Johann Carl Friedrich Witting

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Johann Carl Friedrich Witting

Johann Carl Friedrich Witting (born March 30, 1760 in Alfeld , † January 14, 1824 in Braunschweig ) was a German Lutheran theologian and author .

Life and accomplishments

Johann Carl Friedrich Witting was the eldest son of Pastor Nicolaus Christoph Witting (1728–1816) and his wife Christiane Friederike Elisabeth, née. Temme (1735-1819). After studying theology at the University of Göttingen , he initially worked as a private tutor before becoming patronage preacher in Ellensen in 1783 . In 1799 he became the second pastor of St. Magnus Church in Braunschweig, and from 1805 until his death, finally the first pastor there.

In addition to his work as a pastor, JCF Witting was the author of various writings that made him well known in his day.

family

JCF Witting was since 1784 with Dorothea Wilhelmina, geb. Leonhardt (1759–1837) married. They had eight children together. The son Ernst August Georg (1795-1870) succeeded his father in 1824 as pastor of St. Magnus Church. The son Carl Wilhelm Christoph (1792–1797) died of the consequences of the red dysentery .

The Brunswick businessman Ernst Franz Witting and the Hanoverian court building officer Diedrich Christian Ludwig Witting were his cousins; the later Hanoverian Oberhof building director Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves his nephew and godchild.

Works (selection)

  • Bedside entertainment material. Goettingen 1788.
  • Some thoughts on pulpit lectures and their appropriate set-up. Goettingen 1791.
  • About the morality of the game. Leipzig 1791.
  • About the card game. Leipzig 1791.
  • Practical Guide for Preachers. Barth, Leipzig 1791–1798. 6 volumes (each consisting of two parts).
  • Third lesson in religion and virtue. Saalfeld, Berlin 1812.
  • On the meditation of a preacher: together with a repertory of the main sentences on sermons. Barth, Leipzig 1812, ( online ).
  • On the question: Why did Jesus leave nothing in writing? Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig 1822 (new edition: Nabu Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-286-21014-7 ).

literature

  • Georg Christoph Hamberger: The learned Germany. 5th edition, Volume 8, G. Olms, Hildesheim 1966, (reprint of the edition, Lemgo 1800), DNB 456867147 .
  • Friedrich August Schmidt (Ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen. Volume 2, Voigt, Weimar 1824 (1826).
  • Carsten Witting: Witting family from Lüchow. (Part 2) In: Journal for Low German Family Studies . Issue 3, 3rd quarter, p. 97, 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Practical Guide for Preachers. Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 92.
  2. ^ Carsten Witting: Family Witting from Lüchow (part 2). In: Journal for Low German Family Studies . Pp. 95-115.
  3. ↑ Uslar Church Book No. 42 in 1788.
  4. ↑ Entry on zs.thulb.uni-jena.de
personal data
SURNAME Witting, Johann Carl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Witting, Johann Karl Friedrich; Witting, Johannes Carl Friedrich; Witting, Johannes Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH Alfeld
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1824
Place of death Braunschweig