Johann Jacob Gottschald

Johann Jacob Gottschald , also Johann Jakob Gottschaldt , (born April 21, 1688 in Eibenstock , † February 15, 1759 in Schöneck ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and poet of hymns .

Life

Gottschald was a grandson of the hammer gentleman Michael Gottschald from Wildenthal . His father, the hammer Mr. Friedrich Gottschald, had next to the Wild Thaler Hammer also Muldenhammer and died in 1694, when Johann Jacob was six years old. Gottschald studied theology at the universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg and obtained his master's degree in 1711 . In 1716 he became a pastor in Somsdorf . When in 1721 the opportunity arose to become a deacon in his native town, he returned to the Ore Mountains . After 18 years he was transferred to the town of Schöneck as pastor against his will, where he worked until his death.

Works

Gottschald collected numerous hymns, published them in print and also wrote some of his own songs. His Erzgebürgisches Gesangbuch with 800 songs first appeared in Schneeberg in 1725 without naming his authorship and was subsequently reprinted several times. His writings include:

• Disputation de Laminis , 1711
• A mourning and consolation script for his mother, 1721
• The Schneeberg or Ertzgebürgische Gesang-Buch , 1725
• A Treatise of Vows , 1735
• Universal Singing Book , 1737
• Lieder-Remarquen , 6 parts 1737-4
• The last words , 1740

literature

• Eduard Emil Koch , Adolf Wilhelm Koch: History of the hymn and hymn of the Christian, especially the German Protestant church , reprint Georg Olms Verlag, 1973, pp. 501–504.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Paul Oettel : Old and New History of the Royal. Pohln. and Churfürstl. Saxon. freyen Berg-Stadt Eybenstock , 1748, p. 91ff