Johann Friedrich Abegg (theologian)
Johann Friedrich Abegg (born November 30, 1765 in Roxheim , † December 16, 1840 in Heidelberg ) was a German Protestant theologian .
Life
family
Abegg came from a large family of preachers founded by his grandfather Johann Jacob Abegg (1685–1744) from Wiedikon in Switzerland and his wife Susanna Sara Smend (1692–1754) from Monzingen . His father Johann Friedrich Abegg (1718–1789) was pastor in Roxheim from 1747 to 1767 and pastor in Großbockenheim from 1767 to 1787 (em.) . His mother was called Catharina Juliane, geb. Beck (1737-1810).
Johann Friedrich Abegg married Elisabeth (Lisette) Charlotte, b. De Prée (1771-1817). The marriage produced eight sons and two daughters. After Abegg's first wife died, in 1822 he married Franziska Wilhelmina, b. Maurer, widowed Dupré (1789–1876), a sister of the lawyer and minister Georg Ludwig von Maurer . With her he had a son and a daughter.
Study and job
Abegg attended the Grünstadt grammar school and from 1784 studied philology and theology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg . In 1786 he moved to Heidelberg and passed the theological exam in the same year. His ordination followed on June 26, 1786 . He became a candidate for the reformed preaching office and worked as assistant vicar and private tutor for the pastor Philipp Jakob Hilspach in Neckargemünd .
In August 1789 Abegg was appointed vice rectorate administrator at the reformed grammar school of the city of Heidelberg , two months later he was appointed its rector and headed it in this function until 1794. At the same time, from 1790 he also taught as an associate professor of classical philology at the University of Heidelberg .
In 1794 he changed his profession and became a practical clergyman, first as a pastor and inspector in Boxberg , then from 1799 in Leimen . In 1807 he became pastor in Welschneureut . In 1808 he found a position as second pastor in Heidelberg at the Peterskirche , in 1814 he moved to the Heiliggeistkirche , where he became first pastor in 1823 and remained until his death. In addition, he was an extraordinary member of the grand-ducal Baden upper church council from 1807.
On April 18, 1818 Abegg obtained a doctorate in theology and taught for a year as a private lecturer in Heidelberg. In 1819 he was appointed full professor of practical theology by the theological faculty of Heidelberg University. He headed the newly established Theological- Homiletic Seminary. In 1825, 1829 and 1835 he was Dean of the Faculty, and in 1828 Vice Rector of the University.
Abegg worked his life as a practical theologian and saw his teaching activity as a sideline. Apart from a few printed sermons and a travel diary from 1798, there are no writings by him.
Awards
- 1836: Knight of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
literature
- Heinrich Holtzmann : Abegg, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 4.
- Matthias Wolfes : ABEGG, Johann Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 1-5.
- Abegg, Johann Friedrich. In: Dagmar Drüll (Ed.): Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon 1803–1932. Springer, Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-658-26396-6 , p. 79.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Friedrich Abegg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Estate of Johann Friedrich Abegg in the archive of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, Düsseldorf
Remarks
- ^ Karl Ullmann: Dr. Johann Friedrich Abegg , 1841, p. 3; Digital view
- ↑ Travel diary from 1798 , edited by Walter and Jolanda Abegg, Frankfurt, Insel, 1987
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abegg, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1765 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roxheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1840 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |