Georg Nitsch

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Georg Nitsch (also: Nitsche , Nitschius ; * March 12, 1663 in Altstrelitz ; † November 20, 1729 in Gotha ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

The son of a watchmaker and businessman, who died at the age of 12, had attended the school in his hometown as well as the schools in Prenzlau , Stralsund and Brandenburg . He improved his living conditions by singing in the carolers and as an assistant teacher. On March 10, 1684 he began studying at the University of Wittenberg , in the same year switched to the University of Leipzig and in 1685 to the University of Jena .

In 1692 he went to Wolfenbüttel , where he was appointed a court collaborator by Duke Anton Ulrich, and in 1693 he took over the pastor's office at the Gotteslager church there. He preached for several years in a narrow space above the imperial gate until a new church was built for his congregation in 1700. He liked this position so much that in 1706 he turned down a call to Hanover and in 1708 a second to Halberstadt. Finally, in 1709, he followed a call as general superintendent and consistorial assessor to Gotha. Almost exactly a year later, on November 10, 1710, he gave his inaugural sermon there and remained in this office until his death.

Nitsch was an educated man and not very contentious in his theological attitude. Yet he did not hide his opinion. So he expressed himself critical when Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel for the purpose of the wedding with the later Emperor Karl VI. converted to the catholic faith. As a good pulpit speaker, he had made a name for himself preferably in the field of edification literature. Apart from individual sermons and letters, he has published extensive books.

family

Nitsch was married four times. His first marriage was in Braunschweig in 1691 with Clara Sophia Fine. In 1693 he married Catharina Maria (* December 11, 1676 in Wolfenbüttel; † July 11, 1710 in Gotha), the daughter of the songwriter and lawyer Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer (* July 11, 1635 in Naumburg; † September 8, 1699 in Wolfenbüttel). The third time he had on October 18, 1712 in Erfurt Joannette, the daughter of the councilor Johann Jacob Schmid (Schmidt) and Martha Sophia Menius. His fourth marriage was in Arnstadt on May 14, 1715, to Anna Regina, the widow of the kitchen master Johann Caspar Schröpfer, the daughter of the archdeacon in Arnstadt Johann Quirius Hedenus. One knows of his five daughters:

  • Maria Sophia Nitsch (born October 21, 1700 in Wolfenbüttel; January 19, 1734 in Waltershausen) m. January 17, 1719 in Ichtershausen Johann Caspar Büchner
  • Elenora Catharina Nitsch married June 6, 1724 in Gotha with the deacon in Eisenach Johann Valentin Schramm
  • Christina Maria Nitsch married May 29, 1725 in Gotha with the Chamber Secretary Teutschebach
  • Christina Nitsch married January 23, 1731 in Arnstadt with the government secretary Johann Wilhelm Ernesti

Works

  • Alterna Dei, God's one thing for another. 1695; new edition 1720
  • Tract on Psm. 71, 20; "Theological missions" 3 vol., 1698
  • Axiomata sacra. 1709; new edition 1722
  • Answering the question of whether the Scriptures are God himself. 1714
  • A detailed answer to the Schediasma, so JA Knoblach against his writing: Whether the writing is God himself, published. 1715
  • Mysta in l'alpito simplex. In: Theological dissertation on the simplicity that a preacher should use in the pulpit. 1716
  • The going out of the believers. 3 parts. 1720–1732 (a collection of funeral speeches)
  • Practice mortificationis carnis. 1725

literature

personal data
SURNAME Nitsch, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nitsche
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Altstrelitz
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1729
Place of death Gotha