Johann Wilhelm Grötzsch

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Johann Wilhelm Grötzsch also: Groetsch (* July 24, 1688 in Zeitz ; † July 17, 1752 in Suhl ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and hymn poet .

Life

Johann Wilhelm was the son of the councilor of Duke Moritz von Sachsen-Zeitz , Thomas Grötzsch (born August 8, 1650 in Zeitz; † September 9, 1711 ibid.) And his wife Dorothea Katharina (died October 3, 1664 in Altenburg; † December 23, 1721 in Zeitz), the daughter of the court preacher and monastery superintendent in Zeitz Michael Christian Ludwig (born September 29, 1635 in Tröbnitz; † May 27, 1700 in Zeitz) and his wife Catharina Gebler, who was married on March 6, 1660 in Crossen ( † July 3, 1712 in Zeitz). He was baptized in the Zeitz Castle Church , with the royal Saxon personal physician Wilhelm Zapf (born January 30, 1644 in Weimar; † January 19, 1720 in Torgau), the superintendent Johann Schwigge (November 10, 1641 in Lippstadt; † 31 January 1690 in Zeitz) and Magdalena Dorothea Avenarius (born Ludwig; * May 10, 1672 in Altenburg; † April 6, 1707 in Plauen) acted as baptismal witnesses.

He received his first training from private tutors, to whom the later superintendent of Pegau Johann Andreas Walter (November 28, 1670 in Langendorf; † September 30, 1742 in Schulpforta) was one. He then attended school in Zeitz and on October 16, 1705, he moved to the University of Jena. Here he first completed philosophical studies. He frequented the lectures of Johann Philipp Treuner (born June 30, 1666 in Schalkau; † January 21, 1722 Weimar), Johann Andreas Danz , Johann Reinhard Rus and Georg Albrecht Hamberger . He also completed theological lectures with Michael Förtsch and Johann Franz Buddeus . On May 8, 1709, he moved to the University of Leipzig , moved to the University of Altdorf on May 12, 1710, and in 1711 acquired the academic degree of Master of Philosophy there.

In 1712 he returned to Leipzig, from where he was called to Benshausen as a pastor by Duke Moritz Wilhelm von Zeitz . He passed his pastoral examination in Schleusingen, gave his trial sermon in Benshausen on January 29, 1713, was ordained on February 2 of that year in Schleusingen and on March 13 he arrived in Benshausen and held his sermon in Benshausen on March 19 on March 22nd his sermon in the Ebertshausen branch, whereupon his introduction by the superintendent in Suhl Johann Ludwig Schmidt was completed on April 10th. After he had completed a trial sermon in Suhl on April 8, 1714, he received an appointment as a deacon of the Marienkirche in Suhl . To this end, he said goodbye to the congregation in Benshausen on April 22nd with a sermon and began his new office on May 20th, 1714 with his inaugural sermon, where he was invested on April 27th by the local superintendent Schmidt. In 1719 he was appointed archdeacon. In 1728 he took over the role of pastor of the Kreuzkirche in Suhl and in 1738 he was promoted to superintendent . In this capacity he died a few days before his 64th birthday.

Several contemporary hymns by him are available.

family

Grötzsch married twice. His first marriage was on February 26, 1715 in Suhl with Anna Dorothea († September 11, 1727 in Suhl), the eldest daughter of the councilor and businessman Siegmund Heye. There are four children from the marriage. We know of the surviving children:

  • Daughter NN married Mag. Hermann Wilhelm Schmidt (also: Schmiedt, * 1706 in Suhl, † 1770 in Dresden) Rector Suhl, 1735 pastor in Rohr, 1756 pastor Friedrichstadt (Dresden), 1759 court preacher Dresden,
  • Son Christian Wilhelm Grötzsch (* 1718 in Suhl, † 1779 in Suhl), Deacon Schleusingen, Superintendent Suhl
  • Son Johann Christian Grötzsch royally. polish and kurf. Saxon chief auditor in Poland

His second marriage was on January 24, 1727 in Suhl with Johanna Elisabeth Kelner, the daughter of a councilor. The marriage resulted in six children, of which two sons and two daughters survived the father. From the children we know:

  • Son Johann Heinrich Grötzsch, stud. jur. University. Wittenberg, lawyer in Suhl
  • Son Johann Ernst Gottgetreu Grötsch (born May 11, 1741 in Suhl; † November 7, 1790) archdeacon Suhl
  • Johanna Elisabeth Grötsch married 1758 with Johann Heinrich Beutler (* Gotha; † April 1759 in Zella-Mehlis) adjunct of the superintendent in Zella-Mehlis

Works

  • Disp. de lapid, Steph. Jena 1709
  • Specimen philolog. de libero Jeremiae combusto, ad Jer. XXXVI. Altdorf 1711
  • Dissertation. epistol. ad Val. Ern. Loescherum, de methodo conuertendi, occasione controversiae de unione religionum. 1721
  • Five parts of German speeches, with a preface to the intended one. Meissen 1723
  • Schedisma philologicum, Templum secundum templo primo multo praestantius. 1728
  • The Christian who reverently speaks to God. Or: Suhlai's manual. 1732
  • The pleasant company of the Lord Jesus and pious Christians. 1734
  • Johann Wilhelm Grötzschen's pleasant company of pious Christians ud Lord Jesus, according to whom ordinary. Salvation. Sundays and Feast day gospels throughout the year , Schmalkalden, 1751.
  • Newly published and improved Suhlaisches Gesang-Buch, which not only revised anew, but also, apart from the blessed D. Martin Luther and other witty men, scriptural psalms and songs, formerly published by M. Johann Wilhelm Grötzsch, with a selected appendix increased to 1131 songs , Schleusingen 1777.

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personal data
SURNAME Grötzsch, Johann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and hymn writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH Time
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1752
Place of death Suhl