Heinrich Prescher

Johann Philipp Heinrich Prescher (born November 19, 1749 in Gaildorf ; † May 26, 1827 in Gschwend ) was a German historian . He became known for his work on the history of the Imperial County of Limpurg .

Life

After visiting the Lyceum in Nördlingen studied Prescher in Hall and later in Leipzig theology . As a vicar in Eutendorf near Gaildorf , he collected material on limpurgic history. From 1777 until his death he was pastor of Gschwend.

His main work is the two-volume history and description of the imperial county of Limpurg , which was published in 1789/90 .

Prescher was in contact with Johannes Lämmerer , Justinus Kerner , Ludwig Uhland and Johann Gottfried Pahl , among others .

The organ builder Paul Prescher was probably his great-grandfather.

Honor

The Heinrich Prescher School in Gschwend bears his name.

literature

• Paul Friedrich von Stälin :  Prescher, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 568 f.
• Hans König:  PRESCHER, Johann Philipp Heinrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 1191-1192.
• Hans König: Johann Philipp Heinrich Prescher. * November 19th, 1749 Gaildorf † April 26th May 1827 Gschwend. The most important Limpurger historian, pastor in Gschwend for 50 years . In: Ders .: Literary diversity. Gschwender authors. 26 Life Pictures (Unterm Stein. Lauterner Schriften, Vol. 4), Stiftung Literaturforschung in Ostwürttemberg (Ed.), Einhorn-Verlag + Druck GmbH, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2005, ISBN 3-936373-07-8 , pp. 126-133 .

Web links

Wikisource: Heinrich Prescher  - Sources and full texts

• Digitized version of the Limpurgian history vol. 1 in the Google book search
• Digitized version of Limpurgian History, Vol. 2 in the Google book search
• Works by and about Heinrich Prescher  in the German Digital Library