Johann Gottfried Hermann

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Johann Gottfried Hermann (born October 12, 1707 in Altjeßnitz ; † July 30, 1791 in Dresden ) was a German Lutheran theologian and Saxon court preacher.

Life

Johann Gottfried Hermann was born as the son of the preacher Magister Gottfried Hermann and Eleonora Sophia. Olearius , daughter of the superintendent from Arnstadt , was born. He received private tuition from his father and tutor until he was 16. In 1722 he got a vacancy from the council in Wittenberg at the Princely School St. Augustin in Grimma . During this time Hermann developed special skills in mathematics, poetry, Latin and Greek.

The vice principal of the Princely School in Grimma, Heinrich August Schumacher , entrusted him with the elaboration of all the writings from the grammar school. Due to the visit of the Count von Bünau , Hermann was able to receive a "Meißner Procura scholarship". He then enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1728 , where he studied theology, but also continued to devote himself to mathematics and also learned Hebrew and attended philosophy lectures. He found support from the mathematics professor Christian August Hausen , who welcomed him to his home. Hermann acquired the academic degree of a master’s degree in 1731 , after which he began to give mathematical lectures at the philosophical faculty. In addition, he entered the college of preachers to pursue further theological and homilean studies.

Without having applied, Hermann was appointed deacon in Ranis in 1731 . From here he moved to Pegau as a deacon in 1734 and was recommended as a preacher to the Lutheran congregation in Amsterdam three years later . There he gave his guest and inaugural sermons on February 9 and 12, 1738. Due to a delayed final departure, he was appointed as superintendent in Plauen on July 23 by the senior consistorial office in Dresden ; Hermann did not dare to refuse this promotion and thereupon canceled the position in Amsterdam. The new high office moved Hermann to do his doctorate in theology on July 6, 1739 at the University of Wittenberg . In Plauen he worked out a new Vogtland hymnbook published in 1742. He provided it with a foreword and added the song composed by him “Go, you believing Christians, into the vast field of eternity”.

As a result, Hermann was offered several lucrative positions, which he turned down because he wanted to stay in Plauen. He could not refuse his appointment on May 28, 1746 to the senior court preacher and senior consistorial councilor in Dresden . With that he became a board member of all Saxon superintendents.

Johann Gottfried Hermann married Christiane Sophie Schell in Leipzig in 1732, a daughter of Professor Johann Christian Schell. Six children are known from this marriage, including Christian Gottfried Hermann (1743–1813), a childhood friend of Goethe and later mayor of Leipzig.

Fonts

  • Historia concertationum de pane azymo et fermeutato in cocea domini. Leipzig 1737.
  • D. inaugur. De summa ecclesiae verae dignitate. Wittenberg 1739.
  • De harmonia et nexu veritatum theologicarum: oratio solennis in templo acad. Publice habita. Leipzig 1739.
  • Of the sudden arrival of a blessed death in the middle of the night. Funeral sermon. Plauen 1740
  • The earnest effort of God for the true happiness of a country.
  • District administrator sermon on the evangelical on the 2nd Sunday to Trento. Dresden, Leipzig 1746.
  • Also in the homilet. Larder, Th. 1, 1748.
  • The sweetest rest of the servants of God, after the work is done. From Isa. 57, 2.

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm BautzHerrmann, Johann Gottfried. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Col. 769.
  • Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Hermann, Johann Gottfried , in: Important historical personalities of the Düben Heath , AMF - No. 237, 2012, p. 40.
  • Ernst Friedrich Neubauer: News from Lutheran and Reformed theologians in and around Teuschland.
  • JP Örtel: History of all pastors and superintendents in Plauen. 1747.
  • Gustav Ludwig Zeißler: History of the Saxon court preachers ... , Leipzig 1856, pp. 149–161.

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predecessor Office successor
Bernhard Walther Marperger Court preacher in Dresden
1746 - 1791
Franz Volkmar Reinhard