Johann Ludwig Paulmann
Johann Ludwig Paulmann (born November 24, 1728 in Vorwohle or Vorsfelde ; † December 28, 1807 in Braunschweig ) was an Evangelical Lutheran pastor in Braunschweig, co-editor of a hymn book and hymn poet . He is mainly remembered for the description of the "Preacher P ..." in the novel Anton Reiser by Karl Philipp Moritz .
Life
Paulmann was born in 1728 as the son of the pastor Heinrich Joachim Paulmann and his wife Eleonore Luise, born. Wallbaum born. He studied at the University of Helmstedt , where he wrote his dissertation in 1752 and worked as a tutor alongside his studies. He was first pastor in Ölper in 1759 , where he experienced the battle at Ölper in 1761 and worked through several sermons. On October 18, 1767, Paulmann became the second preacher at the Brothers Church (St. Ulrici) in Braunschweig. From 1795 he was a senior citizen of the Spiritual Ministry and became an assessor at the Spiritual Court.
On February 12, 1760, he married Elisabeth Luise Conradine Hörstel (1738–1795), the daughter of the Wolsdorf pastor, who was born there in Wolsdorf . The marriage resulted in at least two sons and a daughter, among them Johann Ernst Ludwig Paulmann (1760–1830), who later worked as a poet and playwright.
As early as 1761, the Brunswick Duke Charles I commissioned the city's ministry, which consisted of the city pastors, to develop a more contemporary, more understandable and more Enlightened hymn book as an alternative to the one from 1689 . The work was divided among the city pastors and at first almost came to a standstill. In 1767 it was resumed after a ducal admonition and Paulmann and other city pastors were included in the committee headed by superintendent Nikolaus Mejer. In the years that followed, illness and death caused it to be reorganized several times; among other things, the late pastor of St. Andrew's Church was replaced by the literary historian Johann Joachim Eschenburg . Since the Duke was temporarily unable to assess the result obtained, the matter was delayed again and only when his son Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand took up the matter again in 1775 could it be brought to a successful conclusion. The hymn book was published in 1779. It was officially introduced the following year, the year the Duke died.
Paulmann's hymns contain five of his own songs, including No. 248, “O heavenly o bestes Leben” and No. 507 “Doing good and sharing, Christians, don't forget this” . Some were also included in other hymn books. Paulmann also published a collection of his own sacred songs and some of his sermons in printed form. His sermons are characterized by a rhetoric that works with haunting repetitions. They combine the spirit of moderate enlightenment and sensitivity with Protestant Orthodox theology.
Paulmann died on December 28, 1807 of "breast dropsy". On his deathbed he let himself be given the Lord's Supper and professed his faith, following on from an old tradition that was no longer common at the time. He sent word to the church that he would die believing in the atoning death of Christ . His successor Johann Heinrich Schiller announced this in the New Year's sermon.
Literary mention
Johann Ludwig Paulmann found literary mention in the "psychological novel" Anton Reiser (published from 1785) by Karl Philipp Moritz, which has strong autobiographical traits. In this, the author reports, among other things, about his time as an apprentice for a Braunschweig hat maker. On Sundays he visits various churches and is particularly fascinated by the moving sermons of Pastor P ... at the B ... church :
- And now, when he started, what a voice, what an expression! - At first slowly and solemnly, and then faster and faster and more flowing: just as he penetrated his matter more intimately, so the fire of eloquence began to flash in his eyes, to breathe from his chest and to spray sparks into his outermost fingertips . Everything about him was in motion; his expression through facial expressions, posture and gestures exceeded all the rules of art and yet was natural, beautiful and irresistibly carried away with itself. [...]
The inexperienced boy almost adores the preacher without having any personal contact with him. Detailed descriptions of the sermon content follow. When he once heard the pastor say to the sexton in Low German that they would have a child to baptize afterwards , this relativized his idolatry and also showed him the human side of the person.
Later, already known as a writer, Moritz came into contact with Paulmann's son Johann Ernst Ludwig Paulmann (1760–1830), who later also worked as a poet. He took him in for a while in Berlin and evidently exchanged letters with his father in 1783. In the magazine he published on experiential selenium , he called him one of his friends and indented some of his sermons there.
Works
- The just demands of God for the payment of the sin debts of our country were presented on the 22nd Sunday after Trinity in a sermon ... both parishes in Zu Oelper and Watenbüttel, ... / by Johann Ludewig Paulmann, preacher in Oelper and Watenbüttel. Brunswick 1762.
- Revivals to praise and thank God from his peace given back to the world. Brunswick 1763.
- Holy negotiations with the confirmation, confession and communion of the deaf and dumb bored Dorothea Johann Klingesporn: along with some news from the school-keeper, Schweinhagen, about the type of teaching according to which he has taught her. Orphanage printing house, Braunschweig 1777.
literature
- lu: Paulmann, Johann Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 281.
- Kim Apel: Sermons in Literature - Homiletic Explorations with Karl Phillip Moritz. Practical Theology in Past and Present 7, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-16-150035-0 .
- Johannes Beste: History of the Braunschweig Regional Church from the Reformation to our days. Julius Zwißler publishing house, Wolfenbüttel 1889.
- Johannes Beste: Album of the evangelical clergy of the city of Braunschweig with short messages about their churches. Verlag Helmuth Wollermann, Braunschweig and Leipzig 1900.
- Eberhard Rohse : Paulmann, Johann Ludwig. In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon. Braunschweig 1992, p. 178.
Individual evidence
- ^ Eberhard Rohse: Paulmann, Johann Ludwig. In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon. Braunschweig 1992, p. 178.
- ^ Friedrich-Wilhelm von Freist, Georg Seebaß: The pastors of the Braunschweig Evangelical Lutheran Church since the introduction of the Reformation. Vol. II, published by the Wolfenbüttel Regional Church Office 1974.
- ↑ a b Kim Apel: Sermons in literature - homiletic explorations with Karl Phillip Moritz. P. 250f.
- ^ A b Johannes Beste: History of the Braunschweigische Landeskirche from the Reformation up to our days. 1889
- ^ Dietrich Kuessner : The Braunschweigische Gesangbuch, inquiries and observations on its history and shape from the Reformation to today. edited by the author himself, Braunschweig 2007.
- ↑ Kim Apel: Sermons in literature - Homiletic explorations with Karl Phillip Moritz. P. 265.
- ↑ Kim Apel: Sermons in literature - Homiletic explorations with Karl Phillip Moritz. P. 251.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paulmann, Johann Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paulmann, Johann Ludewig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor and hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1728 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Preference ( Eimen near Holzminden ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1807 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |