Georg Friedrich Fickert
Georg Friedrich Fickert (born November 20, 1758 in Bartsdorf ( Striegau , present-day Poland ); † May 6, 1815 in Groß-Wilkau ( Silesia ); also Georg-Friedrich Fickert or George Friedrich Fickert ) was a German hymn poet and pastor.
Life
Fickert was born the son of a master tailor and his wife, Elisabeth, née Fichtner. At the age of 13 he was sent to a school, three years later to a grammar school in Schweidnitz . He studied in Halle (Saale) from May 2, 1781 . In 1795 he became a pastor in Reichau and married Christiane Dorothea Laengner. Fickert had six children with his wife, two of whom died at a young age. After 18 years they separated again because Christiane was not interested in her husband's job and she moved back to her parents. In Großwilkau he worked from 1810. In addition to his pastoral office, he published a weekly Christian newspaper on revival and mission (Christianity) . The reason for his death is believed to be the poverty of his family.
Works
- Christian weekly for gathered and scattered children of God and all who seek the Lord Jesus with all their hearts
- O that soon your fire was burning, you ineffable lover ( EKG 219, EG 255)
- Throw worries and pain into the loving heart of the mighty helping Jesus
- In our king's name we step on the train
literature
- Johann Heinrich Höck: Oh, that your fire will soon be burning, you inexpressible lover. A Hymnological Finding (1922)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Fickert, Georg Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 30.
- Hans Jürgen Kalberlah: Fickert, Georg Friedrich , in: Wolfgang Herbst (ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2001 ISBN 3-525-50323-7 , pp. 90f
Web links
- Fickert, Georg Friedrich . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fickert, Georg Friedrich . In: Ostdeutsche Biografie (Kulturportal West-Ost), accessed on August 30, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fickert, Georg Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fickert, Georg-Friedrich; Fickert, George Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hymn poet and pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bartsdorf , Striegau , today Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1815 |
| Place of death | Groß-Wilkau , Silesia |