Heinrich Hesselberg

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Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Hesselberg (born January 4, 1792 in Windau , † April 8, 1877 in Preekuln in Courland) was a German-Baltic Evangelical Lutheran clergyman.

Life

Hesselberg came from a German-Baltic pastor family. He received his education in the pastorate of Angermünde (Kurland). He then studied Protestant theology at the University of Dorpat from 1807 , moved to the University of Heidelberg in 1810 and, in the winter semester of 1810/1811, to the University of Jena . In Dorpat Hesselberg was a member of the local Curonia , in Heidelberg he became a member of the Corps Curonia in 1810 .

After completing his studies, he returned to Courland and initially took a private tutor position, including with the Count of Lambsdorff in Laiden . He worked as a pastor in Sackenhausen from 1823, then in Dalbingen from 1826 and from 1844 to 1848 in SET . He was from 1842 to 1848 assessor of the Consistory of Courland. In addition to some sermons, he published a linguistic teaching of Latvian and a Latvian translation of Johann Arndt's Little Paradise Garden.

Heinrich Hesselberg was married to Karoline Elverfeld from 1820. The two raised five foster children in their household; next to the pensioners who taught Hesselberg.

Fonts

literature

  • Theodor Kallmeyer: The Protestant churches and preachers of Kurland. 2nd edition Riga 1910, p. 418 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death dates according to BBLD, DNB and KKL indicate 1848 as the year of death
  2. ^ Wilhelm Schack-Steffenhagen: The Convente of Curonia at the Universities of Germany 1801-1831. In: Festschrift der Curonia. Bonn 1958, p. 146
  3. ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910 , 111 , 22
personal data
SURNAME Hesselberg, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hesselberg, Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Windau
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1877
Place of death Preekuln in Courland