Johann Genersich

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Johann Genersich (born August 15, 1761 in Kesmark , Kingdom of Hungary , † May 18, 1823 in Vienna , Austrian Empire ) was a theologian , educator and historian .

Life

Johann Genersich was the offspring of a long-established Spiš -German family. He was the second son of the wealthy Kesmarker merchant Evangelista Genersich and his wife Anna Susanna born. Royko was born on August 15, 1761 in Kesmark. The Zipser Germans (also known as "Zipser Sachsen") spoke German as their mother tongue, but the children were usually sent to Hungary or to Slovak schools for several months to learn these languages. In the Habsburg Monarchy , this was a matter of course for the so-called “educated middle class” in the Spiš cities.

Johann began attending school at the German Evangelical Lyceum in his hometown, and then switched to the Reformed College in Debreczin , which was one of the most respected Hungarian educational institutions. He was then to Obersalzberg in County Gemer and small Hont sent to Slovak to learn. After graduating from secondary school, Genersich studied, like most theologians of the Spiš at the time, first at the Evangelical Lyceum in Pressburg and then at the University of Jena, philosophy, history and Protestant theology. After his return in 1785 he initially took on a position as a teacher in his home country and from 1788 he worked for 33 years as a professor of history, philosophy and classical philology at the Evangelical Lyceum in Kesmark.

In addition to his teaching activities, he devoted himself to a wide variety of research areas, he wrote works on pedagogical issues, on theological and cultural-historical topics and published comprehensive historical books. As a historian loyal to the Habsburgs, he wrote a treatise “On Love for the Fatherland”, which he dedicated to Emperor Leopold II .

His loyalty to the House of Habsburg contributed to the fact that in 1821 he was appointed professor of church history and canon law at the newly founded Evangelical Theological Institute in Vienna.

Genersich died on May 18, 1823 in Vienna.

Memorial plaque on the house where Johann Genersich died in Vienna.

On June 8, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled at Johann Genersich's last place of residence and death in Vienna at Florianigasse 36 in Vienna's Josephstadt district.

Fonts (selection)

  • Contributions to school pedagogy. Vienna 179
  • Of the love of the fatherland. A philosophical-historical attempt. Vienna 1793
  • Genius. Plague 1800
  • About the current constitution of the prot. Schools in Hungary. Vienna 1803
  • Two sermons about death and immortality. Leutschau 1806
  • Biographical representations of the greatest men of all times and peoples of the world. Vienna 1811 (5 vols.)
  • Wilhelmina; A reading book for girls from ten to fifteen years of age, to educate the heart and taste. Vienna 1811
  • Latin and German talks. Vienna 1811
  • Doctrine of gods .; Vienna 1811
  • History of the Austrian monarchy from its origins to the end of the Vienna Peace Congress. Vienna 1815–17, (8 vols.)
  • World history for educated women with excellent consideration for ethnic customs and famous women of all times. Leipzig 1817 (5 vols.)
  • Speeches on especially important subjects of religion, to calm the heart under the storms of time. Pesth 1817
  • Emma; A happy mother's life. Kosice 1819
  • Words of comfort at the grave of Johanna Susanna v. Cerva zu Käsmark on March 23, 1820. Pressburg 1820
  • Brief outline of the history of Austria, Bohemia and Hungary. Tyrnau 1824 (2nd edition in Pest 1830)

literature

  • Magyar életrajzi lexicon. (Hungarian Biographical Lexicon). Volume 1 (A - K), Budapest 1982, ISBN 963-05-2499-6 . (Hungarian)
  • Andrea Seidler: Johann Genersich and the Vienna Theological Faculty. In: Heimatblatt of the Carpathian German Landsmannschaft in Austria. Vol. 70, May / June 2019, p. 4f

Web links

  • [1] Memorial plaque for Genersich in Vienna (Hungarian)
  • [2] (Short biography OeBL)

References and comments

  1. ↑ Johann had an older and a younger important brother. His older brother Evangelist Genersich (born January 3, 1759 in Kesmark, † April 30, 1825 ibid.) Was also a Protestant pastor and historian. However, he was mainly characterized by his work in the field of mineralogy . The younger brother Samuel Genersich (born February 15, 1768 in Kesmark, † September 2, 1844 in Leutschau ) was a doctor and a well-known botanist .
  2. ↑ The Reformed College (ung. Debreceni Református Kollégium ) was founded in 1538 and was one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the then Kingdom of Hungary.
personal data
SURNAME Genersich, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Theologian, educator and historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Kesmark , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1823
Place of death Vienna , Austrian Empire