Karl Benedikt Suttinger

Karl Benedikt Suttinger (approx. 1825)

Karl Benedikt Suttinger (born January 3, 1746 in Saathain , † March 18, 1830 in Lübben ) was a German Lutheran theologian , philologist and teacher.

Life

Karl Benedikt Suttinger was born in Saathain in the Elbe-Elster region . Initially taught by a private teacher, Suttinger attended the Royal Saxon State School in Meißen from 1761 , where he remained until 1766. He then studied theology and philology at the University of Leipzig . Since his father died while still at school, the now relatively poor Suttinger was forced to give private lessons. In this way he finally came to the house of the Leipzig councilor Frege , whose daughters he taught in the meantime. He completed his studies in 1775 with the title Mag. Theol. in Wittenberg.

At the suggestion of the Lübben rector Karl Traugott Thieme and the mayor Boden, Suttinger became vice rector of the Lyceum in Lübben in 1779. Thieme left the Lübben school in 1783 and went to Merseburg . Suttinger applied for the position that became vacant and then took over the rectorate of the school the following year .

His professional work in Lübben was shaped by the reforms he initiated in the urban school system. Initially, the Lyceum was more like a simple boys' school, but after a few years Suttinger established subject classes for mathematics, natural sciences and geography. In addition, foreign languages ​​such as French were taught in Lübben. He also succeeded in setting up a girls' school in Lübben . Suttinger repeatedly had to struggle with financial and administrative problems.

The financial situation did not improve when Lübben moved from the Kingdom of Saxony to the now Prussian province of Saxony as a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . Due to the precarious financial situation, the Lübben Lyceum was finally closed as a higher education institution in 1817. A further improvement of the urban school system could therefore only take place gradually in the following period.

Shortly before his death in the spring of 1830, Sutinger's fiftieth anniversary in office was celebrated with a large audience. At that time there were three school facilities in Lübben with a five-class boys 'school, a three-class girls' school and a four-class elementary school, which were under the same rectorate.

family

Christiane Friederike Suttinger

Sututer's father was Christoph Gottfried Suttinger (also Christoph Gottfried Süttinger ). He first worked as a deacon from 1735 and from 1744 as pastor in the parish of Stolzenhain - Saathain . His mother was Christiane Amalie (née Alberti).

Karl Benedikt Suttinger married Christiane Friederike Gautzsch (1762-1852), a daughter of the Liebenwerda superintendent Joh. Gottlieb Gautzsch († January 24, 1782), with whom he had 15 children.

One of his sons was Eduard Wilhelm Suttinger (1800–1881), who also studied theology at the University of Leipzig, later entered the school service as a teacher and worked in Lübben.

Honors

Karl Benedikt Suttinger was the bearer of the Red Eagle Order IV class. The royal Prussian letter, however, did not arrive in Lübben until Sutinger's funeral day.

Works (selection)

Suttinger wrote various school programs. He was also active as a poet of sacred songs.

• Attempt at a poetic translation of some psalms from Hebrew. Büttner, Leipzig 1778
• Christian songs. First attempt along with an attachment. Crusius, Leipzig 1780
• Is it necessary that the Hebrew language should be learned in schools by future theologians and preachers? Lübben, Driemel [around 1783]
• The oldest documents of the human race in the first nine chapters of the first book of Moses. Hertel, Leipzig 1786
• De recte legende Homero in scholis inferioribus. 2 parts, Lübben 1786 and 1788
• About the usefulness of teaching history at educational institutions and the method as it is taught in Lübben. Lübben, Driemel [1787]
• Something about declamation and the exercises in declamation introduced at the Lübben school. Luebben 1789
• Intention and establishment of the reading institute and the reading library which is dependent on it since the first of June in 1787 at the Lübben school. Driemel, Lübben 1790
• About the private diligence in schools, along with news of the establishment of an institute at the school in Lübben, which connects public with private education. Driemel, Lübben 1792
• (Co-collector and co-editor): Collection of spiritual songs for public and domestic worship. Breitkopf, Leipzig 1792
• News of the changes in the structure of the city school in Lübben since 1793. Luebben 1793
• Attempt of a psychological-pedagogical explanation of two phenomena which one notices in the student at our time. Fleischer, Leipzig 1799
• How must parents raise their children if the public schools are to satisfy their wishes? Luebben 1803.

literature

• Ernst Gottlob Roth : Reminder sheets for the 50th anniversary celebration of Mr. M. Carl Bd. Suttinger. Gotsch, Lübben 1830
• Georg Christoph Hamberger and Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland. 5th edition, Volume 7, Meyer, Lemgo 1798, p. 746 ; Volume 10, 1803, p. 733 ; Volume 15, 1811, p. 571
• Gottfried Lebrecht Richter: General biographical lexicon of old and new sacred song poets. Martini, Leipzig 1804, p. 404 ; Reprint: Zentralantiquariat der DDR, Leipzig 1971, ISBN 3-7940-5014-2
• General Literature Newspaper . 1804, col. 575-576
• Ernst Ludwig Gerber : New historical-biographical lexicon of the Tonkünstler . Volume 4, Kühnel, Leipzig 1814, Col. 306-307 ; Reprint: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1966
• Intelligence sheet for the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung from 1830. Leipzig, July 1830, Col. 417-421
• New Lusatian magazine . Volume 9, Görlitz 1831, pp. 141-143
• Bernhard Friedrich Voigt (editor): New Nekrolog der Deutschen . 8th year, 1830, part 1, Voigt, Ilmenau 1832, pp. 239–243, no. 108
• New Lusatian magazine . Volume 11, Görlitz 1833, p. 455
• Hermann Mendel : Musical Conservations Lexicon. Volume 10, Robert Oppenheim, Berlin 1878, p. 32
• Karl Goedeke : Outline of the history of German poetry. 2nd edition, Volume 5, Ehlermann, Dresden 1893, p. 440
• Robert Eitner : Biographical-Bibliographical Sources-Lexicon of Musicians and Music Scholars. Volume 9, Breitkopf & Haertel, Leipzig 1903, pp. 332–333
• Wilhelm Kosch (founder): German Literature Lexicon . 3rd edition, Volume 21, Saur, Bern and Munich 2001, ISBN 3-908255-21-X , Sp. 430
• Peter Walther (editor): Muses and Graces in the Mark. 750 years of literature in Brandenburg. Volume 2: A historical dictionary of writers. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931836-69-X , p. 168
• Kathrin Schröder: "I am placed in one of the most arduous positions ..." The rector Karl Benedikt Suttinger and his term of office in Lübben. In: Lübbener Heimatkalender 2008. Heimat-Verlag, Lübben 2007, pp. 66–72 (with picture)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} German Literature Lexicon . tape 21 . De Gruyter, Berlin; New York; Boston 2001, Sp. 430 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} intelligence sheet for the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung from 1830. Leipzig, July 1830, Col. 417-421
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Kathrin Schröder: "I am placed in a laborious position ..." - The Rector Karl Benedikt Suttinger and his term of office in Lübben . In: Lübbener Heimatkalender 2008. Heimat-Verlag, Lübben 2007, p. 66 to 70 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c} New Lusatian Magazine . Volume 9, Görlitz 1831, pp. 141-143
5. ↑ Author Lexicon Berlin-Brandenburg , accessed on April 6, 2017
6. ^ Klaus Ramm: Church and local history from Prösen and the surrounding area . Ed .: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Prösen. 2008, p. 73 .
7. ↑ Friederich Ferdinand Traugott Heerwagen : literary history of the spiritual songs and poems of the new time . tape 2 . Riedel, Schweinfurth 1797, p. 54 ( archive.org ).
8. ↑ Porter album. Directory of all teachers and students of the Royal Prussia. Pforta State School from 1543 to 1843 . tape 2 . Fr. Chr. Wilh. Vogel, 1843, p. 311 ( google.de ).
9. ↑ General Repertory of Literature . tape 1 . Cnobloch, Leipzig 1830, p. 315 ( google.de ).