Johann Christoph Zenker

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Johann Christoph Zenker, contemporary portrait

Johann Christoph Zenker (born April 30, 1738 in Gunzenhausen ; † September 13, 1799 there ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and poet .

Life

Zencker was born in Gunzenhausen in the Principality of Ansbach in 1738 as the son of a Brandenburg-Ansbach archdeacon . He received religious training from his father. Up to the age of 14 he attended the Latin school and from 1752 to 1756 the Carolinum . He studied theology in Jena and returned to his homeland in 1759.

In 1759 he became vicar to his mother's brother in Schopfloch and already in 1760, after the death of his father, at the age of 22, pastor in Gunzenhausen. However, the position was poorly funded ; the income consisted almost exclusively of stol fees and agricultural sideline. In 1766 he moved to the parish in Dornhausen , where he was not doing better economically. On November 24, 1767 he married Marie Margarethe, born in Gunzenhausen. Recknagel. In 1774 he became life-threatening, but surprisingly regained health. During his illness he wrote an autobiography . In 1791 he became dean in Gunzenhausen through the protection of the Margravine Friederike Caroline , to whom he had written a chant in 1784 . Zencker died in 1799 at the age of 61.

He owed his inclination to poetry to his mother, who was a lover of poetry. Even as a student he sent letters of verse home and in the course of his life repeatedly turned to casual poetry . In addition to poems, he also wrote some fables and anecdotes. His works were published posthumously in 1802 in Weißenburg in three volumes.

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Christoph Zenker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ludwig Frankel:  Zenker, Johann Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 59.
  2. ↑ Text of cheers singing to take possession of Unterschwaningen by Friederike Caroline
personal data
SURNAME Zenker, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and Evangelical Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Gunzenhausen
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1799
Place of death Gunzenhausen