Jan Bjedrich Fryco
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Jan Bjedrich Fryco (also Jan Bjedrich Fryzo , German Johann Friedrich Fritze ; born September 20, 1747 in Kolkwitz , Niederlausitz ; † January 15, 1819 ibid) was a Lower Sorbian Protestant pastor . He was the first to translate the Old Testament into Lower Sorbian .
Life
Jan Bjedrich Fryco was born the son of a pastor in Kolkwitz and was a brother of Pomgajbog Kristalub Fryco . After attending grammar schools in Cottbus and Lübben , he studied Protestant theology in Halle / Saale . There he also worked as a teacher at the school of the orphanage of the Francke Foundations .
From 1769 he was subdeacon and rector of the city school in Vetschau . In 1773 he became pastor in Kahren , in 1778 in Kolkwitz and Gulben . In 1791 Fryco finished the translation of the Old Testament into Lower Sorbian, which appeared in print in 1796. In 1808 he went into retirement.
He is buried in the church cemetery in Kolkwitz, where there is a tombstone of his. In the church there is an exhibition about his life and work (Johann-Friedrich-Fritze-Museum).
Fonts
- Wendish / Lower Sorbian dictionary, 1793 (unprinted, lost)
- Wendish grammar, 1793 (unprinted, lost)
- Bože Pißmo Starego Testamenta. Kühn, Cottbus 1796 ( digitized version ; digitized version of the manuscript part 1 , part 2 )
He also wrote some songs. In addition, some sermons and letters from Jan Bjedrich Fryco have survived.
literature
- Ernst Eichler (Ed.): Slavic Studies in Germany from the Beginnings to 1945. Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1993, ISBN 3-7420-1538-9 , pp. 127–128
- Friedrich Beck and Eckart Henning (eds.): Brandenburgisches Biographisches Lexikon (= individual publication of the Brandenburg Historical Commission eV, Volume 5). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 2002, ISBN 3-935035-39-X , p. 132
- Fryco, Jan Bjedrich . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 3: Einstein-Görner. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-598-25033-0 , p. 603
Web links
- dl / hhk [d. i. Hans Hermann Krönert]: Johann Friedrich Fritze. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . September 21, 2007
- Jan Bjedrich Fryco Sorbian Institute CV and archive holdings (inventory)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fryco, Jan Bjedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fryzo, Jan Bjedrich; Fritze, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lower Sorbian Protestant pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolkwitz , Lower Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1819 |
| Place of death | Kolkwitz , Lower Lusatia |