Karl Gottlob Leisching
Karl Gottlob Leisching (born November 28, 1725 in Crimmitschau , † November 3, 1806 in Langensalza ) was a German Lutheran clergyman.
family
Leisching was born as the middle of three sons of the pastor, later a deacon at St. Stefani in Langensalza , Andreas Christian Leisching, and Martha Maria Leisching nee. Schmidt.
His first marriage, concluded in 1755 with Johanne Christiane Ernesti, ended a year later when the young woman died in childbed.
On August 23, 1757 Leisching married Dorothea Eva Caroline Kessel († 1782). The children come from this marriage
- Karl Christian Leisching (1758–1810), city court actuary and legal counsel in Langensalza,
- Charlotte Eva Friederike (* 1771), married to the district secretary and official inspector Karl August Scheube,
- Sidonie Friederike Caroline (* 1772), married to the Saxon officer, later Prussian general Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause .
The third marriage, concluded in 1783 with Charlotte Auguste Sophie Dumpf, apparently remained childless.
One of his nieces was the German painter and draftsman Friederike Leisching , who became known for her portraits of Matthias Claudius and his family. Eduard Leisching , Hermann Leisching and Julius Leisching are among his great-great- grandchildren .
life and work
Leisching attended high school in Schulpforta , where he became an intimate friend of his cousin Klopstock .
In 1758 Leisching succeeded his father in Langensalza, where he was promoted to superintendent in 1770. He was widely respected. From 1779 to 1799 he was together with the Novalis friend August Coelestin Just extraordinary commissioner and representative of the v. Witzleben's inheritance administration at the Roßleben monastery school , after which he was its co-inspector until his death. His 50th service anniversary was celebrated with great honors in Langensalza.
For all his famous kindness in religious matters, he seems to have been a contentious gentleman: in 1768 he wrote a pamphlet against Rousseau's Julie or Die neue Heloise and Emile or on education under the title: Treatise on the natural forces of man with the intention of religion and virtue against the principles of Mr. Rousseau , which he had the following year appear at Schneider (Langensalza).
A youth publication of his: De legibus naturae absolute necessariis was published in Jena in 1747.
His is reflected in the work: The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the German writers living now (by G. Chr. Hamberger, continued by Joh. Georg Meusel. Lemgo 1783).
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Johann Martin Lappenberg (Ed.): Letters from and to Klopstock. A contribution to the literary history of its time . Braunschweig 1867, p. 444.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leisching, Karl Gottlob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German superintendent in Langensalza |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crimmitschau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1806 |
| Place of death | Langensalza |