Karl Gottlob Clausnitzer

Karl Gottlob Clausnitzer (born July 1, 1714 in Rosenthal ; † October 22, 1788 in Klöden ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of pastor Johann Samuel Clausnitzer began studying at the University of Leipzig in 1731 and continued this at the University of Wittenberg . In Wittenberg he had acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophical sciences on October 17, 1734 . From 1735 he worked as a private tutor and had come to Hof , where he taught the Zitzendorff youth. In 1738 he became pastor in Schirmeitz and in 1757 took over the provost and superintendent in Klöden as senior pastor .

family

Two sons and two daughters are known from his marriage to Christiane Friderike Dieterici (moved to Wittenberg as a widow to her son-in-law Johann Christoph Erdmann). We know of these:

Karl Christian Clausnitzer (born August 15, 1741 in Schirmeitz; † April 24, 1811 in Pretzsch) became a deacon in Pretzsch, later senior pastor there
Christiane Eleonore Clausnitzer married to Johann Christoph Erdmann
Caroline Friderike Clausnitzer m. June 3, 1766 in Klöden with the pastor in Globig Johann Gottlob Erler (* May 24, 1733 in Chemnitz; † December 25, 1795 in Globig)
August Gottfried Clausnitzer (born July 3, 1751 in Schirmeitz; † January 5, 1828 in Dresden)

Works

Diss. De Philosopho, bono Christiano. Wittenberg 1734
Sermons of the exaltation of Jesus. Leipzig 1753
Treatise on kinship that hinders marriage according to divine and Saxon church rights. Wittenberg 1772
Investigation of the question: Which explanation of the marriage laws of Moses is the safest Sey for the conscience. Leipzig 1773
An attempt at an introduction to religious and church history for lower schools. Leipzig 1775

literature

Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig, 1803, vol. 2, p. 135, ( limited preview in the Google book search)
Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried: Clausnizer, Karl Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 297.
Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. (PfbKpS) Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2004, ISBN 3374021344 , Vol. 2, p. 191
Friedrich August Weiz : The learned Saxony or directory of those in the Churfürstl. Saxon. and incorporated countries of contemporary writers and their writings. Carl Friederich Schneider publishing house, Leipzig, 1780

Individual evidence

↑ see PfbKpS 2, p. 476.
^ New necrology of the Germans . tape 6 (1828) , no. 1 . Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Ilmenau 1830 ( limited preview in Google book search).
↑ attended the Princely School in Grimma on March 14, 1764, studied at the University of Wittenberg from November 2, 1769, became a lawyer in Dresden, was a councilor in 1784 and was mayor there from 1807 to 1814.

personal data
SURNAME	Clausnitzer, Karl Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1714
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rosenthal
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1788
Place of death	Dumplings

[1] see PfbKpS 2, p. 476.

[NNDD-2] New necrology of the Germans . tape 6 (1828) , no. 1 . Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Ilmenau 1830 ( limited preview in Google book search).

[3] ttended the Princely School in Grimma on March 14, 1764, studied at the University of Wittenberg from November 2, 1769, became a lawyer in Dresden, was a councilor in 1784 and was mayor there from 1807 to 1814.