Johann Gottlieb Hauptmann

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Johann Gottlieb Hauptmann (born May 19, 1703 in Wittenberg ; † February 2, 1768 in Lübbenau ) was a German linguist and Protestant theologian .

Life

Hauptmann attended the grammar school in Zittau , moved to the University of Wittenberg on April 28, 1718 and there acquired the academic degree of a master's degree from the philosophical faculty on October 17, 1728 . Following his studies, he became tutor in Niederlausitz in 1729 and pastor in Reddern in 1733 . In 1738 he went to Lübbenau as a deacon, became a senior pastor there in 1750 and remained in this position until the end of his life. On his initiative, members of the Wendische Predigergesellschaft zu Leipzig , who continued their theology studies in the cheaper Wittenberg, founded the Wendische Predigergesellschaft zu Wittenberg in 1749 .

Title page of the Nieder-Lausitz Wendische Grammatica

Equipped with a wealth of language skills, Hauptmann became the founder of Sorbian Slavic Studies in Lower Lusatia. For this purpose he used the few existing Lower Sorbian documents of the Slavs during the German settlement phase of Lower Lusatia , which differ from the language in Upper Lusatia in linguistics . In 1761 his book Nieder-Lausitzsche Wendische Grammatica was published: This is the most possible instruction for learning the Nieder-Lausitzsche Wendische language , which should remain the only work on this topic. He later published a Sorbian hymn book.

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  1. ^ Matriculation of the University of Wittenberg. Volume 6, p. 210
  2. ↑ Siegmund Musiat: Sorbian, Wendish associations. 1716-1937. A manual (=  publications of the Sorbian Institute . No. 26 ). 1st edition. Domowina-Verlag , Bautzen 2001, ISBN 3-7420-1835-3 , p. 34 f .
personal data
SURNAME Captain, Johann Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and Sorabist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1768
Place of death Luebbenau