Karl Heinrich Grumbach

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Karl Heinrich Grumbach (born January 20, 1790 in Merseburg , † after 1851 ) was a German Lutheran theologian , educator and writer.

Life

Born in Merseburg in 1790, Grumbach studied theology in Leipzig . He then worked as a private teacher in Merseburg and as a deacon and rector in Ortrand am Schraden . In 1823 he was a preacher in Staritz and finally in 1851 a pastor in Mühlberg .

Works (selection)

  • Mnemosyne. Collection of excellent thoughts by the best writers for the purpose of family books;
  • Poetic Rehearsals, 1818; Representations from the world of emotions, 1820;
  • Gymnasion or The Book of Doctrine and Entertainment, 1820;
  • The youth mirror. A textbook and moral book for German youth, 1820;
  • The guide through the valley. Stories and Songs for Childhood and Adolescence ..., 1825;
  • Faith, love, hope in chants of devotion, consolation and exaltation ..., 1826;
  • Children's journeys or Des inquisitive Willibald's passages through strange countries and peoples of the world, 1827;
  • Messages from the world of images or father Siegfried with his children, 1827;
  • Jokes and seriousness in cheerful and instructive stories, poems and riddles ..., 1829;
  • Siona, the way to God. A Christian book of edification in chants, 1829;
  • The Garden of Youth (Erz.) 1829;
  • The morning hour or entertaining and instructive stories ..., 1829;
  • Entertainments for children ... in stories, poems, charades and riddles ..., 1830;
  • Immortelles. A book of edification for thinking Christians in a series of religious essays, prayers and poems, 1830;
  • Children's songs or chants for the tenderer and more mature age, for the benefit and piety of German youth, 1831;
  • The travel folder. Contains excerpts from travelogues, city riddles and epiphanies ..., 1831;
  • Sacrificial Flowers or Original Collection of Poems ..., 1832;
  • Sulamith. Small collection of useful sayings and verses of songs for every day in ..., 1832;
  • Vacuna or The Gifts and Sacrifice of Love, in short stories and poems for moralizing and entertainment for children, 1832;
  • Short stories and stories from the realm of reality and fantasy, 1834;
  • Bilderfreuden, an instructive and delightful story book, 1835;
  • The Christian prayer book ..., 1835;
  • Present for well-behaved and hardworking children, consisting of short stories ..., 1836;
  • Small Youth Library or Small Moral Tales, Charades and Riddles, 1836;
  • Siona's flower basket or New Fables and Children's Poems ..., 1836;
  • Entertainment library for sons and daughters of educated families ..., 1836;
  • Devotional book for soulful Christians (Ged.), 1838;
  • The Book for Sufferers or Advice and Consolation of the Religion of Jesus Christ in the Various Vicissitudes of Human Happiness and Life Under the Pressure of Earthly Trials, 1839;
  • The fates of the Dietrich family or The guides of God are wonderful, 1839/40.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German Literature Lexicon. tape 6 . De Gruyter, Berlin; New York; Boston 1978.
  2. ^ A b Luise Grundmann, Dietrich Hanspach (author): Der Schraden. A regional study in the Elsterwerda, Lauchhammer, Hirschfeld and Ortrand area . Ed .: Institute for Regional Geography Leipzig and the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-412-10900-2 , pp. 293 . - Volume 63 of the series values ​​of the German homeland
  3. ^ A b Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: Encyclopedia of German National Literature . tape 3 . O. Wigand, 1838, p. 310 .
personal data
SURNAME Grumbach, Karl Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grumbach, Carl Heinrich; Grumbach, Karl; Grumbach, Carl; Grumbach, Carl H .; Grumbach, Karl H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, educator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Merseburg
DATE OF DEATH after 1851