accessed on March 21, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Ackermann, Constantin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ackermann, Konstantin Adolph Ludwig; Ackermann, Constantin Adolph Ludwig; Ackermann, C .; Ackermann, Konstantin; Ackermann, Konstantin Adolf Ludwig; Ackermann, Constantin Adolf Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilmenau
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1877
Place of death Meiningen