Gottlieb Schlegel
Gottlieb Schlegel (born February 16, 1739 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † May 27, 1810 in Greifswald ) was a Protestant theologian and general superintendent of Swedish Pomerania .
Live and act
Gottlieb Schlegel was the son of a master tailor. In his hometown of Königsberg i. He attended the Collegium Fridericianum and studied theology at the University of Königsberg from 1754 . He was a student of Immanuel Kant and childhood friend of Gottfried Herder and Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten .
Schlegel went to Riga in the Russian governorate of Livonia , where he was rector from 1765 to 1780 and inspector of the Riga Cathedral School from 1782 to 1790 . Furthermore, from 1777 he was advancing from place to place preacher at the Cathedral in Riga and at St. Petri in Riga , most recently from 1788 senior preacher at St. Petri. During this time he was in 1777 at the University of Erlangen for Dr. theol. PhD.
In 1790 he followed a call to Swedish Pomerania , where he succeeded Bernhard Friedrich Quistorp as general superintendent based in Greifswald . He also took over the post of professor of theology at the University of Greifswald . Here he gave lectures on dogmatics , morals and ethics in the spirit of Wolff's philosophy and enlightenment .
In 1792 he published the Swedish-Pomeranian state catechism . This was followed in 1796 by a hymn book he co-authored , which, however, met with great opposition because of its strongly “rationalistic orientation”. In 1806 his work " Fundamentals of Dogmatics " appeared.
Schlegel died in Greifswald at the age of 71. His successor in the office of general superintendent was Johann Christoph Ziemssen .
Schlegel was married. The son Johann Gottlieb Schlegel (1787-1851) made a career as a military doctor in the Russian army and became president of the Medical and Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg .
Awards
See also
- List of superintendents general and bishops of Pomerania
- List of rectors at the University of Greifswald
literature
- Adolf Häckermann : Schlegel, Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 376 f.
- Hellmuth Heyden : The evangelical clergy of the former Stralsund administrative district. , 4 parts, Greifswald 1956–1972
Web links
- Literature about Gottlieb Schlegel in the state bibliography MV
- Works by and about Gottlieb Schlegel in the German Digital Library
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gottlieb Schlegel. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Footnotes
- ↑ Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Johann Gottlieb Schlegel. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bernhard Friedrich Quistorp | General Superintendent of Swedish Pomerania 1790–1810 |
Johann Christoph Ziemssen |
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Johann Georg Peter Möller | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1800 |
Emanuel Friedrich Hagemeister |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schlegel, Gottlieb |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Protestant theologian and general superintendent for Western Pomerania |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1739 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |
DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1810 |
Place of death | Greifswald |