Friedrich Wilhelm Rettberg
Friedrich Wilhelm Rettberg (born August 21, 1805 in Celle ; † April 7, 1849 in Marburg ) was a German Protestant church historian and theologian.
Life
Rettberg, whose parents died early, attended a high school in his hometown. From 1824 to 1827 he studied philology and Protestant theology in Göttingen and in 1827 in Berlin . In 1827 he was awarded a doctorate in philosophy in Göttingen. Friedrich Rettberg worked as a high school teacher in Celle from 1827 to 1830; for the next three years he held a position as a repetitionist in the theological faculty in Göttingen. For a further three years, Rettberg worked as an assistant preacher at the St. Jacobi Church in Göttingen. He was awarded a license in Protestant theology in 1833; the next year he was appointed associate professor of Protestant theology. In 1838 he was appointed doctor of Protestant theology and at the same time appointed as a full professor to Marburg, where he was rector in 1841/42 and 1848/49 (until his death) . From 1847 Friedrich Wilhelm Rettberg was a member of the Upper Hessian consistory.
Works
- To Joannes in exhibenda Jesu natura reliquis canonicis scriptis vere repugnet , Göttingen 1826
- Thascius Cäcilius Cyprianus, Bishop of Carthago, shown after his life and work , Göttingen 1831
- An academic speech , Marburg 1841
- Church history in Germany, Volume I. , Göttingen 1845
- Church history of Germany, Volume II: The history of the church among the Alamanni, Bavaria, Thuringians, Saxony, Frisians and Slavs, as well as general information up to the death of Charlemagne , Göttingen 1848
literature
- Thomas Kuhn : Rettberg, Friedrich Wilhelm. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 59-60.
- Julius August Wagenmann: Rettberg, Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 273.
- Georg Heinrich Oesterley : History of the University of Göttingen in the period from 1820 to its first secular celebration in 1837 , Göttingen 1838
- Gerhard Müller : Theology in Marburg between Enlightenment and Restoration.
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Wilhelm Rettberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rettberg, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant church historian and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1849 |
| Place of death | Marburg |