Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen

Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen (born October 3, 1663 in Ilsenburg , † January 17, 1727 in Wittenberg ) was a German orientalist.

Life

Born as the son of the Graflich-Stolbergian iron factor in Ilsenburg and Blankenburg, as well as the founder of the ironworks in Ilsenburg, Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen and his wife Anna Elisabeth (née Heyden), attended grammar school in Gotha in 1680 and moved to Leipzig University in 1683 . After he had concentrated on studying the oriental languages under the guidance of Johann Benedict Carpzov II , he was there on April 12, 1684 Baccalaureus and on January 29, 1685 acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. In 1688 he completed an educational trip to Helmstedt , Holland , and England, and in 1691 returned to Saxony to the University of Wittenberg .

He then followed Konrad Samuel Schurzfleisch on a research trip to Italy , where he was instructed in the Syrian and Arabic languages by a Maronite . Traveling further via Hungary , Moravia and Silesia , he returned to Wittenberg in 1692. There Wichmannshausen became an associate professor of the Greek language on January 20, 1693 , was accepted into the philosophical faculty as an adjunct on March 24, 1693 and thus took over the full professorship of poetics at the Wittenberg University. So he had taken on the task of reciting the most common Latin poets like Virgil and discussing important grammatical questions.

After Theodor Dassov left Wittenberg, he became professor of oriental languages on July 15, 1699, and in 1712 he was appointed head of the university library in Wittenberg. As heir to Duttendorf (near Freiberg) he also took part in the organizational tasks of the university. In the summer semester of 1702, he was rector of the Wittenberg Academy . In the early Enlightenment phase, he led Arabic studies above all out of the spell of theological lines of thought and an impartial study of the self-testimonies of Islam developed. Wichmannshausen taught Hebrew, Syrian and Arabic grammar, he also explained sacred texts, for example the Colossians in Syriac translation. His numerous treatises mostly concern Hebrew antiquity.

family

In January 1698 he married Anna Sophia in Wittenberg, the daughter of Otto Mencke and his wife Magdalena Sybilla Berlich (1656-1703) , who was married in Leipzig in 1672. We know from the children:

A stillborn daughter * u. † 1699 in Wittenberg
Magdalena Elisabeth * August 27, 1702 in Wittenberg
Dorothea Sophia * November 23, 1704 in Wittenberg
Catarina Dorothea * January 25, 1706 in Wittenberg
Otto Christoph * May 10, 1707 in Wittenberg,
Ernst Friedrich * June 16, 1709 in Wittenberg
Johann Burckhardt von Wichmannshausen * September 16, 1710 in Wittenberg † July 22, 1771 in Zörnigall; was also councilor and district chief, was buried in Wittenberg.
Anna Sophia born May 22, 1712 in Wittenberg, married. on November 27, 1731 in Wittenberg with Johann Gottlieb Clement
Salome Catharina * March 11, 1714 in Wittenberg

Selection of works

Disputationem Moralem De Divortiis Secundum Jus Naturae. Leipzig 1685
Arabic school. Wittenberg 1724
De Zopyro Babyloniam fallen duck.
De exlinctione ordinis Templariorum.
De Saulo in Gibea vaticinante.
De irae et tremoris calice.
De navi tyria ex Ezech. XXVII, 4.5.6. Wittenberg 1714
De praesidiariis Levitarum urbibus. Wittenberg 1715
De templi prioris prae posteriori gloria. Wittenberg 1715
De abominando Moabi sacrificio. Wittenberg 1716
De sacrificio piaculari pro noxa adhibendo.
De differentiis vocum ebraicarum.
Do velis tabernaculi ac templi. Wittenberg 1718
De aspergilio Ebraeorum sacro. Wittenberg 1719
De columnis aeneis in porlicu templi a Salonume positis.
De tabulis foederis prioribus.
De operculo arcae foederis propitiatorio. Wittenberg 1720
De corona amonitica. Wittenberg 1720
De divinationibus Babyloniorum.
De calceo in Ebraeorum sacris deponendo. Wittenberg 1721
De tiara summi sacerdotis. Wittenberg 1722
De curribus bellicis in orientalo usilalis. Wittenberg 1722
De Micha de Messia vaticinante. Wittenberg 1722
De Melchisedeco from injuria Petri Juriaei defenso.
De prophetis et prophetissis.
De thermis tiberiensibus.
De paraphrasibus chaldaicis.
De peregrinorum deorum ministris.
De corpore scissuris non cruentando.
De spiritu Dei paradisiaco.
De Chebrone, gigantum domicilio.
De statua Rachelis sepulcrali.
De navigatione ophritica.
De maledictionibus diei.
De lingua hebraica.
De Cananaea triumphant.
De laceratione vestium.
De balteo sacerdotis magni.

literature

Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg . Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917
Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502–1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 .
Christian Friedrich Kesslin: News from writers and artists in the county of Wernigerode from 1074–1855. Commission publishing house Gebrüder Bänsch, Magdeburg / Wernigerode 1856 ( GoogleBooks )
Siegfried, C .: Wichmannshausen, Johann Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 316.
Wichmannshausen, Johann Christoph. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 55, Leipzig 1748, column 1676 f.

Web link

Publications by and about Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

↑ Georg Erler: The younger matriculation of the University of Leipzig 1559-1809 . Volume 1-3
^ Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 2; Halle (Saale), 1952
^ Baptism, marriage and death register Stadtkirche Wittenberg
↑ * November 9, 1692 in Großbothen (?); Son of the future Prettin pastor Ferdinand Clemens (born February 16, 1660 in Neusohl; † November 30, 1710 in Prettin) and Maria Elisabeth Laurin († June 30, 1699 in Prettin), first desponent Wittenberg, June 14, 1712 matriculated at the University of Wittenberg (free), March 2, 1723 legal exam pro Praxi forensi et notarius publ. Creatus, November 29, 1726 Lic. Jur., December 7, 1726 Dr. jur., court protector and lawyer at the Wittenberg consistory, † December 24, 1759 in Wittenberg. Children from the marriage: Christina Henrietta Sophia * October 30, 1732 in Wittenberg; † July 11, 1756 there; Johann Ludwig * November 24, 1733 in Wittenberg; † March 6, 1734 there; Johanna Sophia * May 10, 1735 in Wittenberg † March 6, 1761 there; Johanna Magdalena Friderika * June 24, 1736 in Wittenberg † December 2, 1804 in Jessen (born in Wittenberg); Johann Friedrich * January 16, 1739 in Wittenberg † August 11, 1743 there; Maria Salome * May 10, 1740 in Wittenberg; Rahel Magaretha * January 11, 1744 in Wittenberg † February 27, 1796 there; Johann Burkhard Clement * October 3, 1748 in Wittenberg.

personal data
SURNAME	Wichmannshausen, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 3, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ilsenburg
DATE OF DEATH	January 17, 1727
Place of death	Wittenberg

[1] Georg Erler: The younger matriculation of the University of Leipzig 1559-1809 . Volume 1-3

[2] Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 2; Halle (Saale), 1952

[3] Baptism, marriage and death register Stadtkirche Wittenberg

[4] * November 9, 1692 in Großbothen (?); Son of the future Prettin pastor Ferdinand Clemens (born February 16, 1660 in Neusohl; † November 30, 1710 in Prettin) and Maria Elisabeth Laurin († June 30, 1699 in Prettin), first desponent Wittenberg, June 14, 1712 matriculated at the University of Wittenberg (free), March 2, 1723 legal exam pro Praxi forensi et notarius publ. Creatus, November 29, 1726 Lic. Jur., December 7, 1726 Dr. jur., court protector and lawyer at the Wittenberg consistory, † December 24, 1759 in Wittenberg. Children from the marriage: Christina Henrietta Sophia * October 30, 1732 in Wittenberg; † July 11, 1756 there; Johann Ludwig * November 24, 1733 in Wittenberg; † March 6, 1734 there; Johanna Sophia * May 10, 1735 in Wittenberg † March 6, 1761 there; Johanna Magdalena Friderika * June 24, 1736 in Wittenberg † December 2, 1804 in Jessen (born in Wittenberg); Johann Friedrich * January 16, 1739 in Wittenberg † August 11, 1743 there; Maria Salome * May 10, 1740 in Wittenberg; Rahel Magaretha * January 11, 1744 in Wittenberg † February 27, 1796 there; Johann Burkhard Clement * October 3, 1748 in Wittenberg.