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Johann Christian Hermann grid man (born July 27, 1768 in Dunum ; † January 20, 1834 in Emden ) was an Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, writer, hymn poet and doctor of philosophy. He was the eldest son of Johann Wilhelm grid man, preacher in Westeraccum († 1834), and his wife Ida Marie Reuter. His brother Rudolph Christoph Gridmann was a pastor in Eggelingen .

Life

Grid man was a bright boy and so his father first trained him at home and later sent him to the Latin school in Norden . There the rector Joachim Gerhard Wiedeburg and later the rector Johann Friedrich Mayer took care of his getting away. In 1786 he went to the University of Halle , where he studied philosophy and theology until 1788 . After his successful studies, he still had to pass the exam before the royal consistory in Aurich . He could shine with great speaking skills. But he did not get a pastor's position, but became head (preceptor) of the orphanage school in Esens . There he gave elementary lessons and on Sunday also the evening prayer hours. But the work did not fill him. The Countess von Üxküll-Gyllenband - Mistress von Dornum - offered him the opportunity to become a preacher in Resterhafe in the autumn . The small community made it possible for him to devote himself to poetry . In 1794 the Count von Wedel approached him and he became a preacher in Neustadtgödens . Here he was able to consolidate his reputation as a speaker. People came to hear him even from remote places. His reputation spread to Emden . So in 1807 he was offered the position of second preacher in Emden. Since Neustadtgödens had also become too small for him, he moved to Emden. When East Frisia was added to the Kingdom of Holland in 1809 , religious life was also to be reorganized. So lattice man and others were ordered to Amsterdam . He stayed there for three months for negotiations. The rules were still confirmed by King Ludwig , but with the dissolution of the kingdom, the rules no longer came into effect. An attempt from Aurich to poach him in 1812, he refused.

During the whole time he published many publications. For this he received a doctorate from the philosophy faculty of the University of Halle in 1818 . In 1825 he received the post of first preacher in Emden. In the fall of 1833 he coughed up blood ; despite the efforts of the doctors, he died in January 1834.

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Many of his writings have been published, including:

  • Sermon to celebrate the Peace of Basel, Aurich 1795
  • The best world. A poem in 4 songs after Mercier, Norden 1799
  • Verses on Sundays and Holidays, North 1799
  • The Grand Sum of All Teachings, Sermon North 1801
  • two romantic stories, Frankfurt am Main, 1802, Seume and grid man
  • Romantic stories, Berlin 1803
  • Religious book for children from 5 to 6 years, Bremen 1804
  • Funeral speech at HF ​​Rastede, Norden 1805
  • Bouquet of flowers, north 1809
  • The beginnings of the Dutch language for Germans, Hanover, 1810
  • Poems, Münster 1812
  • East Frisian pocket book for instruction and entertainment, (1813-1833), Emden, Norden
  • Sermon at the birth celebration of the King of Prussia, Hanover 1814
  • Religious poems, Leipzig 1819, digitized
  • Hosanna, the life of Jesus, Hanover 1821
  • Basics of the geography of East Friesland, Emden 1822
  • Hironimus von Alphens , little poems for children, Emden 1832, translation from the Dutch digitized version
  • Christian songs, Bremen 1833, digitized

He also published in numerous magazines of his time. He also edited the East Frisian church hymnbook.

family

In 1792, grid man married Meta Helena Gerdes (born August 3, 1770; † April 17, 1844) daughter of the preacher von Etzel .

  • Johann Wilhelm (* December 3, 1792; † March 12, 1831) doctor and writer ∞ Magdalene Catharina Metger
  • Katharina Henriette (born July 26, 1803 - † January 3, 1891) ∞ Wilke Apfeld
  • Johann Jacob (born June 4, 1795 - † November 28, 1797)
  • Georg Eberhard (born July 29, 1797 - † August 4, 1797)
  • Ida Marie (born September 25, 1798)
  • Johann Jacob (born March 6, 1801)
  • Anna Helena (August 2, 1806 - August 6, 1806)

literature

  • Biographical lexicon of the East Frisian Landscape Foundation, Aurich 2001, pp. 169-173
  • Johannes Holtmanns:  grid man, Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 204.
  • Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voight, New Nekrolog der Deutschen 1834 , part 1, p. 86, [1]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen 1831 , part 1, p. 226, digitized
personal data
SURNAME Grid man, Johann Christian Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant preacher, writer and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunum
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1834
Place of death Emden