Damasus Dürr
Damasus Dürr (* 1535 or 1537 in Bod , Romania , † 1585 in Apoldu de Jos ) was a Transylvanian Saxon and Evangelical Lutheran pastor who became known as a writer because of his published sermons .
His father, Georg Dürr, probably a teacher or also a priest, died in Petiș (Petersdorf) near Sibiu in 1565 .
Damasus Dürr went to the grammar school in Brașov . In 1554 he wrote the first sermon that was to become part of his sermon collection.
Dürr studied theology and natural sciences at the University of Wittenberg . He obtained his ordination on September 3, 1559. According to records in Wittenberg, Dürr was then sent to Newenstadt / Neustadt (today Cristian ) in Transylvania .
In 1568 or 1569 he moved to Apoldu de Jos, which at that time was exclusively of Saxon origin, and worked there as a clergyman until his death. Dürr was widowed three times.
Fonts
- Damasus Dürr, Sermons 1554–1578 . Published by the Unterwalder Chapter under the direction of Ludwig Klaster, Mühlbach 1939.
literature
- Albert Amlacher: Damasus Dürr. An evangelical pastor and dean of the Unterwälder chapter from the century of the Reformation . Sibiu 1883.
- Gustav Gündisch : Damasus Dürr . In: Acts and Forms. Pictures from the past of the Romanian Germans, Volume I, edited by Dieter Drotleff, Cluj-Napoca 1983, pp. 02-104.
- Wilhelm Schiller: Damasus Dürr, an evangelical pastor of the 16th century . In: Pictures from the patriotic history, edited by Friedrich Teutsch , Hermannstadt 1899, pp. 164–178.
- Dana Jenetta Dogaru: Recipient reference and effectiveness in the syntax of the sermons of the Transylvanian-Saxon pastor Damasus Dürr (approx. 1535–1585) . Verlag Georg Olms, Hildesheim 2007. ISBN 3-487-13320-2 , ISBN 978-3-487-13320-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skinny, Damasus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Transylvanian Saxons and Protestant pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1535 or 1537 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bod , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1585 |
| Place of death | Apoldu de Jos |