Heinrich Andreas Walther
Heinrich Andreas Walther (born December 21, 1696 in Königsberg (Biebertal) , † November 5, 1748 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and pastor .
Life
Walther was the son of the Lutheran preacher Andreas Walther . From 1712 he studied theology, ancient languages and law at the University of Giessen . In 1715 he acquired his master's degree and then gave lectures in Hebrew , Chaldean , Latin , logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural law and politics. In 1720 he became a lecturer at the Gießen Pedagogy . In 1729 Walther went to Worms as a pastor and high school teacher .
From there he was appointed pastor to the Katharinenkirche in Frankfurt am Main in 1733 . On October 10, 1741, he moved to the Barfüßerkirche and was the successor to Christian Münden Senior of the Ministry of Preachers and Consistorial Assessor . On November 2, 1741, after a public disputation, the University of Giessen awarded him the degree of Doctor of Theology . He died in Frankfurt on November 5, 1748. His successor as a senior was Johann Philipp Fresenius .
In 1720 he married Marthe Christiane Rube from Battenberg , the daughter of the Hesse-Darmstadt bailiff Johann Christoph Rube (1665–1746). The marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters:
- Sophie Eleonore (1723–1754), married the Göttingen professor Gottfried Achenwall in 1752; Poet and writer
- Friedrich Andreas (1727–1769), senior pastor and court preacher in Hesse-Homburg , later superintendent in Hanau
- Anne Marie (1734–1744)
- Jakob Christian (* 1738; † after 1776) became a pastor in Homburg , and in 1761 married Friedrike Louise Jakobea Fresenius , a daughter of Johann Philipp Fresenius . He left his family in 1766 and became a Prussian soldier.
Works
Walther published numerous sermons and other theological writings as well as 20 spiritual songs.
literature
- Wilhelm Grotefend: Walther, Heinrich Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 108-110.
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . Second volume. M – Z (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 2 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 , p. 533 .
Web links
- Works by and about Heinrich Andreas Walther in the German Digital Library
- Walther, Heinrich Andreas. Hessian biography (as of February 12, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 13, 2015 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Münden |
Senior of the Ministry of Preachers in Frankfurt am Main 1741–1748 |
Johann Philipp Fresenius |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walther, Heinrich Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1696 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Biebertal) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1748 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |