Ernst August Wilhelm Hoerschelmann

Ernst August Wilhelm Hoerschelmann (born April 19, 1743 in Großrudestedt , † October 28, 1795 in Reval ) was a German theologian , educator and philosopher .

Origin and family

The middle-class Hoerschelmann family originally came from Thuringia , where they started the line of trunks with the cattle groom Claus Hörselmann (1610–1699). Ernst August Wilhelm Hoerschelmann was the 5th son of the superintendent in Großrudestedt in Thuringia Johann Heinrich Hörschelmann (1704–1774) and Christiane Elisabeth Waitz (* 1712) and was born on April 19, 1743 in Großrudestedt. He was the younger brother of the lawyer Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hoerschelmann . With Ernst August Wilhelm's father, a family of theologians began over nine generations up to our time.

Life and work

Ernst August Wilhelm Hoerschelmann, like his father, studied theology as well as philosophy and history at the University of Jena and obtained his doctorate. phil. Since his interests were particularly historical topics and philosophy, he applied in 1768 for the position of professor of world wisdom and history at the Imperial High School in Reval. His application was crowned with success and so the young scholar emigrated to what was then Russian Estonia . The high school in Reval was German-speaking and was maintained by the city council and the Petersburg government. Hoerschelmann was a very successful scientist and educator who was rector of the grammar school eight times. For his services to the education of the youth, the Tsarina Catherine the Great appointed him Imperial Russian Councilor and bestowed on him the hereditary Russian nobility. In addition to numerous scientific publications, such as B. the two-volume Compendium of Philosophy , he founded the weekly newspaper Revalsche weekly news in 1772 , which he edited himself. He was a rationalist and enlightener who was also very interested in the theater. So he not only promoted the young poet August von Kotzebue , who was officiating as an imperial Russian judge in Reval, but also vehemently advocated the theater as a place of education and edification. He also wrote the music for Kotzebue's folk piece "The fatherly expectation".

Ernst August Wilhelm Hoerschelmann, who, unlike many of his descendants, did not carry the aristocratic particle "von", married Charlotte Salomon (1754–1829) on June 15, 1769 in Reval. The couple had 16 children, 8 of whom reached adulthood. He died in Reval on October 28, 1795.

literature

Cord Aschenbrenner: The Evangelical Rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 .
Helmut Scheunchen : Lexicon of German Baltic Music. Harro von Hirschheydt publishing house, Wedemark-Elze 2002. ISBN 3-7777-0730-9 . P. 109 f.

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Ernst August Wilhelm Hoerschelmann. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels, Volume B VII, CA Starke-Verlag, 1965, p. 168.
↑ Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 36.
↑ Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 ; Genealogy of the family on the back cover
↑ Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 34.
↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Volume B VII, CA Starke-Verlag, 1965, p. 169.
^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume V, CA Starke-Verlag, 1984, p. 262.
↑ Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 44.
↑ Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , pp. 43/44.
^ Helmut Scheunchen : Lexicon of German Baltic Music. Harro von Hirschheydt publishing house, Wedemark-Elze 2002. ISBN 3-7777-0730-9 . P. 109 f
↑ Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 33.

personal data
SURNAME	Hoerschelmann, Ernst August Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian, educator and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	April 19, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH	Großrudestedt
DATE OF DEATH	October 28, 1795
Place of death	Reval

[1] Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels, Volume B VII, CA Starke-Verlag, 1965, p. 168.

[2] Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 36.

[3] Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 ; Genealogy of the family on the back cover

[4] Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 34.

[5] Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Volume B VII, CA Starke-Verlag, 1965, p. 169.

[6] Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume V, CA Starke-Verlag, 1984, p. 262.

[7] Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 44.

[8] Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , pp. 43/44.

[9] Helmut Scheunchen : Lexicon of German Baltic Music. Harro von Hirschheydt publishing house, Wedemark-Elze 2002. ISBN 3-7777-0730-9 . P. 109 f

[10] Cord Aschenbrenner: The Protestant rectory, 300 years of faith, spirit and power. A family story. Siedler, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8275-0013-7 , p. 33.