Gottfried Anton Schenck
Gottfried Anton Schenck (* 1699 in Wiesbaden ; † 1779 there ) was a German Protestant pastor, chronicler and poet.
He was a son of the Wiesbaden high school student Johannes Schenck . After attending grammar school in Idstein, he worked as a deacon in Mosbach from 1724 to 1729 . In 1729 he became pastor and court preacher in Rödelheim , and in 1731 also church inspector. In 1750 he resigned for health reasons. Until his death he lived as a private citizen in Wiesbaden.
In addition to works on the history of his hometown ( memorabilia 1732–39 and history description 1758), he wrote a handwritten chronicle of Rödelheim.
In Rödelheim, Schenckstrasse is a reminder of him.
literature
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . Second volume. M – Z (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 2 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 .
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schenck, Gottfried Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1699 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1779 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |