Karl Heinrich Rieger
Karl Heinrich Rieger , also Carl Heinrich Rieger (born June 19, 1726 in Stuttgart , † January 15, 1791 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian .
Life
As the son of the Lutheran pastor Georg Konrad Rieger, he went through the usual training of the Württemberg clergy ( Blaubeuren , Bebenhausen , Tübingen monastery ). In 1750 he became a repetitee at the monastery, the following year he made a trip to Germany, during which he got to know the Francke Foundations in Halle in particular . He then became a deacon in Ludwigsburg in 1754 .
From 1757 he worked at the court of the Catholic Duke Karl Eugen in Stuttgart, first as court chaplain, from 1779 until his death as court preacher. In 1783 he was also appointed consistorial councilor. As a pietist he was in an extensive correspondence, including with Johann Michael Hahn , whom he persuaded not to leave the regional church, with Magnus Friedrich Roos and Johann Caspar Lavater . In 1780 he was involved in founding the German Christianity Society.
Rieger published only a few writings during his lifetime. His son Gottlieb Heinrich Rieger published a series of sermons after his death. Most of his interpretations of biblical books were not published until the 19th century and, after the works of Johann Albrecht Bengel, were most widespread in the Württemberg Pietism .
family
Rieger was married to Maria Sophia Beata Bischoff from 1754. His children are:
- Gottlieb Heinrich Rieger (1755–1814), also court preacher in Stuttgart
- Christian Friedrich Rieger (1757–1823), dean in Ludwigsburg
- Friederike Beata Rieger (1772–1834), married from March 8, 1791 to Gotthilf Köstlin, pastor in Esslingen; from November 22nd, 1810 with Jakob Friedrich von Abel
literature
- Theodor Schott : Rieger, Karl Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 544 f.
Web links
- Works by and about Karl Heinrich Rieger in the German Digital Library
- Rieger in Württemberg Church History Online
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rieger, Karl Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rieger, Carl Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1726 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1791 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |