Heinrich Leonhard Heubner

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Heinrich Leonhard Heubner

Heinrich Leonhard Heubner (born June 2, 1780 in Lauterbach , † February 12, 1853 in Wittenberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Educational career

Heinrich Leonhard Heubner was born on June 2, 1780 as the son of a pastor in Lauterbach in the Ore Mountains, now a part of Marienberg . His father died at the age of three, leaving behind a woman with four children. The family moved to Buchholz near Annaberg . His mother was only able to support the family with difficulty by working in the local weaving mill.

The young Heinrich received his first lessons in Buchholz. When he was thirteen he came to Schulpforta and quickly passed through the middle and upper classes. At Easter 1799 he was able to enroll at the University of Wittenberg and achieved his habilitation in 1805 with the dogma-historical treatise on the doctrine of the order of salvation and the means of grace under Karl Ludwig Nitzsch . He then gave his first lectures at the Wittenberg University .

In 1807 he was appointed adjunct at the university with the treatise on "the miracle reports in the Gospels" and in 1808 he was appointed to the third deacon office of the city ​​church by the Wittenberg council . In 1811 he was appointed full professor at the Wittenberg University and had thus reached the last stage of his academic career.

Work in Wittenberg

Plaque in memory of Heinrich Leonhard Heubner in Wittenberg

Heubner lived withdrawn and based his lifestyle on the commandments and laws of the Christian faith. He also came into conflict with his environment. However, the connection to his community was so strong that in 1809 he turned down an offer to Koenigsberg . The year 1813 was a touchstone for him. Allied French moved into Wittenberg during the Wars of Liberation . Wittenberg was rebuilt into a fortress and the people suffered under the reign.

The university was relocated to Schmiedeberg and all high-ranking university representatives left the city, with the exception of the two clergymen Karl Immanuel Nitzsch and Heubner. Since the town church was requisitioned by the French, Heubner gathered his congregation in his apartment for devotions and thus maintained the pastoral care. When the space was no longer sufficient, the rooms in the superintendent's office were prepared for the devotions. Sometimes it happened that during the siege of Wittenberg, a shell struck in the area of ​​the superintendent. Which, of course, made the worship service dangerous.

If the bombardment of the city lasted overnight, Heubner stood by with buckets of water to protect against fire damage from possible impacting grenades. And when it came to the event that a grenade hit a town church tower, he was able to extinguish the consequences of the fire and thus saved the town church from burning down. His commitment to the community earned him great recognition from the Wittenberg population, so that the other clergy in the community had a difficult time.

Work after the war of liberation

After the war of liberation , Wittenberg , which was once Saxon, was made subject to Prussia by the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna . As a result, the Wittenberg University was merged with the University in Halle. Wittenberg as the city of origin of the church political Reformation , a royal evangelical seminary was set up. Here Heubner took up his work as the third director of the seminary and taught theology to the young candidate from November 1, 1817. Furthermore, he became archdeacon at the city ​​church in 1825 and, after the death of Karl Ludwig Nitzsch in 1832, took over the position of the first director of the seminary and became superintendent. In this function, the members of his congregation offered him the first chairmanship in 1835 after the foundation of the mission relief organization. Under Heubner's leadership, a custody facility for small children was founded. Heubner had a particularly good relationship with King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. The latter attended Heubner's sermons several times and traveled to Wittenberg specifically for this purpose. The relationship between the two is said to have been so good that the king offered him the "you", which Heubner refused for reasons of piety. When Heubner fell ill, he sent his personal doctor who was able to quickly restore the sick person. As an outward sign of recognition for this, Heubner was appointed consistorial councilor on his 25th anniversary in 1842 . In his 72 years his health was badly affected by a stroke, another stroke on February 12, 1853 ended his life. After a large funeral procession, he was buried in the Wittenberg cemetery. His successor as the first director of the seminary was Heinrich Eduard Schmieder .

Aftermath

In the course of his life, Heubner had set up an important library, which King Friedrich Wilhelm IV bought for 3,000 thalers after his death in order to hand it over to the evangelical seminary.

To this day, the memory of Heubner in Lutherstadt Wittenberg has been preserved through a plaque at the Augusteum and through the Heubnerstrasse named after him.

family

Heinrich Leonhard had married Charlotte Louise Friederike Wilhelmine (born April 11, 1796 in Annaburg ; † March 15, 1866 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the royal Saxon captain Wolf Friedrich Heinrich von Brück (1751-1811), in 1818 in Dahme . The marriage resulted in a son and six daughters. Are known:

  • Charlotte Marie Henriette (born June 29, 1819 in Wittenberg, † March 23, 1873 in Rackith ) ⚭ August 15, 1839 with the Rev. von Rackith Johann Friedrich August Manta Mänß (born February 22, 1810 in Hückelhoven ; † January 9, 1897 in Wittenberg)
  • Johanna Christina Charlotte (born October 19, 1821 in Wittenberg; † February 20, 1836 there).
  • Dorothea Sophia Luise (born May 1, 1823 in Wittenberg; † August 1, 1906 in Görlitz ) ⚭ 1842 with Christoph Michael Stürmer, division preacher in Torgau ; ⚭ 1856 Wilhelm Albert Heinrich Stolzenburg (born January 2, 1813 in Demmin; † August 13, 1866).
  • Heinrich Leonhard (born October 16, 1824 in Wittenberg, † August 2, 1898 in Eutzsch ), pastor in Eutzsch.
  • Auguste Luise (born July 11, 1826 in Wittenberg) ⚭ 1846 with Ferdinand Wetzel († 1883), school councilor in Berlin.
  • Luise Elisabeth (born June 11, 1830 in Wittenberg) ⚭ with Adolf Weymann (1829-1916), Dr. jur., Upper Government Council.
  • Christiane Luise Elenore (born January 3, 1834 in Wittenberg) ⚭ September 25, 1856 in Wittenberg with deacon in Wittenberg Johann Philipp Georg Reinhold Gebler (born December 7, 1826 in Arnswalde; † December 18, 1863 in Wittenberg). (2nd sons, 1st daughter).

Works

  • Sermons in 1813 and 1814 at Wittenberg during the siege. 1814
  • Sermon on November 1, 1817, held on the second day of the Reformation jubilee celebration in the parish church in Wittenberg. 1817
  • Sermon at the Reformation Festival, 1821, as the day of the solemn inauguration of Luther's monument. 1821
  • Franz Volkmar Reinhard's attempt on the plan which the founder of the Christian religion devised for the best of people: a contribution to the evidence for the truth of this religion. Wittenberg 1830
  • The immutable value of the Augsburg creed. 1830
  • The good courage of an evangelical teacher. 1832
  • The parable of the prodigal son: three sermons. 1840
  • Thankful price from the Lord for the five and twenty years of preservation of our spiritual nursery: sermon held in the castle church in Wittenberg at the Michaelis festival in 1842. 1842
  • Sermon about Jesus' question: Do you want to go away too ?: according to Joh. 6, 66-71, held on the 13th Sunday. p. Trin. d. Aug 17, 1845. 1845
  • Sermons about the 7 letters of Jesus Christ in the Revelation of St. John. 1847, 1851
  • The Gospel of Matthew. 1855
  • HL Heubner's Kirchenpostille, that is: Sermons on the gospels and epistles of the church year, published by AS Neuenhaus, Vol. 2, 1854 ( online )
  • Practical explanation of the New Testament. Potsdam 1855 ( online )
  • Catechism sermons. 1855
  • The gospel of Lucas and John. 1856
  • The letters of the apostle Paul to the Romans, Corinthians and Galatians. 1862
  • Christian topic, or presentation of the Christian doctrine of the faith for homiletic use according to the estate and the notebooks of his listeners. Potsdam 1863 ( online )
  • Memories from the life of an East Indian missionary. 1865 ( online )
editor
  • M. Gottfried Büchner's biblical real and verbal hand concordance, or, exegetical-homiletic lexicon. 1840, 1853, 1885, 1873, 1885, 1888, etc.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ekkehart Fabian: Descendants of Chancellor Dr. Gregor Brück (1485 / 86-1557). Part I descendants of his eldest son Gregor. In: German Family Archives, vol. 6. Degner, Neustadt ad Aisch 1957, p. 181 f.
  2. ↑ father Matthias Mänß second Domprediger Magdeburg u. Senior Consistorial Councilor, mother Agnesa Pelzer; attended Domgymnasium Magdeburg, studied 1832/33 Uni. Halle-Wittenberg, 1833-1835 Uni. Berlin, 1835 1. Examination seminar Wittenberg, 1838 2. Examination Magdeburg, ordained June 5, 1839 in Magdeburg as Pastor Wahrenberg, 1841 Pastor Rackith; (3rd sons and 2nd daughters) known: Elisabeth († February 20, 1921) ⚭ April 21, 1870 in Rackith the pastor Großwulkow Friedrich Eduard Hertting (* June 20, 1840 in Jeetze, † August 21, 1926 Eisenach); Stendal high school, 1860/61 Uni. Halle-Wittenberg; 1861 Uni. Tübingen, private tutor, 1865 seminary Wittenberg, 1866 pastor Bleddin, 1867 pastor Stolberg Harz, 1869 Rev. Großwulkow, 1886 Rev. Döbrichau, 1889 Rev. Rackith, retired on October 1, 1912.
  3. ↑ He had attended grammar school in Wittenberg, studied at the University of Halle from 1842 to 1845, studied in Berlin from 1845-1846, moved to the seminary in Wittenberg at Easter 1851, was ordained as the main preacher of the seminary in Wittenberg on September 29, 1853, was 1857- 1868 pastor in Schlettau, and 1868-1898 pastor in Eutzsch; On April 16, 1857, he married Rosalie Sophie Emilie, the daughter of the pastor St. Georgen in Berlin Christian Ludwig Couard and his wife Christiane Amalie Karoline Weymann. (4th sons and 6th daughters) Known: Louise Charlotte Katharina (* 1858 in Schlettau; † July 28, 1859 ibid); Sophie Elisabeth (born July 19, 1860 in Schlettau; ⚭ September 16, 1891 with the parish administrator in Schildberg / Silesia Stanislaus Swienzerski); Caroline Martha (born November 28, 1861 in Schlettau); Henrietta Maria (June 16, 1863 in Schlettau; left Carl Böring from Emden in 1891) Heinrich Leonhard (born November 21, 1864 in Schlettau; military priest Pretzsch); Ottilie Dorothea (born October 2, 1866 in Schlettau, † May 10, 1867 ibid); Johannes Leonhard (September 25, 1868 in Schlettau; † February 25, 1869 in Eutzsch); Christian Ludwig Heinrich Leonhard (born February 9, 1872 in Eutzsch); Gotthold Leonhard (born April 14, 1873 in Eutzsch; † July 21, 1873 there).
personal data
SURNAME Heubner, Heinrich Leonhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heubner, Leonhard; Heubner, Henricus Leonhard; Heubner, HL
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauterbach
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1853
Place of death Wittenberg