Heinrich Cornelius Hecker

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Heinrich Cornelius Hecker (born August 1, 1699 in Hamburg , † July 22, 1743 in Meuselwitz ) was a German theologian and hymn poet . He also published under the pseudonym Bellamintes .

Life

Heinrich Cornelius Hecker was born on August 1, 1699 in Hamburg as the son of Captain Jacob. He attended the learned school of the Johanneum under Johann Hübner and from 1717 the academic high school in his hometown. In 1719 he moved to the University of Leipzig , which in 1721 handed him the academic degree of master's degree . Soon afterwards he became a Vespers preacher at the Paulinerkirche there . Although he wanted to Leipzig habilitation , but was in 1724 by Count Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorf as his private secretary and as a tutor for Prince Ludwig Heinrich von Hildburghausen called according Meuselwitz. He was promoted to assistant preacher and deacon in 1725 and was finally appointed both pastor and adjunct to the Altenburg superintendent in 1728 . From 1741 he functioned as Count Seckendorff's court preacher , but also held his previous offices. On July 22, 1743, he died in Meuselwitz at the age of 43.

He left a son, Jacob Christian Hecker, born in Meuselwitz in 1727 and died as a clergyman on April 14, 1779 in Eisleben . Jacob Hecker's son, who was also called Heinrich Cornelius, died July 17, 1828 as a clergyman in Eythra and had also published some sermons.

Hecker had written dissertations and historical works on Meuselwitz and other surrounding cities. His Seckendorf hand postille is a collection of sermons for the gospel over the whole year; Each of the 75 sermons is accompanied by a spiritual song that sets the content of the sermon to music. There is also an opening song and a thank you song at the end. According to the author of the article in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, these songs, some of which were taken over into hymn books, were characterized by their skillful form and smooth expression. In 1756 the hymn writer Johann Samuel Diterich , and in the following year Kaspar Zollikofer, revised some of Hecker's songs, which were also distributed in this form. In total he had composed 89 hymns. The Hanoverian hymn book from 1740 contains 23 songs by Hecker.

Works

  • Seckendorf's hand postille (Leipzig 1730)
  • Thank God, a new church year reveals to us the great faithfulness of the eternal God
  • Immanuel the Lord is here taking my flesh
  • Word of the highest mouth, angel of my covenant, word, you are not mute

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CERL
personal data
SURNAME Hecker, Heinrich Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1743
Place of death Meuselwitz