Gottfried August Pietzsch

Gottfried August Pietzsch (born October 8, 1759 in Schkeuditz , † February 8, 1840 in Naumburg ) was a German clergyman, educator and writer.

Life

Gottfried August Pietzsch attended school in Merseburg and began studying theology at Leipzig University in 1780 . In 1784 he passed his theological exam in Dresden and then became tutor of the Saxon major of the cavalry Ludwig Wilhelm von Rex in Freyburg . In 1789 he was elected deacon in Freyburg and pastor in Zscheiplitz .

In 1802 he opened a school in Naumburg and ran it alongside his clerical offices.

In 1808 he resigned his offices as a clergyman for health reasons.

In 1830 he opened a Sunday school , where he taught free of charge and paid a teacher. The Sunday School was attended by 93 students, including apprentices and journeymen.

He was also active as a writer and worked, among other things, on the “New Nekrolog der Deutschen”.

In 1789 he married and had four children, but only his son, who lived with his death Regierungsrat in Erfurt was.

Works (selection)

• Gottfried August Pietzsch; Friedrich Severin: Otto Karl Ludwig von Rex: Friendly teachings and admonitions to my beloved pupil Otto Karl Ludwig von Rex because he left his father's house in Freyburg in April 1788 . Weißenfels (printed by Friedrich Severin) 1788
• Gustav Redlich: or, The preacher as he should be . Leipzig: Sommerschen Buchhandlung, 1801
• Book of edification for the sick: along with some sermons; with 1 title copper . Leipzig 1803
• Excerpts from the diary and letters of a sick person during his stay in Carlsbade, at the Franzensbrunnen near Eger and in Lauchstädt in 1802. Weißenfels 1803
• My life experiences about some important subjects of upbringing and of domestic and civil life, along with e. christl. Creuz- u. Consolation for all troubled school people. Zeitz Webel 1821
• The high occupation of the female sex as virgin, wife, housewife and mother: To promote domestic bliss. Zeitz: Webel 1822
• Heinrich Frommans the venerable country preacher edifying curriculum vitae: an instructive and comforting reading book to promote Christian child discipline . Neustadt: Wagner 1823 [1]
• Adolph and Wilhelm, the unequal brothers and their unequal lives or: the consequences of upbringing; an instructive reading book for parents and Educator. Kosice 1823
• Ferdinand Klugen's evening conversations with his children about his own life . Kosice 1824
• Fatherly conversations with well-bred youths and virgins about the most important matters of youth and human life in general. Naumburg: Citizen 1826
• Gustav Redlich's serious retrospectives in the past days of his life to reconcile with the ailments of our time and to revive the comforting belief that things are getting better and better on our earth. Zeitz Webel 1829
• Heinr Gotthold; Gottfried August Pietzsch: Heinr. Gotthold's conversations with an official in the country about the ongoing disputes between the rationalists and supranaturalists in 8 letters . Zeitz 1829
• Franz Oswald or the high occupation of the male sex in every age, as boy, young man, man and old man. A Christmas story for all well-educated youngsters . Zeitz 1830
• Wilhelm Ehrlich's teaching a. Years of traveling as well as the domestic way of life as a citizen: to educate honorable citizen sons for their civil profession . Zeitz 1830

Individual evidence

1. ^ New necrology of the Germans . Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed November 30, 2017]).
2. ↑ General school newspaper: an archive for the science of the entire school, educational u. Education d. Universities, high schools, elementary schools etc. of all higher u. lower educational institutions . Leske, 1831 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2017]).
3. ^ New general German library . Nicolai, 1802 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2017]).