Christoph Karl Julius Asschenfeldt

Christoph Karl Julius Asschenfeldt (born March 5, 1792 in Kiel , † September 1, 1856 in Flensburg ) was a German hymn poet .

Life

Christoph Karl Julius Asschenfeldt was born on March 5th, 1792 in Kiel. He studied at the University of Göttingen and became a pastor in Windbergen in 1819 . In 1824 he became a deacon , five years later chief pastor at the St. Nikolaikirche in Flensburg . Asschenfeldt became provost of the provost office of Flensburg in 1850. Soon after, he was also appointed superintendent . In 1854, however, he resigned this office and became senior consistorial advisor . He died on September 1st, 1856 in Flensburg. He had composed 150 songs. Asschenfeldt was awarded the Dannebrogorden on October 6, 1851.

Works

Out of earthly turmoil, where nothing refreshes the heart, who shows the way to heaven, where hope looks? (Kiel 1819)
Poems (1820)
Pray and work. A Collection of Biblical Proverbs, Little Hymns, Prayers, and Thought Verses for Christian Household and School Use (1843)
Celebration sounds. Spiritual songs and prayers on Sundays and feast days (1823)
Spiritual chimes for domestic and church edification (1842)
From earthly turmoil
Stay, evening will come
Loud hours of the day

literature

Paul Pressel : Aschenfeldt, Christoph Karl Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 618.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Asschenfeldt, Christoph Karl Julius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 254. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Asschenfeldt, Christoph Carl Julius, in: Eduard Emil Koch: History of the hymn and hymn of the Christian, especially the German Protestant Church , 3rd edition, Belser, Stuttgart 1872, p. 56ff. Digitized

Remarks

↑ Royal Danish Court and State Calendar 1854, Copenhagen, p. 69.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johannes Andreas Rehhoff (Danish pastoral care) and Nicolaus Nielsen (German pastoral care)	Representation of the general superintendent of Schleswig 1850–1854	Bishop Ulrich Sechmann Boesen

personal data
SURNAME	Asschenfeldt, Christoph Karl Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiel
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1856
Place of death	Flensburg

[1] Royal Danish Court and State Calendar 1854, Copenhagen, p. 69.