Johann Carl grid man

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Johann Carl grid man (born October 30, 1816 in Dornum , † March 18, 1892 in Leer ) was a liberal politician and theologian, rector of the Latin school Esens and later navigation preschool teacher. According to Rudolf Eucken , he was "a very decisive champion of Prussia and German unity".

Life

His parents were Rudolph Christoph Gridmann and his wife Eleonore Charlotte Biermann . His father was a pastor in Eggelingen , where he also spent his youth. He attended high school in Jever and then that in Aurich, where Rudolf von Jhering became his classmate. After graduating, he went to Göttingen University in 1837 to study theology and history. There he became a member of the later Corps Frisia Göttingen in 1837 . During his student days he had to answer to the university court for fraternity tendencies . As a theologian he was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) and his pupil Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872). He wanted to bring their liberal ideas in line with theology, which brought him into opposition to the regional church.

After his good exams, his professors urged him to pursue a university career, but he preferred to become his father's successor in Eggelingen. He probably had the Eggelinger on his side, but he was not allowed to vote. He was unemployed when his father died on May 8, 1848. In October 1848 he received the offer to become principal of the Latin school in Esens . He held the office until 1872. He married in November 1848 and was already president of the Esens Citizens' Association on January 25, 1849, while numerous revolutions broke out in Europe . The association settled the formed at the instigation of the government vigilantes and support of the poor. He was also Esen's representative in the East Frisian landscape . On May 10, 1849, the latter made the unsuccessful attempt to declare East Frisia as imperial direct. On May 19, the vigilante group was disbanded. The next day he made a public speech in Esens, where he pointed out that the governments had promised a constitution and that this had not happened. He was then charged with baiting and lese majesty . His lawyer (and cousin) Jelto grid man was able to show that he had said nothing against the king. On February 5, 1850, he was sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment only for violating official honor . He appealed because neither the Hanover government nor a Hanoverian official was mentioned in his speech. Nevertheless, the judgment was confirmed in the second instance on June 17, 1850 and so he reported on July 29, 1850 (during the big vacation) to the penal system in Hildesheim . After serving his sentence, he traveled back and was received in Esens with large flag decorations; a delegation presented him with a silver honorary goblet. His permission to preach had also been withdrawn, but this was revised after a signature campaign. His sermons were so popular that they were published. His liberal views generated opposition from the conservative East Frisian preachers. He was also active in the influential Protestant association of Seriem . He published many articles that ended in numerous disciplinary investigations where he received reprimands or fines.

In 1867 he was put up as a candidate for the state parliament by the National Liberal Party, but was narrowly beaten by the conservative candidate.

In 1870 he went overboard and was dismissed as rector. The process dragged on until 1874. In August 1874 he took over an apprenticeship at the navigation preschool in Leer. He was quickly active there too. In 1876 he became a member of the Young Merchants Association and in 1877 an honorary member. He retired on December 31, 1884, but held lectures until 1886. He died in 1892.

In his honor, a Carl-gridmann school was founded in Esens, and there is also a Carl-gridmann-Strasse.

family

He married Friedericke Margarethe von Nuys († 1853) on November 26, 1848 . She was the daughter of the wine merchant and senator Friedrich Ulrich von Nuys (* December 16, 1783, † April 5, 1850). A daughter was born to the couple.

After the death of his first wife, he remarried in 1854. His bride was Sophie Gramberg (born December 20, 1823) from Züllichau , daughter of high school professor Carl Peter Wilhelm Gramberg . Two sons were born to the couple who went to Odessa as merchants .

plant

Carl Gridmann's publications include:

  • Sermons from the Spirit of the Time , 1850.
  • The little East Frisian. Card and Description of the Principality of East Friesland , 1855 (revision).
  • Who is christ (Christmas sermon 1864).
  • Defense against the attacks of the East Frisian Sunday messenger on me and my sermon: “Who is Christ?” , 1865.
  • Luther, the court of heretics in Esens and the Bible. A lecture in the Seriemer Protestant Association in Grossholum at the Reformation Festival in 1869.
  • Documentary representation of my removal from office , 1873.
  • The geographic cycle of the German Empire , 1878 (lectures).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ from: Rudolf Eucken, memoirs , digitized
  2. ↑ Search results Dead Points Ostfriesland , accessed on September 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Wilhelmina Sophie Johanne GRAM MOUNTAIN (* 1823)" , online local heritage books, October 17, 2002 release date: August 7, 2020th
personal data
SURNAME Grid man, Johann Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German liberal politician and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornum
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1892
Place of death Leer (East Frisia)