Gottlieb Anastasius Freylinghausen

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Gottlieb Anastasius Freylinghausen (born October 12, 1719 in Halle (Saale) ; † February 18, 1785 ibid) was a German Protestant theologian and director of the Francke Foundations in Halle.

Life

Freylinghausen was the son of Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen and his 27 years younger wife Johanne Sophie Anastasia, the daughter of August Hermann Francke . He received his schooling partly at home and partly in the royal pedagogy run by his father, part of the Francke Institutes. On March 30, 1731 he was enrolled at the University of Halle to study theology . He then taught at the Latin school and in 1742 became one of its inspectors. He completed his habilitation as a Magister legens at the University of Halle and was appointed associate professor in 1753 and full professor of theology in 1771. It wasn't until 1784 that he was also promoted to Dr. theol. PhD.

When his cousin Gotthilf August Francke died in 1769, his successor as director of the orphanage Johann Georg Knapp made him his condirector , and as early as 1771, when Knapp died, he took his place.

The phase of his directorate is described in older research as a time of manifold grave worries for him and a time of gradual decline for the institutions of the orphanage. Due to economic difficulties and a change in the zeitgeist, the institutions, which also comprised a number of commercial operations, lost their reserves and support. Freylinghausen had to take out loans and drastically reduce the number of benefits (granting free tables for schoolchildren and admitting orphans). As a result, the number of students in the Latin School fell to around 200 in the year he died in 1785, in the royal pedagogy there were only 17, of whom 13 lived in the institution.

Freylinghausen was never married. He lived with his mother until her death († 1770), then with a widowed sister. He was buried in Halle's Stadtgottesacker . The physician and councilor Carl August von Madai was also one of the funeral orators . His grave is in crypt arch 81, the Francke family crypt. A grave inscription is no longer preserved.

Works

Freylinghausen was not very active as a writer. In addition to a number of academic programs and a few other occasional publications, he has succeeded Gotthilf August Francke in the Halle Reports, reports on the East Indian mission institutions (New Series, 3rd-28th St.) and on some Protestant congregations in America (13-15 . Continued).

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  1. ↑ ADB (Lit.), p. 369
  2. ↑ Carl August von Madai: Bey the grave of the revered and highly learned gentleman, Gottlieb Anastasius Freylinghausen […] , Halle / S. 1785
  3. ^ Christian Stephan: The silent faculty. Pages 28–29, Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2005; ISBN 3-89923-103-1
predecessor Office successor
Johann Georg Knapp Director of the Francke Institutes
1771–1785 		Johann Ludwig Schulze
personal data
SURNAME Freylinghausen, Gottlieb Anastasius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian; Director of the Hallesches Orphanage
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1785
Place of death Halle (Saale)