Johann David Steinmüller

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Johann David Steinmüller (born August 22, 1708 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl. , † August 2, 1767 in Merseburg ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

Johann David was the son of the later mayor and Lohrot tanner in Oelsnitz Johann Caspar Steinmüller and his first wife Susanne Dorothea Zöphel from Schöneck. After initially attending school in his hometown, he attended the electoral Saxon state school in Pforta from June 25, 1723 to January 25, 1729 . Then he visited his cousin Johann Georg Steinmüller in Lehnstedt.

During this time he got to know the Jena university professors Johann Georg Walch , Johann Reinhard Rus and Georg Erhard Hamberger . He decided to study theology at the University of Leipzig , for which he had himself entered in the register there on May 16, 1729. He received the basic structure of his education at the philosophical faculty of the Leipzig Alma Mater. Here he attended lectures on mathematics, philosophy, history, rhetoric and the oriental languages ​​with Christian Gottlieb Jöcher , August Friedrich Müller , Johann Christoph Gottsched , Christian August Hausen , Georg Friedrich Richter , Johann Friedrich Menz , Johann Christian Hebenstreit and Karl Gottlob Sperbach . His knowledge of the theological context was also shaped by Christian Friedrich Börner , Salomon Deyling , Heinrich Klausing , Johann Gottlob Pfeiffer , Johann Gottlob Carpzov , Johann Schmid and Jeremias Friderici.

In Leipzig he advanced to the Baccalaurus of Philosophy on July 1, 1730, and on May 21, 1732 acquired the academic degree of Magister in Philosophical Sciences. He then worked as a private tutor for the children of Leipzig Mayor Christian Ludwig Stieglitz , in whose house he worked with Johann August Ernesti . From January 6, 1734 he worked as a private teacher in Nuremberg, where he taught the children of the Haller von Hallerstein family, among other things . From here he also went on excursions to the University of Altdorf and expanded his knowledge. On June 8, 1735, he completed the theological candidate exam in Dresden and began to work as a midday preacher at the Holy Cross in Nuremberg on May 6, 1736 . However, he did not perform this task for long. On November 1, 1736 he was appointed court preacher to the imperial baron and knight captain of the canton Braunach Hans Georg von Rotenhan and pastor in the Franconian Eyrichshof and Fischbach .

For this purpose he was ordained on November 11, 1736 at the St. John's Church in Schweinfurt and began serving there on December 2, 1736 with his suit sermon . This employment relationship did not last long either, since the young theologian's services were needed in his home country. The local superintendent Georg Christoph Meyer suffered a stroke on May 7, 1737 in his place of birth . Since he had lost the language and was partially paralyzed, Steinmüller was placed at his side as a substitute in 1737. After his retirement, Steinmüller took over his position as pastor and superintendent in Oelsnitz / Vogtl on October 5, 1739. On February 12, 1750, he moved to Merseburg for the last time as monastery superintendent and consistorial assessor. After becoming an honorary member of the Society of Liberal Arts in Leipzig on September 5, 1753, he completed his life in Merseburg.

Individual sermons, speeches and poems by Steinmüller are known, as well as a translation of Bernard-Joseph Saurin's French speeches on the story of the suffering of Jesus Christ. In 1765 he also published a new and improved Oelsnitz hymn book.

family

Steinmüller was married twice. His first marriage was with Erdmutha Sophia Mayer (* ± July 4, 1719; † August 18, 1753 in Merseburg), presumably the daughter of his predecessor Georg Christoph Meyer. His second marriage was on September 13, 1757 in Merseburg with Margarethe Elisabeth Kießling, the widow of the pastor at St. Nikolauskirche in Zeitz Friedrich Müller, daughter of Borna Johann Kießling's superintendent. There are children from the first marriage. We know of these:

  1. To. Friderica Christina Steinmüller married. on July 9, 1761 in Merseburg with the secretary of the monastery government in Merseburg Christian Friedrich Geißler
  2. To. Johanna Christina Steinmüller (* ± 1745; † November 13, 1768 in Merseburg)
  3. So. Christian Friedrich Steinmüller (* ± 1748; † September 4, 1768 in Merseburg)
  4. Christian Gottlob Steinmüller (born February 14, 1751 in Merseburg; † November 30, 1767 there)
  5. Sun. NN Steinmüller (* & † August 17, 1753 in Merseburg (stillborn))

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Reinhold Grünberg: Saxon pastors book. Ernst Maukisch, Freiberg / Sa., 1940, vol. 2, p. 905
  2. ^ Johann Georg Steinmüller (* April 5, 1691 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl., † November 19, 1753 in Oßmannstedt) Va .: Zacharias Steinmüller Lohgerber Oelsnitz, Mu .: Anna Margaretha NN, April 4, 1705 - March 10, 1711 kurf. Saxon. Ls. Pforta, April 23, 1711 Uni. Jena, December 21, 1713 Mag.phil. ibid., 1716 Pfarrsubst. Lehnstedt, 1738 Rev. Lehnstedt & Hammerstedt, 1743 Rev. Oßmannstedt u. Adj., M. November 26, 1717 in Lehnstedt Sophia Catharina Bach (born September 19, 1694 in Lehnstedt; February 14, 1751 in Oßmannstedt), the daughter of the pastor in Lehnstedt Johann Poppo Bach (~ August 23, 1659 in Ilmenau; † June 21, 1738 in Hammerstedt) and his wife Anna Rebecca Beer (born August 22, 1671 in Gumperda; † July 17, 1723 in Lehnstedt)
  3. ↑ cf. Georg Erler: The younger matriculation of the University of Leipzig. 1559-1809. Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig, 1909, vol. 3, p. 404 (it cannot be found in the register of the University of Jena: cf. Otto Köhler: The register of the University of Jena. 1723 to 1764. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale), 1969, vol. 3)
  4. ↑ Jeremias Friderici (also: Friederici, Friedrich; * 1696 in Leipzig; † September 6, 1766 in Leipzig) studied in Leipzig summer semester. 1705 (immat., Dep.?), June 2, 1714 Bacc. phil. ibid., February 14, 1715 Mag.phil. ibid., 1718 Catechist Peterskirche Leipzig, May 21, 1723 Bacc. theol. University. Leipzig, 1725 Saturday preacher St. Nikolai, 1733 preacher Lazarethkirche, in 1757 he received a substitute for health reasons, was most recently a senior in the spiritual ministry, cf. Johann Georg Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Vol. 3, p. 506; Dietmann: course. Priesthood. Vol. 2, pp. 101-103, Adelung zum Jöcher, Vol. 2, Col. 1249;
  5. ^ In Wilhelm Dannheimer, Wilhelm Zahn, Georg Kuhr: Ritterschaftliches Pfarrerbuch Franken. Degener, 1979, p. 321 it is stated that he was a midday preacher at the Holy Cross in Coburg in 1736
  6. ↑ Georg Christoph Meyer (* March 7, 1679 in Hof (Saale); † 1755 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl.) Va .: Adam Meyer (Rector Hof and Adiak. Schneeberg), Schneeberg School, Gymnasium Lüneburg, 1697 Uni. Leipzig, 1701 Mag. Phil. University. Wittenberg, 1702 Diak Oelsnitz / Vogtl., 1707 Adjunct d. Sup ibid., 1709 Opfr. and Sup. Oelsnitz, 1737 stroke, retired in 1739 cf. Adelung / Rotermund zum Jöcher, Vol. 4, Col. 1614; Dietmann: Priesthood, Vol. 3, Col. 346; Pfb. Saxony. II, p. 598.
  7. ↑ cf. also: Saxony's Church Gallery. Hermann Schmidt, Dresden, 1844, vol. 11, p. 31.
  8. ↑ see on this: Speeches about the history of the suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ, and other related matters. Teubner, Leipzig, 1734 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Steinmüller, Johann David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1708
PLACE OF BIRTH Oelsnitz / Vogtl.
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1767
Place of death Merseburg