Georg Ludwig Herrnschmidt
Georg Ludwig Herrnschmidt (also: Herrnschmid, Herrenschmid ; born January 11, 1712 in Bopfingen , † November 23, 1779 in Hamburg ) was a German Protestant theologian.
Life
Born as the son of Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt (1675–1723) and his wife Sabina Katharina Schwarz († 1723). He studied at the University of Halle and the University of Jena . In 1736 he became a field preacher in the royal Prussian infantry regiment of General von Kleist in Berlin. With the regiment he experienced, among other things, a retreat, quickly took over the leadership of the same and thus brought about a victory. As a result, he had acquired the generosity of Frederick the Great, who made him senior pastor at the market church of Our Dear Women in Halle (Saale) in 1747 .
With this he became inspector of the second diocese of the hall circle and consistorial councilor. Through further protection he became general superintendent and consistorial president at St. Andrew's Church in Eisleben in 1756 . On January 21, 1766, he was appointed senior pastor to the St. Michaeliskirche in Hamburg, and on September 3, 1770, as the youngest of the senior pastors at the time, he was appointed senior pastor of all Hamburg churches. In the same year he received his doctorate in theology from the University of Tübingen . It is said of him: "He was a learned man with a handsome figure and a good speaker at a young age." But in Hamburg he had little approval because he had lost his teeth.
In terms of genealogy, it should be noted that he married Gebhardine Elisabeth Bechinn in Berlin on August 28, 1749. The son Karl Friedrich (* 1761 in Eisleben) is known from this marriage.
Selection of works
- God who makes everything well, in view of the temporal circumstances of our lives; a sermon. Berlin, 1743
- Collection of some of the sermons he gave. 4 parts, Halle, 1752–1765
- Drafts of his Sunday and feast day sermons. Hamburg, 1766-1770
- What the arts and sciences owe to merchants, etc. Hamburg, 1773
- Oratio de antiquissimo splendore publicarum scholarum. In: Klefecker's collection of the Hamburg laws.
literature
- Hans-Hermann Tiemann: Memory of Hans-Jürgen Quest (1924–1999). Münster 2004, 314
- Parish book of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony. Leipzig 2006, Vol. 4, 144
- Wilhelm Jensen: The Hamburg Church and its clergy since the Reformation. Hamburg 1958, 160
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Leipzig
Web links
- Works by and about Georg Ludwig Herrnschmidt in the German Digital Library
- Entry on Georg Ludwig Herrnschmidt in Kalliope
- Community pages of the Hamburg Michel
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Georg Franck |
Senior Pastor at the Marktkirche Our Dear Women 1747–1756 |
Friedrich Eberhard Rambach |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ernst Ludwig Orlich |
Chief Pastor to St. Michaelis 1766–1779 |
Johann Jakob Rambach |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herrnschmidt, Georg Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herrnschmid, Georg Ludwig; Herrenschmid, Georg Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1712 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bopfingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1779 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |