Karl Horn (theologian)

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Jenaer Gedenkblatt (1883) - the founders of the German fraternities Riemann (above), Horn (left) and Scheidler (right)

Karl Horn , actually: Carl Horn (born June 12, 1794 in Neustrelitz ; † April 8, 1879 in Neubrandenburg ; full name: Carl Otto Albert Horn ) was a German Protestant clergyman, corps student and one of the fathers of the original fraternity .

Life

Carl Horn was the younger son of the lawyer Adolf Horn (1759–1823) and his wife Maria (1767–1836), daughter of the Protestant pastor Hans Heinrich Gerling (1723–1789) and his wife Maria (1767–1836), in the royal seat Neustrelitz of the state part Mecklenburg-Strelitz born. The archivist Friedrich Horn was his older brother.

Horn attended the Carolinum grammar school in Neustrelitz and passed the Abitur there at Easter 1812. He then studied Protestant theology and philosophy in Jena , became a member of the "Vandalia" corps in 1812 and was its last senior in 1815.

From 1813 Horn took part in the Wars of Liberation as a senior hunter in the Lützow Freikorps , became a friend and comrade in arms of Theodor Körner and returned to Jena in 1815 (according to other sources: 1814) to continue his studies until 1816. On June 12, 1815, Horn founded the Urburschenschaft in Jena together with Heinrich (Arminius) Riemann and others . He is listed under No. 1 as their member and became one of their main initiators. On June 12, 1815, the fraternity elected him as one of the nine heads; Horn was the first spokesman for the original fraternity and from 1816 to 1818 its head: “At their head were the two Mecklenburg Horn and Riemann, handsome, well-behaved young men who had fought bravely in the war. The first speaker, Karl Horn, who later became known to wider circles (in Friedland) as the teacher of Fritz Reuter, remained true to the enthusiasm of his youth until old age and died in the pious belief that with the foundation of the fraternity he was a work of the Lord I did. ” In January 1816, an oak tree was planted on the fire place in Jena for the celebration of peace “ as a monument to the German freedom that had been won and the newly flourished manhood ”.

Building of the Friedland School of Scholars

After completing his university days, Horn completed a theological career typical of Mecklenburg . He was first tutor, in 1819 Vice Rector and 3rd teacher at the Friedland School of Academics . As such, he was particularly interested in gymnastics , which gained a foothold in Friedland during those years under the influence of his friend Friedrich Ludwig Jahn . From 1824 to 1826 Horn was the gymnastics supervisor there and also a teacher of the later famous Low German writer Fritz Reuter , in whose letters he appears.

From January 1826 until 1874 Horn worked as a pastor in Badresch .

Together with Riemann, Horn became one of the figureheads of the German fraternity during their lifetime. He appeared repeatedly as a keynote speaker: in 1858 at the 300th anniversary of the University of Jena, in 1863 at the Körner celebration in Wöbbelin , in 1865 at the 50th anniversary of the fraternity.

Horn retired in autumn 1874 and moved to Neubrandenburg , where he died in 1879. He was buried in the Badresch cemetery with great sympathy. His grave has not been preserved.

Horn was married three times and survived two of his wives. 13 children are known from his three marriages. Horn himself became the progenitor of the "Badresch branch" of his family.

Fonts

  • A speech to the party members on the Eichplatz in Jena on Aug. 15, 1865. Frommann, Jena [1865].
  • Speech in memory of the Vice = Land Marshal Ad. Fr. C. von Oertzen on Rattey. Brünslow, Neubrandenburg 1867.
  • Sermon, held on the day of his jubilee in the parish church in Badresch. 1869.

Honors

Memorial for the original fraternity and their founders in Jena
  • 1813/14 Iron Cross, Knight [Prussia].
  • On June 18, 1869, on the 50th anniversary of his service, he was appointed to the Church Council and was very much celebrated on this occasion by the German fraternities
  • Relief portrait on the fraternity monument by the sculptor Adolf von Donndorf in Jena.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910 , 130 , 40.
  2. ^ Heinrich von Treitschke: German history in the 19th century. Vol. II, p. 422.
  3. ^ Karl Horn: Contributions to the history of the Strelitzer family Horn. Self-published (around 1919). Pp. 33-48.
personal data
SURNAME Horn, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horn, Carl; Horn, Carl Otto Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustrelitz
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1879
Place of death Neubrandenburg