Johann Gerhard Hasenkamp

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Johann Gerhard Hasenkamp (born July 12, 1736 in Wechte near Lengerich (County Tecklenburg ); † June 10, 1777 in Duisburg ) was an Evangelical Reformed theologian and rector of the Duisburg grammar school, today's Landfermann grammar school .

Life

Born the son of a farmer, Johann Gerhard, like his brother Friedrich Arnold, was influenced early on by the revival movement. His ancestors came from Weitmar near Bochum in Westphalia. After attending the Latin school in Tecklenburg , he studied philosophy and theology at the Lingen grammar school from 1753 to 1755 , but then came increasingly at odds with the official church as a theology candidate. A procedure that withdrew his permission to preach was not reversed until 1763.

In Duisburg, Hasenkamp, ​​together with his brother Friedrich Arnold and the doctor Samuel Collenbusch, became an important representative of the Württemberg variety of Pietism ( Johann Albrecht Bengel , Friedrich Christoph Oetinger ), which, however, also met resistance here: a synod forbade him to preach in 1770 the Salvator Church . In 1775 Hasenkamp met Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Elberfeld (now a district of Wuppertal) .

As rector of the Duisburg grammar school, today's Landfermann grammar school, which Hasenkamp headed from 1766 to 1777, he reformed grammar lessons. With these reforms, which later turned out to be necessary and correct, Hasenkamp initially met resistance from the city council and also from parents: the number of students fell to 38 during his rectorate. Hasenkamp's (indirect) successor as rector was his brother Friedrich Arnold in 1779.

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SURNAME Hasenkamp, ​​Johann Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, rector of the Duisburg grammar school
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Wechte near Lengerich (County Tecklenburg )
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1777
Place of death Duisburg