Friedrich Christian Lesser

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Friedrich Christian Lesser 1743

Friedrich Christian Lesser (born May 12, 1692 in Nordhausen ; † September 17, 1754 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian.

Life

Lesser, son of pastor Philipp Jacob Lesser (1656–1724), first studied medicine from 1712, but soon (under the influence of August Hermann Francke ) Protestant theology at the universities of Halle and Leipzig . In 1715, at the request of his father, he returned to his hometown and in 1716 took over a pastorate at the Frauenberg Church . In 1724 he also took over the administration of the Nordhausen orphanage. From 1741 he was pastor of the Church of St. Jacobi and organized the construction of the new church.

Lesser published numerous works on different subject areas, including a. the first printed chronicle of his hometown. He was particularly interested in " physical theology ", with which he tried to make use of scientific knowledge in the sense of the knowledge of God.

On December 8, 1735, Friedrich Christian Lesser , nicknamed Aristomachus, was accepted as a member ( matriculation no. 452 ) of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian Academy of Natural Scientists and in 1744 he became a foreign member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Lesserplatz in Nordhausen, location of the former St. Jacobi Church

In 1992 the Friedrich Christian Lesser Foundation was established, which primarily promotes historical research in Nordhausen and Northern Thuringia. The Historical Commission for Thuringia has been awarding the Friedrich Christian Lesser Prize annually since 2009 for associations that have made outstanding contributions to the history of Thuringia.

In Nordhausen there is a staircase called "Neue Lesserstiege" and since May 2017 a Lesserplatz.

Works (selection)

  • Kurtzer Entwurff a Lithotheologie: or an attempt by natural and spiritual contemplation of those stones omnipotence, goodness, wisdom and justice to recognize the Schöpffers ud people to admire ... the same cheer . Nordhausen: self-published, 1732
  • Insecto-Theologia, Or: Reasonable and written attempt, How a person can attain lively knowledge and admiration of the omnipotence, wisdom, goodness and justice of the great God through attentive contemplation of those otherwise little respected insects . Second and increased edition. Franckfurt [u. a.]: Blochberger, 1740 (1st edition 1738). ( Digitized version )
  • Historical news from the Kayserl. and salvation. Rom. Reichs Freyen city of Nordhausen. Leipzig and Nordhausen 1740.
    • Later editing: Friedr. Chrn. Lesser's Historical News of the formerly Imperial and the Heil. Roman Empire free city Nordhausen printed there in 1740, revised and continued by Professor Dr. Ernst Günther Förstemann. After the death of the author (= Förstemann) published by the magistrate of Nordhausen. Nordhausen 1860.
  • The revelation of God in nature from the fourteenth chapter, the Apostle history 17tem verses ... in a vorgestellet ... multiply and explains Fluhr-preaching, etc . Nordhausen 1750.
  • The hideous figure of a courageous banker teller before the eyes of God such people for true Hertzens change, but others as a warning, depicted according to their true nature . Nordhausen; Ellrich: JA Cöler, 1752.
  • A few small writings, partly on the history of nature, partly on physicotheology. Leipzig and Nordhausen, 1754.
  • Testaceo-theologia, or, Thorough proof of the existence and the most perfect qualities of a divine being from natural and spiritual contemplation of the snails and shells for the due glorification of the great God and the promotion of the service due to him . Leipzig: M. Blochberger, 1756 (1st edition Leipzig 1744).

literature

  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 213 digitized
  • Ludwig Christian Pezolt : Memoria Frider. Christiani Lesseri. In: Nova Acta physico-medica, Tomus 1, Appendix, 1757, pp. 261-280 digitized
  • Siegfried Rein : Friedrich Christian Lesser. Pastor, physicotheologist and polyhistor . Nordhausen, 1993
  • Anne-Charlott Trepp : To know everything about the bliss. Exploring Nature as a Religious Practice in the Early Modern Period . Frankfurt am Main 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The area below the city terrace will be called Lesserplatz , Thüringer Allgemeine, May 2, 2017. Accessed May 17, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Lesser, Friedrich Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aristomachus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1692
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1754
Place of death Nordhausen