Karl Rudolf Hagenbach

Karl Rudolf Hagenbach

Karl Rudolf Hagenbach (born March 4, 1801 in Basel ; † June 7, 1874 there ) was a Swiss theologian , church historian and poet.

Life

Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

Karl Rudolf Hagenbach was born as the son of the anatomy professor Karl Friedrich Hagenbach (1771–1849). After finishing school in his hometown of Basel, he enrolled in 1815 at the city's university and studied from 1818 theology . Already then he got to know the writings of Johann Gottfried Herder . In 1820 Hagenbach moved to the University of Bonn , where he - according to his own admission - was most influenced by Friedrich Lücke . He later recommended him to the University of Berlin , where Hagenbach became a student of August Neander and Friedrich Schleiermacher , among others . In Bonn, Hagenbach became a member of the Bonn fraternity in 1820 , after having been a corresponding member of the fraternity cooperative / association for the processing of scientific subjects in Freiburg from 1818 .

In the spring of 1823 Hagenbach returned to Basel, where he received his licentiate . There he soon made the acquaintance of Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette . With the support of this, Hagenbach became a private lecturer at the university in the same year . In 1825 the University of Basel appointed him extraordinary professor for the history of the church and dogma . In 1829 he was named Dr. theol. hc honored and appointed full professor of church history. Five times (1832, 1840, 1849, 1850 and 1862) he was the rector of the university. Martin Birmann and Jonas Breitenstein were among his students .

Together with de Wette, Hagenbach founded the Protestant Aid Association of Switzerland in 1842 and headed it as its first board member. During these years Hagenbach also published some hymns . In the years 1845 to 1868 Hagenbach acted as publisher of the church gazette for Switzerland . In the politically difficult years from 1848 onwards, Diethelm Georg Finsler supported Hagenbach significantly in maintaining the unity of the church in Switzerland. In addition to his theological and ecclesiastical writings, Hagenbach also published the volume of poems Luther and his time and, in 1846, a two-volume collection of poems (2nd edition published in 1876). He also wrote some popular science articles on Basel history for the New Year's papers for Basel's youth .

Karl Rudolf Hagenbach died three months after his 73rd birthday. His grave is on the Wolfgottesacker . His son Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff became a physicist and was also rector of the University of Basel. In 1876 Ferdinand Schlöth commissioned a monument bust by Hagenbach for the auditorium of the museum on Augustinergasse .

Works

• Critical history of the origin and the fate of the first Basler denomination and the church doctrine based on it, including supplements. Neukirch, Basel 1827 ( digitized in the Google book search); “Cheaper edition”: Georg, Basel 1857.
• Sermons. 8 volumes. Neukirch, Basel 1830–1853 ( Volume 1/2 in the Google book search); “Cheaper edition”: Georg, Basel 1868.
• Encyclopedia and Methodology of Theological Sciences. Weidmann, Leipzig 1833 ( digitized in the Google book search); several new editions.
• Luther and his time. A collection of poems. Beyel, Zurich 1839 ( digitized in the Google book search).
• Textbook of the history of dogma. 2 parts in 3 volumes. Weidmann, Leipzig 1840/1841 ( part 1 in the Google book search, part 2 in the Google book search); several new editions.
• Poems. 2 volumes. Schweighauser, Basel 1846; 2nd edition 1863.
• Jakob Sarasin and his friends. A contribution to the history of literature. In: Contributions to patriotic history . Vol. 4 (1850), pp. 1–104 ( digitized in the Google book search).
• Guide to Christian religious instruction at higher grammar schools and educational institutions. Weidmann, Leipzig 1850 ( digitized in the Google book search); several new editions.
• Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette. An academic memorial speech with notes and attachments. Weidmann, Leipzig 1850.
• About the so-called mediation theology. For defense and understanding. 1858 (special print from the church gazette for Reformed Switzerland).
• Johann Oekolampad and Oswald Myconius, the reformers of Basel. Life and selected writings (= life and selected writings of the fathers and founders of the Reformed Church. Vol. 2). Friderichs, Elberfeld 1859 ( digitized in the Google book search).
• The Theological School of Basel and its teachers from the foundation of the university in 1460 until Dewette's death. Schweighauser, Basel 1860 ( digitized in the Google book search).
• Basic lines of liturgy and homiletics. Hirzel, Leipzig 1863 ( digitized in the Google book search).
• About the goal and guidelines of today's theology. Three lectures. 1867 (special print from the church gazette for Reformed Switzerland).
• Church history from the earliest times to the 19th century in lectures. New, completely revised complete edition. 7 volumes. Hirzel, Leipzig 1869–1872 ( digital copies ).
• About belief and disbelief. Two lectures. 1872 (special print from the Volksblatt for the Reformed Church in Switzerland).
• A legacy of Hagenbach. 1874 (special print from the Volksblatt for the Reformed Church in Switzerland).
• 100 puzzles. After his death published in favor of the Swiss. Protestant ecclesiastical aid association. Riehm, Basel 1875.

literature

• Christoph Friedrich Eppler : Karl Rudolf Hagenbach. A figure of peace from the contending church of the present. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1875, OCLC 82626977 .
• Rudolf Stähelin : Karl Rudolf Hagenbach. Schneider, Basel 1875, OCLC 82649237 .
• Wilhelm Ludwig Krafft :  Hagenbach, Karl Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 344 f.
• Ernst Staehelin :  Hagenbach, Karl Rudolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 486 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Fritz Meier: Basel local history. Local history reader of Basel. 5th edition. Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Basel-Stadt, Basel 1974, p. 603 f.
• Andreas Urs Sommer : The ambivalence of "mediation". Karl Rudolf Hagenbach (1801–1874). In: ders. (Ed.): In the field of tension between God and the world. Contributions to the past and present of the Frey-Grynaeisches Institut. Schwabe, Basel 1997, ISBN 3-7965-1063-9 , pp. 91-110.

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Rudolf Hagenbach  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Karl Rudolf Hagenbach in the catalog of the German National Library
• Karl Rudolf Hagenbach's estate in the Basel University Library
• Andreas Urs Sommer : Hagenbach, Karl Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Gundermann: The members of the old Freiburg fraternity 1816-1851. Freiburg im Breisgau 1984/2004, p. 6 ( PDF )
2. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 284–285.
3. ↑ Hagenbach, Karl Rudolf , website “University of Basel - on the move since 1460”, accessed on February 13, 2015.
4. ↑ Stefan Hess , Tomas Lochman (ed.): Classical beauty and patriotic heroism. The Basel sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth (1818–1891). Exhibition, Sculpture Hall Basel, December 10, 2004 - March 12, 2005. Sculpture Hall, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-905057-20-4 , p. 174 f.