Karl Schwarz (theologian)

Karl Schwarz, 1865.

Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Schwarz (born November 19, 1812 in Wiek (Rügen) , † March 25, 1885 in Gotha ) was a free-spirited Protestant German theologian .

Live and act

Karl Schwarz was a son of the Protestant theologian and pastor in Wiek on Rügen , Theodor Schwarz , and - under the pseudonym Theodor Melas - the author of some popular writings.

Schwarz studied theology and philosophy in Halle , then in Bonn (1831) and Berlin (1832 to 1834). In Berlin he was influenced by Friedrich Schleiermacher and Georg Hegel , which is clear in his work The Essence of Religion from 1847. In 1837 Schwarz was imprisoned for six months because of his involvement in fraternities ; he had become a member of the Old Halleschen Fraternity in 1830 . After his release, he worked on the Hallische Jahrbucher .

Schwarz completed his habilitation in 1842 as a private lecturer in Halle, where he subsequently taught. In 1845 he was forbidden to teach by the ministry because he had attended the meetings of the " Protestant Friends ".

In 1848 he was elected to the Frankfurt National Assembly from the constituency of Torgau-Liebenwerda .

Schwarz received an extraordinary professorship in theology in Halle in 1849, was appointed senior consistorial advisor and court preacher to Gotha in 1856 and promoted to senior court preacher in 1858 and superintendent in 1876 . He died on March 25, 1885.

Schwarz played a significant role in founding the German Protestant Association and was an important representative of liberal theology . His work on the history of the latest theology is an important source for the history of theology in Germany. In his honor, a Karl Schwarz Foundation for the promotion of scientific theology was established at the theological faculty of the University of Jena .

Fonts

About the essence of religion. Hall 1847.
Lessing as a theologian. Hall 1854.
On the history of modern theology. Leipzig 1856.
Present sermons. 8 collections. Leipzig 1859-1883.

literature

Alf Christophersen: Schwar (t) z, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 801 f. ( Digitized version ).
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 385-387.
Paul Tschackert: Black, Karl Heinrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 242-246.

Web links

Literature by and about Karl Schwarz in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature about Karl Schwarz in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 385.

personal data
SURNAME	Black, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwarz, Carl Heinrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiek (Ruegen)
DATE OF DEATH	March 25, 1885
Place of death	Gotha

[1] Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 385.