Georg Christian Dieffenbach

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Georg Christian Dieffenbach (born December 4, 1822 in Schlitz (Vogelsbergkreis) , Upper Hesse ; † May 10, 1901 there ) was a German pastor and poet .

family

Dieffenbach was a son of the dean and pastor zu Schlitz Ludwig Christian Dieffenbach (born 1791 in Angersbach , died 1853), member of the First Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in the years around the German Revolution of 1848/49 . His son Karl Dieffenbach (1859-1936) was a general of the infantry during the First World War. His second son Otto Dieffenbach (1862-1919) was a chemist and professor at the TH Darmstadt .

Life

Signature in the Vielbrunn church book, 1853

Starting in the summer semester of 1840, he studied theology at the University of Gießen , where he was a member of the Corps Teutonia , and attended the preacher's seminary in Friedberg . In 1845 he took a job as a teacher at an educational institution for boys in Darmstadt . In 1847 he became vicar general in Kirchberg (today in Niedenstein ), later parish administrator in Vielbrunn in the Odenwald, before he succeeded his father as pastor in Schlitz in 1855. In 1873 he was appointed senior pastor, in 1892 a councilor and in 1900 a secret councilor.

In connection with the introduction of the Hessian church constitution (1874) Dieffenbach appeared as one of the leaders of the Lutheran denominational movement, where he represented a moderate line.

The Theological Faculty of the University of Greifswald awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1884.

Works

Georg Christian Dieffenbach is primarily regarded as the creator of edification writings, liturgical works and poetry. In his Ev. Hausagende (1853) there is an evening prayer that is still widely used today:

Stay with us, Lord,
for evening is about to come
and the day has passed.
Stay with us and with all of your Church.
Stay with us in the evening of the day, in
the evening of life, in the evening of the world.
Stay with us with your grace and goodness,
with your holy word and sacrament,
with your consolation and blessings.
Stay with us
when
the night of tribulation and fear comes over us ,
the night of doubt and trial,
the night of bitter death.
Stay with us and all your believers
in time and forever.
Amen.

Many of his children's songs have been set to music by Franz Abt and CA Kern .

Dieffenbach is considered one of the early important youth writers .

Publications

  • Evangelical house agendas: that is: Complete order of the house worship service in prayers, songs and Bible lessons for all days of the church year, based on the early church Sundays and Sundays. Holiday Gospels. Kunze, Mainz 1853. ( Digitized copy of the copy from the Bavarian State Library)
  • From children's life. (Poems)
  • Happy childhood.
  • Happy youth.
  • Baby's pastime.
  • Golden storybook.
  • From the youth. (Children's songs)
  • 60 children's songs by G. [eorg] Chr. [Istian] Dieffenbach for 2 voices with easy piano accompaniment composed by Karl August Kern. Op. 36. With a contribution from Gr. A. v. G. Ninth edition. With 24 illustrations by Prof. Fr. [iedrich] Wanderer. Publishing house by CG Kunzes successor (W. Jacoby), Wiesbaden 1913. (3rd edition 1877 still 50 children's songs ... , 5th increased edition 1891: 60 children's songs ... )

Extensions

Ludwig Richter , Fedor Flinzer and Friedrich Wanderer are some of the most outstanding illustrators of his songs. “Do you hear the earthworms coughing” used to be the melody of the song Hey, this morning I'll make a wedding ( Get me to the church in time ) of the musical My Fair Lady as a nursery rhyme and for the German armed forces as a marching song. By Bernd Stelter was in 2005 at a carnival song.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hs-leibnizgasse.at
  2. ↑ http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3277309/Bernd_Stelter_Hoerst_du_die_Regenwuermer_husten_hust_hust
personal data
SURNAME Dieffenbach, Georg Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 4, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlitz , Upper Hesse
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1901
Place of death Schlitz , Upper Hesse