Johann Gottfried Ohnefalsch Richter
Johann Gottfried Ohnefalsch Richter ( Jan Boguměr Rychtar in Lower Sorbian , born March 11, 1703 in Cottbus , † January 8, 1765 in Rampitz ) was a Cottbus pastor and historian .
Life
Johann Gottfried was a son of the shoemaker Martin Richter and Anna Dorothea, a daughter of the pastor Martin Fabricius and sister of Christoph Gabriel Fabricius . At the suggestion of his grandfather, the boy learned the Sorbian language . He attended grammar school in Bautzen and studied Protestant theology in Halle from 1724 .
From 1726 he was vicar and later pastor in Jänschwalde . During this time he wrote the first history of the city of Cottbus. After he failed to get a pastor's position in Cottbus, he joined the Order of St. John and in 1734 became pastor in Rampitz , where he died in 1765.
He was married to Friederike Theodora Böttner.
Fonts (selection)
- Collection of some messages from Kottbus… , 1730
- Ichthyotheology, or reason and the scriptural attempt to lead people from contemplation of Pisces to the astonishment, awe and love of their great and wise Creator. 1754
literature
- Alfred Mietzschke : Johann Gottfried Ohnefalsch judge. (From the life and work of a Lower Lusatian scholar in the 18th century). In: Journal for Slavic Philology. Volume 18, No. 2. 1942. pp. 338-355.
Web links
- Johann Gottfried Ohnefalsch Richter Sorbian Institute
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richter, Johann Gottfried Ohnefalsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rychtar, Jan Boguměr (Lower Sorbian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pastor and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1703 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | cottbus |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1765 |
| Place of death | Rampitz , Lower Lusatia |