Gottfried Hecking

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Gottfried Hecking

Gottfried Hecking (born July 7, 1687 in Ulm , † June 6, 1743 in Augsburg ) was a German scholar, moral professor and school principal.

biography

Hecking attended school in Ulm and then studied from 1706 in Tübingen , later in Strasbourg and Jena . In Jena, Hecking received his doctorate in 1713 with the work De usu mysteriorum fidei in praxi vitae Christianae . He then went to Halle , where he came into contact with August Hermann Francke , whose practical pietism strongly influenced him. Hecking was called to his hometown Ulm in 1714 to succeed M. Dan. Ringmaker to compete as professor of morality . In 1718 he became rector of the Heilbronn grammar school . In Heilbronn , where Hecking taught for 25 years, the majority of his writings on moral and religious problems were created, for which the scholar became known far beyond his place of work. With Hecking's appointment to Heilbronn, the city council again linked hopes of being able to convert the local grammar school into an academic grammar school , but as with several predecessors, these hopes were not fulfilled. Nevertheless, the reputation of the scholar Hecking drew many eager to learn from all over Germany to Heilbronn, and the number of students at the grammar school reached a long-term high under his leadership. In the spring of 1743 he was called to Augsburg, where he was also rector and died almost two months after his arrival.

Fonts (selection)

  • De inseparabili virtutum inter se nexu , Ulm 1717
  • De quotidiano conscientiae examine , Heilbronn 1718
  • Philosophia, quo sensu meditatio mortis appelletur , Heilbronn 1719
  • De fugienda voluptate erudita , Heilbronn 1720
  • Quo sensu quilibet fortunae suae faber , Heilbronn 1721
  • Quo sensu injustitia justitiae mater dici possit , Heilbronn 1723
  • An lacrimae sint emendatae voluntatis indicium , Heilbronn 1724

literature

  • Karl Epting : Gottfried Hecking 1718–1743 . In: 350 years of high school in Heilbronn. Festschrift for the anniversary of the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1971 (publications of the Heilbronn City Archives, 17). Pp. 77-87
personal data
SURNAME Hecking, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar, moral professor and school principal
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1687
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1743
Place of death augsburg