Daniel Hartnack

Daniel Hartnack (born November 20, 1642 in Mulkenthin near Stargard in Pomerania , † 1708 in Bad Bramstedt in Wagrien ) was a German Protestant theologian , schoolmaster and writer .

Hartnack, born in Mulkentin about eight kilometers northeast of Stargard in Hinterpommern as the son of the village pastor, had studied philology and theology and was a high school professor in Frankfurt (Oder) and Erfurt , private teacher in Dresden , rector of the Latin schools in Bremen , Altona and Schleswig and finally pastor in Bramstedt. The school in Altona was opened in 1683; Hartnack was the first rector there. Again and again arguments with other theologians had brought him out of his position. However, there were influential professional colleagues who stood up for him, including Esaias Pufendorf, brother of the constitutional and international lawyer Samuel Pufendorf . He probably owed this advocacy to his strong personality, educational talent, and administrative skills as a headmaster. In addition to his theological pamphlets, some of which he published under pseudonyms such as Maphanäsus , Maphanatus , Marphanäus and Friedrich Coelius , he wrote a textbook on the history of Livonia .

Fonts (selection)

• Perspectiva mechanica and actual description of its most distinguished instruments . Lüneburg 1683, 22 pages.
• The clever statesman . Hamburg 1692, 128 pages, online .
• Kurtzer draft of Lieland history, from the beginning as the nation was known in Christendom to the next times, including a useful preface and a double appendix, of which I. the geography of the country, II. The chronology of rulers and history . Conrad Neumann, Hamburg 1700, 252 pages. Online review by Friedrich Conrad Gadebusch : Treatise by Livonian historians , Riga 1772, pp. 147–148.

literature

• Gustav Wilhelm Frank: History of Protestant Theology. Second part: From Georg Calixt to Wolff 's philosophy. Leipzig 1865, pp. 129-130. on-line
• Wilhelm Hossbach: Philipp Jakob Spener and his time - a church historical representation . First part, Berlin 1861, pp. 243–244. on-line
• Johannes Weber: Daniel Hartnack - a learned contender and advice writer at the end of the 17th century. In: Gutenberg yearbook. 1993, pp. 140-158.
• Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard Napiersky : General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Estonia and Courland. Mitau 1829, Volume II, p. 198. online .
• Emil Weller : Dictionary of pseudonyms or directories of all authors who use false names . Leipzig 1856, p. 32. online . (See also Rußmann: Pseudonyms , Volume I, pp. 196, 249, 289 and 802).

Web links

• Portraits of Daniel Hartnack and his contemporary Johannes Micraelis
• Daniel Hartnack and descendants, family coat of arms etc.