Johann Karl Friedrich Zwahr
Johann Karl Friedrich Zwahr (Lower Sorbian Jan Karlo Fryco Swora , born August 14, 1818 in Stradow , Niederlausitz , † June 15, 1884 in Großräschen ) was a Lower Sorbian Protestant pastor , publicist and poet of hymns .
Life
Johann Karl Friedrich was a son of the pastor Johann Georg Zwahr . After graduating from high school in Cottbus , he studied Protestant theology in Berlin . Since he could not initially find a pastor's position in Niederlausitz, he worked as a teacher in the institution for neglected children in Berlin with David Traugott Kopf .
Then Zwahr was assistant pastor and educator in the orphanage in Cottbus. In 1847 he published his father's Niederlausitz-Wendish-German concise dictionary . In that year he was also co-editor of the Spreewälder Bote magazine for Robert Berger . Zwahr was pastor in Großräschen from 1857 until his death in 1884.
Publications (selection)
- (Ed. :) Niederlausitz-Wendish-German concise dictionary by JG Zwahr , Spremberg 1847
- 20 bibliskich bildkow ze serbskimi nowymi kjarlušami , Barmen 1860
- Serbske arije za našu lubu młoźinu , Chośebuz 1867
Web links
- True, Johann Carl Friedrich Sorbian Institute Bautzen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | True, Johann Karl Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zwahr, Johann Carl Friedrich (German spelling); Swora, Jan Karlo Fryco (Lower Sorbian spellings) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lower Sorbian Protestant pastor, publicist and poet of hymns |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stradow , Lower Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1884 |
| Place of death | Großräschen , Lower Lusatia |