Ehrenreich Weismann

Ehrenreich Weismann (born July 15, 1641 at Weyerburg Castle near Hollabrunn in Lower Austria ; † February 23, 1717 in Maulbronn in Württemberg ) was a Protestant clergyman, superintendent and author of Latin dictionaries.

Life

Because of the persecution of Protestants in Austria , he and his father first emigrated to Pressburg , then in 1656 to Heilbronn in Württemberg. In 1657 he entered the Maulbronn Monastery , in 1662 he became a Magister in Tübingen, and in 1662 he was a parishioner in the Hirsau Monastery . In 1693 he was Special Superintendent in Stuttgart , in 1698 Prelate of Herrenalb , in 1711 he became Abbot of Maulbronn, General Superintendent and Councilor of the Princely-Württemberg Church.

The theology professor Christian Eberhard Weißmann was his son.

Services

During his time at Hirsau Abbey, he wrote his main work:

Lexicon bipartitum latino-germanicum et germanico-latinum in quo latinitas prisca et pura ... ex probatissimis autoribus methodo perspicua explicatur (Stuttgart 1673).

This work was also used as a basis for other dictionaries, such as the Teutsch-Latin and Rußisches Lexicon together with the beginnings of the Russian language (St. Petersburg 1731) and the Lithuanian-German and German-Lithuanian lexicon (Königsberg 1747).

Further works u. a .: German grammar ; Rhetorica sacra (Tübingen 1679); 10 volumes of homiletic writings .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Weißmann, Ehrenreich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 54th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1886, p. 190 ( digital copy ).

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personal data
SURNAME	Weismann, Ehrenreich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Weißmann, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	evangelical clergyman; Dictionary writer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1641
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weyerburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 1717
Place of death	Maulbronn