Friedemann Bechmann

Friedemann Bechmann

Friedemann Bechmann (born May 26, 1628 in Elleben , † March 9, 1703 in Jena ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Friedemann Bechmann was born as the son of the pastor Andreas Bechmann (* Remda; † 29 May 1633 in Elleben) and Anna Maria Glass († 12 September 1637 Elleben, c. 14 September 1637 ibid.) And was baptized two days later . After his mother's death, he was raised in Arnstadt by his mother's brother, the doctor Balthasar Glass. Later he was taken in by another relative, Salomo Glassius , in Gotha and trained at the Illustre grammar school by Andreas Reyher and Georg Hess . In 1649 he began studying philosophy and theology at the University of Jena .

Here he attended lectures by Johann Zeisold , Daniel Stahl , Paul Slevogt and Johann Christfried Sagittarius at the philosophical faculty . At the theological faculty Johannes Musaeus , Christian Chemnitz and Johann Ernst Gerhard the Elder were his teachers. On August 5, 1651 he received the degree of a master's degree there , in 1654 he became an adjunct at the philosophical faculty and since January 16, 1656 he was professor of philosophy and logic. In 1668 he became a professor of theology and received a doctorate in theology. In the summer semester of 1665, in the winter semester of 1671, 1675, 1681, 1687, 1693, 1697 he was also rector of the alma mater .

family

Bechmann was married twice. His first marriage was in 1659 with Margarete Roth (born November 30, 1641 in Arnstadt; † March 13, 1665 in Jena), the daughter of the chief bailiff Laurentius Andreas Roth (born May 17, 1608 in Osterode; † April 22, 1675 in Gehren ) and his wife Susanna Margaretha Schultze. From the marriage comes the son Andreas Bechmann (* May 16, 1662 in Jena; † 1720 Hildburghausen), the 1683 doctor in Gotha, 1686 Landphysicus in Königsberg / Francken and 1692 personal physician and prince. Council Hildburghausen was. He married Aemilia Elisabeth Heher, daughter of the bailiff Georg Laurentius Heher, on September 6, 1687 in Königsberg. His second marriage was on November 20, 1666 in Jena with Regina Maria Frischmuth, daughter of the professor of oriental languages ​​in Jena Johann Frischmuth (born April 14, 1619 in Wertheim; born August 22, 1687 in Jena) and his wife Anna Maria Slevogt (born May 9, 1630 in Jena; † June 9, 1672 ibid.), Daughter of Paul Slevogt. There are also children from the marriage. We know of these:

• Christina Maria Bechmann († before father) married. with the Jenaer Syndicus Dr. med. Joachim Seeck (* Rostock; † May 26, 1709 in Jena)
• Johann Tobias Bechmann († January 12, 1700 in Jena) jur. Cand.
• Anna Maria Bechmann married with the Consistorialassessor in Kranichfeld Christian Huebner
• Elisabeth Magdalena Bechmann
• Heinrich Friedemann Bechmann

Works (selection)

Numerous disputations are known from Bechmann, which arose in the context of his university activities. They were written with the help of his students. From his independent work should be mentioned:

• Systema Physicum. Jena 1665, 1675
• Institutiones Logicae ex Aristotele eijusque optimis tum Graecis tum Latinis interpretibus concinnatae. Jena 1667, 1670, 1677, Leipzig & Gotha 1691 (8th edition)
• De modo Solvendi Sophismata Tractatus Logicus. Jena 1667 ( online ), Gera 1671
• Devout Christian drive home or sermon in the dead, at the funeral of Mr. Joh. Andr. Bosii, PP Jena 1674
• In Augustanam Confessionem. Jena 1677
• Annotationes uberiores in Compendium Hutteri Theologiam polemicam. Jena 1690, 1692
• Theologiam polemicam, conscientiania. Frankfurt & Leipzig 1698, 1702
• Haeresiographia, in qua per singula secula ostenditur, quomodo Satanas Christum eiusque Ecclesiam per falsa dogmata oppugnauerit. Jena 1700
• Institutiones Theologicas, in quibus articuli fidei tractantur, usus practici eruuntur, casus dubii et difficiles enodantur et variae questiones soluuntur. Jena 1701, 1707
• Annotationes ad D. Jo. Olearii Tabulas Theologiae moralis. Jena 1702
• Don't shed godly things, that is, Christl. and edifying contemplation of the ultimate things of man. Jena 1701

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Bechmann, Friedemann. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 444.
• Julius August Wagenmann:  Bechmann, Friedemann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 205.
• Bechmann (Friedemann). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 3, Leipzig 1733, column 866 f.
• Johann Caspar Zeumer, Christof Weissenborn: Vitae Professorum Theologiae, Jurisprudentiae, Medicinae et Philosophiae qui in illustri Academia Jenensi, ab ipsius fundatione ad nostra usque tempora vixerunt et adhuc vivunt una cum scriptis a quolibet editis quatuor classibus. Johann Felici Bieleck, Jena, 1711, p. 201 (Theol.)
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig, 1750, Vol. 1, Sp. 891
• Johann Paul Hebenstreit: Corpse speech, at the funeral, Des Weiland Venerable / Magnifici, in God devout and highly learned Mr. Friedemann Bechmanns. Jena 1703, ( online )

Web links

• Works by and about Friedemann Bechmann  in the German Digital Library