Karl August Döring

Karl August Döring (born January 22, 1783 in Markt Alvensleben, today's Bebertal ; † January 17, 1844 in Elberfeld ) was a Protestant theologian and hymn poet .

Life

The son of a head forester first attended the village school, and from the age of 13 he attended the Magdeburg community school. He studied theology at the University of Halle from 1801 to 1804 , and in 1816 he was appointed pastor to Elberfeld. He was the founder of the first youth clubs . Over 1000 hymns were written by him, including Come, O Lord, come soon, you faithful! . He was married to Karoline Wilhelmine Henriette, a daughter of the Lutheran clergyman August Ernst Rauschenbusch . One of his sons was the philosopher August Döring .

Döring also used the pseudonym Theomil .

He founded the Christian Association in northern Germany , which should publish Christian writings. His writings were u. a. translated into French and spread throughout Germany, where they were distributed in hospitals and barracks.

Works

• Thinking verses and epigrams . Schönian, Elberfeld 1830 ( digitized version of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
• The jubilee celebration of the homage to Rhine Prussia ...: celebrated in Elberfeld on May 31, 1840 . Hassel, Elberfeld 1840 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
• Homage trip of a Rhinelander in the October days of the year 1840: Truth and poetry. Magdeburg 1841 ( digitized edition of the Paderborn University Library)

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Döring, Karl August. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1347-1348.
• August Döring :  Döring, Karl August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 348 f.

Web links

• Karl August Döring in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors