Karl Heinrich Schleiden

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Karl Heinrich Schleiden (born October 8, 1809 in Hamburg ; † January 5, 1890 there ) was a Hamburg theologian , school founder and politician .

Life

Schleiden was born as the son of the doctor and physicus Andreas Benedictus Schleiden (1775-1853). His older brother was the botanist Matthias Jacob Schleiden . After Karl Heinrich Schleiden had attended the Johanneum and the academic high school in Hamburg, he successfully studied theology and philosophy in Jena , Göttingen and Berlin .

He returned in 1834 to Hamburg, placed there on 21 November 1834, the candidates exam at the spiritual ministry , and spent the next year in the manner Hamburgischer candidates with teaching and occasional preaching. In 1839 he was embroiled in a lively theological argument when he criticized two writings published under pseudonyms with great severity from his rationalistic point of view.

The dispute culminated in an application to the clerical ministry in 1840 to exclude Schleiden from the Hamburg pulpit. Although the ministry refused this request, Schleiden was obliged to teach only “in accordance with the Bible and the Hamburg Catechism”.

Schleiden then increasingly turned to the Reformed Church , which he finally joined in 1873. In 1842 he founded a boys' school, the Schleiden School, which he ran until 1872.

On July 16, 1842, he married Ida Speckter (July 21, 1809 - February 3, 1894), daughter of Johannes Michael Speckter . Otto Speckter was his brother-in-law.

Gravestone plaque Althamburg Memorial Cemetery Ohlsdorf

Schleiden belonged to the Hamburg parliament from 1859 to 1865 and was also a member of the Hamburg gymnastics association from 1816 .

Schleiden was close friends with Theodor Storm .

Honor

In Hamburg, in the area of ​​the Ohlsdorf Althamburg Memorial Cemetery, there is a collective grave (“pedagogues”) in honor of C arl Heinrich Schleiden and others.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1838, October 24th. In: Carl Heitmann: Timeline of the history of the Hamburg gymnastics association from 1816: 1816 - 1882. Autumn, Hamburg, 1883, p. 4. ( online )
  2. ↑ See: Theodor Storm - Heinrich Schleiden , Storm Briefwechsel Volume 14, edited by Peter Goldammer, Berlin 1995, ISBN 9783503037131

Remarks

  1. ↑ Address 1890: “Schleiden, HD, Dr. phil., bd Strohshaus 73 “in: Hamburg address book at the Hamburg State Library
personal data
SURNAME Schleiden, Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hamburg theologian, school founder and politician, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1890
Place of death Hamburg