Johann Heinrich Karl Hengstenberg

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Johann Heinrich Karl Hengstenberg (born September 3, 1770 in Ergste (today part of the city of Schwerte ), † August 28, 1834 in Wetter (Ruhr) ) was a German Reformed pastor and hymn poet .

Hengstenberg comes from an old Dortmund patrician family. After that he studied in Marburg from 1787 and became tutor in Romrod, Darmstadt and Offenbach. In 1795 he was appointed as Pfarradjunkt in Fröndenberg ordained and the place became the Director of the school in Hamm . In 1799 he became pastor at the collegiate church Fröndenberg ( Grafschaft Mark ).

From 1808 he worked as a reformed pastor in Wetter (Ruhr) and was particularly distinguished by his educational achievements. Therefore, from 1815 he was entrusted with the reorganization of the primary schools in a large part of the county of Mark.

His wife's long and serious illness and her death in 1824 led him to write sacred songs. This processing of suffering and pain gave him strength and comfort.

Works

  • It's good at home. The pilgrim who struggled with need and worry should rest there
  • God is my light, do not despair, my heart
  • Seek, oh soul, God the Lord
  • Christ is risen! Shout out, Christians everything

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bauks : The Protestant pastors in Westphalia from the Reformation period to 1945 (= contributions to the Westphalian church history, volume 4). Bielefeld 1980, No. 2532 ( full text )
  • Dietrich Thier: The union efforts in weather between 1817 and 1830 taking into account the roles of Friedrich Harkort, Johann Heinrich Karl Hengstenberg and Rulemann Friedrich Eylert. In: Yearbook for Westphalian Church History 106, 2010, pp. 147–177.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Hengstenberg, Johann Heinrich Karl. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 714-715.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Heinrich Karl Hengstenberg in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
personal data
SURNAME Hengstenberg, Johann Heinrich Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformed pastor and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Ergste (today part of the city of Schwerte )
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1834
Place of death Weather (Ruhr)