Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold

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Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold (born October 5, 1765 in Lower Saxony ; † September 19, 1842 in Blankenburg (Harz) ) was a German educator and Evangelical- Lutheran clergyman in Blankenburg.

Life

Leopold was a son of the pastor Johann Leopold. He attended the Ilfeld monastery school and studied Protestant theology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . From 1789 to 1802 he was vice rector and from 1802 to 1824 rector of the ducal grammar school Rudolph-Augusteum (today grammar school Am Thie ) in Blankenburg. Associated with this was the office of garrison preacher; the rector was also a subprior of the Michaelstein monastery . In 1824 he became superintendent and pastor at the local church of St. Bartholomew , prior of Michaelstein and Ephorus (school councilor). In November 1829, Duke Charles II awarded him the title of Councilor of Churches .

When in 1830 the previous Blankenburg inspection was elevated to a general inspection with supervision of the church districts (inspections) Blankenburg, Hasselfelde and Walkenried , Leopold became its first general superintendent . In 1839 he celebrated his 50th anniversary in office. A number of congratulatory letters were also published.

His extensive estate library was auctioned in Blankenburg in 1843.

literature

  • Carl Leopold: On the day of the fifty-year jubilee in office, I wish the beloved father, the general superintendent and church councilor Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold, good luck for himself and on behalf of his family; Blankenburg, April 21, 1839 . Kircher, Blankenburg 1839.
  • Caroline Horn: Dedicated to our dear father, General Superintendent and Church Councilor Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold, at his official jubilee on April 21, 1839 . Kircher, Blankenburg 1839.
  • Directory of the library left by the General-Superintendent, Mr. GHF Leopold, who died at Blankenburg: consisting of theological, philosophical, philological and educational books, which are located there in house no. 23 on March 27th d. J. and the following days are to be auctioned . Kircher, Blankenburg 1843.
  • Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold , in: New Nekrolog der Deutschen 20 / II (1842), Weimar: Voigt 1844, pp. 676–679 (No. 236) digitized
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Freist: The pastors of the Braunschweig Evangelical Lutheran Church since the Reformation was introduced . Volume 2, Wolfenbüttel 1974, p. 181.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto von Heinemann : The Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Braunschweig , Darmstadt 1858, p. 196
  2. ↑ Festive songs for the jubilee of the general superintendent and church councilor Leopold: Blankenburg, April 21, 1839. [Blankenburg], 1839; H. A. Nicolai: Sr. Revered and reverently dedicated to the Superintendent General and Church Councilor Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold at his official jubilee on April 21, 1839. Blankenburg: Kircher 1839; Dedicated to our dear father, the General Superintendent and Church Councilor Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold, at his official jubilee on April 21, 1839. Blankenburg: Kircher 1839; Carl Leopold: On the day of the fifty-year jubilee in office, I wish the beloved father, the general superintendent and church councilor Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich Leopold, good luck for himself and on behalf of his family; Blankenburg, April 21, 1839. Blankenburg: Kircher 1839
  3. ↑ Directory of the library left by the General Superintendent Mr. GHF Leopold, who died at Blankenburg: consisting of theological, philosophical, philological and educational books, which are there in house no. 23 on March 27th d. J. and the following days ... are to be auctioned. Blankenburg: Kircher 1843
personal data
SURNAME Leopold, Gottlieb Heinrich Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Saxony
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1842
Place of death Blankenburg (Harz)