Karl Friedrich Harttmann

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Karl Friedrich Harttmann (born January 4, 1743 in Adelberg ; † August 31, 1815 in Tübingen ) was a German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet .

Life

Karl Friedrich Harttmann was born on January 4, 1743 in Adelberg, the son of a forester . One of his maternal ancestors was the reformer Matthäus Alber . Harttmann was first trained by the clergyman of his hometown, Georg Seiz († 1763). He made friends with his son, the later theologian Johann Ferdinand Seiz . He received his further education from 1757 to 1761 at the schools of the monasteries Blaubeuren and Bebenhausen . He then moved to the Tübingen Abbey to study, which he completed in 1765. From 1766 to 1768 he worked as vicar in Öschelbronn in the Gäu . From 1768 to 1773 he was a repetitionist at the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen . In 1774 he was appointed preacher and professor at the Charles School on the Solitude . When this was relocated to Stuttgart in the following year , Harttmann also moved there. One of his students there was Friedrich Schiller .

Harttmann was a theologian of a pietistic direction - contrary to the views of Duke Karl Eugen . Harttmann was therefore dismissed in 1777 and appointed pastor in Illingen . Four years later he was transferred to Kornwestheim as the successor to Philipp Matthäus Hahn , in 1793 he also left this city and became Dean of Blaubeuren . Two years later he went to Neuffen and in 1801 to Lauffen am Neckar . There, however, he experienced the Enlightenment and could not defend himself against the enemies of the Word of God, so he asked for his release. In April 1812 he actually resigned from his offices and retired , which he spent in Esslingen . Three years later, on August 31, he died in Tübingen , where he had lived since May 1815, as a 72-year-old man.

His daughter Johanna Elisabeth was married to the theologian Ernst Gottlieb Bengel . At their request, Harttmann was not buried until May 1816.

Harttmann is described in the General German Biography as one of the most capable Lutheran theologians from Württemberg. He lived faithfully to the word of God and also withstood the voices that were directed against the faith. He wrote works that explained the Bible , and also published sermons and confessional speeches , some of which were not printed until after his death, but some of which had multiple editions and were popular. In the song collection of Albert Knapp , published in 1837 , Protestant song treasure for church and house. A collection of sacred songs from all Christian centuries, collected and edited according to the needs of our time by M. Albert Knapp, deacon at the Hospital Church in Stuttgart , nine sacred songs by Harttmann were recorded, which were slightly adapted by Knapp. Harttmann himself had written 19 occasional poems.

Harttmann is also considered the last representative of the Bengel - Oetinger school and was able to interpret the ideas of the Bible in a generally understandable manner. He influenced believers and churches through his practical work.

Works

  • Finally the hot crucible breaks and faith receives its seal as gold proven in fire ( EKG 305)
  • To die in such a way that the conscience no longer bears a curse in itself
  • Written explanation of the Protestant doctrine for repeating the confirmation class received (1793; second edition 1848)
  • Sermons on the Sunday, Feast, and Holiday Gospels (1800, fourth edition 1877)
  • Confessional speeches (1862, fourth edition 1889)
  • Light and law. Gospel Sermons (1878)
  • Funeral Sermons (third edition 1889)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Harttmann, Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelberg
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1815
Place of death Tübingen