Franz Samuel Stromszky

Franz Samuel Stromszky (also Stromßky, Stromsky) (born July 13, 1792 in Bösing , Kingdom of Hungary , † July 20, 1861 in Pressburg , Kingdom of Hungary) Protestant pastor and superintendent .

Life

Franz Samuel Stromszky was born as the son of the bourgeois butcher Samuel Stromszky and his wife Therese born. Staminger was born in Bösing. He received his first school lessons in his hometown, then he attended the Latin school in Raab to learn the Hungarian language . He continued his studies in Pressburg , which he successfully completed in 1812. After an interim period as private tutor in Trenčín County and Styria , he enrolled at the University of Tübingen in 1816 . He then returned to his homeland and was ordained a pastor by superintendent Johann Wächter in Vienna . He took up his first pastor in the Vicariate of Brno .

On July 12, 1823 he took over the pastoral office in Hillersdorf / Austrian Silesia . During a visit to his homeland, he trusted his brother-in-law, who was a pastor in St. Georgen . The address made such a favorable impression on the Bratislava pastors Karl Samuel Biermann and Matthias von Habermayer, who were present at the wedding, that they invited him to give a sermon during the Hungarian Parliament in Pressburg. Stromszky delivered this sermon in the presence of the Palatinessa of Hungary, Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, who was very impressed by his sermon. After an interim period in Ragendorf ( Wiesenburg County ), he was elected pastor by the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Pressburg . He delivered his inaugural sermon on October 18, 1829.

Pastor Stromszky developed into one of the most popular preachers in Pressburg and the surrounding area through extraordinarily successful church work. Since he quickly gained the trust of his fellow parishioners in this position, he was elected superintendent for the district of Cisdanubia of the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB on July 14th, 1835 after the death of his predecessor, D. Paul Bilnitza . In the Pressburger Zeitung on July 17, 1835 the following short report could be read:

About the day before yesterday, on the 14th of the day, the election of the superintendent of the evangelical congregations AB in the Danube district on this side, we temporarily announce that Mr. Franz S amuel S trom ßky, one of the three preachers of the local evangelicals. German congregation, elected by a large majority and then introduced yesterday.

Title page of a funeral sermon that was given on the occasion of the death of Emperor Franz II in the presence of Palatine Joseph by Superintendent Stromszky in the German Evangelical Church AB in Pressburg.

Since he not only sympathized with the Hungarian Revolution of 1848/1949, but also actively participated in it, he was forced to resign on February 19, 1850, the office of superintendent. In his Preßburg congregation, which gave him the position of senior, he mainly campaigned for the reorganization of the Preßburg Evangelical Lyceum. He made numerous trips to Germany and maintained excellent contacts with the Gustav Adolph factory , which actively supported his work financially. He also worked as a professor at the Pressburg Lyceum.

After the political situation in the Kingdom of Hungary had consolidated, the Protestant churches of Hungary regained their legal freedoms in 1860. Thereupon Pastor Stromszky was reinstated on July 12, 1861 in his former office as superintendent.

Franz Samuel Stromszky died on July 20, 1861 in Pressburg. He was buried at the Gaistor Cemetery in Pressburg. Pastor Karl August Raabe performed the funeral oration and the blessing at the open grave .

The Pressburger Zeitung wrote the following about Stromszky's death and burial:

Pressburg , July 23rd. The local evangelical congregation had a moving funeral this afternoon: it was meant for the truly venerable pastor, the superintendent and pastor, Mr. Franz Samuel Stromßky, who was torn from her after a painful illness. At four o'clock the body was buried in the Hungarian-Slavic church, accompanied by a large number of participants, with choir singing by the HH. Preachers from the area carried in solemn procession into the [German] church. In accordance with the solemn act, the church was lined with black cloth and illuminated, and it was crowded with listeners. The coffin was placed in the cloister, and after a short hymn the senior of the Neutra senior council, Mr. Samuel Teßák , preacher in Szenitz , stepped in front of the altar and held the liturgy; after completing it he read the deceased's résumé, which deserved attention because of its richness. Thereupon the solemn, moving song of the local hymn board rang out , and during this the senior of the Pressburg seniorate and preacher in Modern , Mr. Hollerung , entered the pulpit and gave a meaningful speech on the subject: "The congregation at the coffin of their faithful souls" (according to instructions of the text Ebr. XIII. 7 ). After the church celebration was over, the great procession set off for the cemetery in front of the Gaisthore, amid a huge crowd; On the way there, the coffin was carried partly by local wine-growers and partly by compatriots from the Au and Oberufer. When they arrived at the cemetery, the coffin was placed over the open grave, and after a short funeral hymn, the venerable preacher of our congregation, Mr. August Raabe , spoke words full of strength and consecration in front of the mourners gathered in the circle and sketched the image of the righteous in a few words how his memory may be blessed. After the church blessing of the deceased, who was now to be lowered into the grave, a moving song, performed masterfully by the hymn board, formed the worthy end of the ceremony.

Appreciation

Theologically, Stromszky belonged to moderate theological rationalism . In his sermons, Stromszky was never entirely free from the usual "talkative" of the time. But he never preached against the healing facts, but limited himself to the parenetic exploitation of the Bible texts. In line with this moderate theological rationalism, in 1845 he put together a new German Evangelical Hymn book for the Preßburg congregation that was in use in the congregation for half a century.

Numerous works by Stromszky have also appeared in print. The most important of these were:

Funeral sermon at the memorial service of Sr. Most Blessed Majesty of the Emperor and King Franz ..., Pressburg 1835

Jesus Christ in the days of his earthly perfection, Pressburg 1840
Sermon for the third secular celebration on the day of Dr. Martin Luthers , Pressburg 1846
Celebration of the laying of the foundation stone at the newly built Lyceal building of the Protestant community in Preßburg, Preßburg 1855

progeny

On May 15, 1820, Franz Samuel Stromszky married Elisabeth Richter from Bösing . The marriage resulted in seven sons and two daughters. His eldest son Adolph died in the Hungarian Revolution in 1848.

literature

CE Schmidt , S. Markusovßky, G. Ebner: History of the Evangelical Church Community AB zu Preßburg , 2 Bde., Pozsony 1906

Evanjelická encyklopédia Slovenska (editors Borislav Petrík and Peter Rybár) , Bratislava 2001, ISBN 80-968671-4-8 (Slovak)

Workers in God's Vineyard, Life Pictures of German Protestant Pastors in and from Slovakia in the 20th Century (Editor Andreas Metzl), Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 80-88903-63-7

Anton Klipp: Fragments on the history of Protestantism in Old Hungary in Carpathian Yearbook 2006 , (Vol. 57) Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 80-88903-78-5

Web links

Austrian Biographical Lexicon

References and comments

↑ Karl Samuel Biermann (born August 22, 1769 in Preßburg / Kingdom of Hungary; † April 28, 1835 ibid.) Was the first preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Pressburg between 1815 and 1829.
↑ D. Paul Bilnitza (* January 23, 1772 in Kuntapolca / Kingdom of Hungary; † November 24, 1834 in Pressburg) Protestant preacher of the Slovak community and from 1829 until his death superintendent of the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB for the church district of Cisdanubia ("this side the Danube "). He also worked as a professor at the Pressburg Evangelical Lyceum.
↑ The Ungarnländische Evangelical Church was under Resolutio Carolina divided into four church districts, where a board superintendent, respectively.
↑ Pressburger Zeitung of July 17, 1835, p. 1
^ ^A ^b Carl August Raabe (* October 2, 1804 in Preßburg; † July 26, 1878 in Gmunden / Upper Austria ) was a preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg between 1843 and 1878.
↑ Adolph Samuel Teszák (* 1799; † 1866) was a senior of the Neutra Seniorate and pastor in the Evangelical Church Community of AB von Szenitz.
↑ Karl Christoph Hollerung was 1839-1864 pastor of the German Evangelical Church of AB in Modern and senior of Bratislava Seniorates.
↑ Remember your teachers who told you the word of God; their end looks and follows the example of their faith. (Sermon text Heb 13: 7; based on Luther Bible 2017)
^ Pressburger Zeitung of July 24, 1861, p. 4
↑ This hymn book was only replaced in 1895 by the publication of a hymn book edited by Pastor Carl Eugen Schmidt . With this hymn book, Schmidt campaigned for the rebirth of confessional Lutheranism on the basis of strict faithfulness to the Bible.
^ Elisabeth Richter was the daughter of the Protestant pastor Andreas Jacobus Richter. Between 1803 and 1822 Richter was pastor and senior of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Bösing. It was he who encouraged Stromszky at a young age.

personal data
SURNAME	Stromszky, Franz Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stromßky, Franz Samuel; Stromsky, Franz Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant pastor and superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bösing , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	July 20, 1861
Place of death	Pressburg , Kingdom of Hungary

[1] Karl Samuel Biermann (born August 22, 1769 in Preßburg / Kingdom of Hungary; † April 28, 1835 ibid.) Was the first preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Pressburg between 1815 and 1829.

[2] D. Paul Bilnitza (* January 23, 1772 in Kuntapolca / Kingdom of Hungary; † November 24, 1834 in Pressburg) Protestant preacher of the Slovak community and from 1829 until his death superintendent of the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB for the church district of Cisdanubia ("this side the Danube "). He also worked as a professor at the Pressburg Evangelical Lyceum.

[3] The Ungarnländische Evangelical Church was under Resolutio Carolina divided into four church districts, where a board superintendent, respectively.

[4] Pressburger Zeitung of July 17, 1835, p. 1

[:0-5] A ^b Carl August Raabe (* October 2, 1804 in Preßburg; † July 26, 1878 in Gmunden / Upper Austria ) was a preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg between 1843 and 1878.

[6] Adolph Samuel Teszák (* 1799; † 1866) was a senior of the Neutra Seniorate and pastor in the Evangelical Church Community of AB von Szenitz.

[7] Karl Christoph Hollerung was 1839-1864 pastor of the German Evangelical Church of AB in Modern and senior of Bratislava Seniorates.

[8] Remember your teachers who told you the word of God; their end looks and follows the example of their faith. (Sermon text Heb 13: 7; based on Luther Bible 2017)

[9] Pressburger Zeitung of July 24, 1861, p. 4

[10] This hymn book was only replaced in 1895 by the publication of a hymn book edited by Pastor Carl Eugen Schmidt . With this hymn book, Schmidt campaigned for the rebirth of confessional Lutheranism on the basis of strict faithfulness to the Bible.

[11] Elisabeth Richter was the daughter of the Protestant pastor Andreas Jacobus Richter. Between 1803 and 1822 Richter was pastor and senior of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Bösing. It was he who encouraged Stromszky at a young age.