Johann Martin Luther II.
Johann Martin Luther II (born July 27, 1663 in Hohburg ; † November 9, 1756 in Zeitz ) was a German theologian and senior of the Zeitz collegiate chapter. He was the great-great-grandson of the reformer Martin Luther .
Life
Luther was the son of Johann Martin Luther I. He first attended the city school in Wurzen and was taught by the private tutor Johann Ernst Teubner . Afterwards he was a student at the Stiftsschule zu Merseburg and from 1677 at the well-known Thomas School in Leipzig . In 1682 he began studying theology at the University of Leipzig . This was followed by legal studies with Friedrich Wilhelm Leyser (1658–1720), the municipal councilor of Magdeburg. In 1686 he married the daughter of the preacher of Magdeburg's cathedral, Friedrich Wilhelm Leyser (1622–1691). In Erfurt he learned from law professor Georg Heinrich Brückner (1652–1700) and obtained a licentiate .
In 1672 he went to Zeitz . In 1694 he became canon and in 1720 curator of the Zeitz cathedral chapter. He sold his heir, the Hohburg manor, in 1709. In 1710 he bought a house in Rahnestrasse, which is known today as the Luther House.
After the death of his son Martin Gottlob Luther in 1759, the last male descendant of Luther of the Zeitz line also died out. Before he died, he lived in blindness . He was buried in the Nikolaikirche in Zeitz.
literature
- Karl Friedrich August Nobbe : Family tree of the family of Dr. Martin Luther on the third anniversary of his death on February 18, 1846. Verlag der Lutherstiftung, Leipzig 1856, p. 132 f.
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| SURNAME | Luther, Johann Martin II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and senior of the Zeitzer collegiate chapter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1756 |
| Place of death | Time |