Kaspar Friedrich Lossius

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Kaspar Friedrich Lossius (born January 31, 1753 in Erfurt ; † March 26, 1817 there ) was a German Protestant clergyman, educator and writer.

Life

Kaspar Friedrich Lossius was the grandson of of the Bohemian Hussite derived Andreas Lossius (* 1674 in Green Grove , † October 23, 1738, funeral in Erfurt Barfüßerkirche ) and the youngest son of Christian Theodor Lossius (born November 1, 1703 Seyda , † 20 February 1761 in Erfurt ), both of whom worked as deacons at the Barfüßerkirche in Erfurt. His father was married four times and his biological mother was Christiana Margarethe (* October 24, 1716; August 23, 1786), née Wendler, who was born in Erfurt; of his siblings is known by name:

Kaspar Friedrich Lossius attended Rector Kromeyer's Barfüßer-Thomas-Parochial-Schule (schools set up by the churches) from 1761 and from 1766 he switched to the Evangelical Ratsgymnasium Erfurt , which was run by Rector Hermann Ernst Rumpel ; his teachers there were Heinrich August Frank (1728–1802), Reif, Bohn, Wahl and Weingärtner. In 1768 he was enrolled at the University of Erfurt , but did not start studying theology until 1770; he heard lectures from Christoph Martin Wieland (universal history and theory of the beautiful sciences and arts), Bernhard Grant (1724–1796) (mathematics and natural science), Justus Friedrich Froriep , Christian Schellenberg (church history), Heinrich August Frank (exegesis), who also taught at high school and with his cousin Johann Christian Lossius (metaphysics, moral philosophy and natural law). In 1773 and 1774 he continued his studies at the University of Jena , where he heard lectures from Ernst Jakob Danovius , Johann Ernst Faber (1745–1774), Johann Friedrich Hirt , Christian Friedrich Polz and Hellbauer. There he also devoted himself to language studies and attended lectures on forensic pharmacology.

After completing his studies, he received the sixth teaching position at the Erfurt Barfüßerschule in 1774 and improved his income through private lessons with wealthy middle-class families; In 1779 he became vice rector of the preacher's school and trained under the rector Weingärtner through preaching and club exercises with pastor Christian Gotthilf Salzmann for the spiritual profession.

In 1781 Christian Gotthilf Salzmann was appointed to the Dessau Philanthropist and Kaspar Friedrich Lossius received his diaconate at the Erfurt Andreaskirche , then in 1785 at the Predigerkirche Erfurt, which was also associated with a more lucrative salary.

From 1791 he also ran the library of the Evangelical Ministry , the service library of the Erfurt clergy.

His mother-in-law's brother, the bookseller Justus Perthes , later persuaded him to have his book Gumal and Lina , which he had written to introduce his children to religious education, to be printed. As early as 1793 he had published an adaptation of the Lutheran catechism for the catechumens and, on behalf of the council, worked on a new hymn book for the Principality of Erfurt with Pastor Carl Martin Franz Gebhard (1751–1813) . The coadjutor Karl Theodor von Dalberg , he created a folk song at the celebration of Corpus Christi in 1802, shortly before the end of the Mainz reign; for this he received a barrel of real firn wine (a wine that has been stored in the barrel for a long time and therefore has the taste of the (oak) barrel (similar to port wine)) from the new arch-chancellor.

In 1803 he was appointed to a commission that had set itself the goal of renewing the school system in Erfurt

In 1806 the French confiscated the Predigerkirche and subsequently devastated it until 1808; so the cloisters were converted into stables and the church was used as a hay store. After the withdrawal of the French, he took care of the restoration of the church, which he financed with the proceeds of his book Heilsame memories on the years 1806-1808 .

In 1809 he was elected to the alms and school commission and in 1810 he took up his post as high school councilor in the high school administration. At the request of the Chamber President Franz Anton von Resch, in 1811 he took over the management of the newly founded Höhere-Töchterschule (today: Königin-Luise-Gymnasium ) and, together with the teacher Suppeck, got into a baseless investigation into the authorship of a pasquill that was at the daughter's school had been dealt with in class; This supposed diatribe was a poem that had been printed in an almanac of the muses as early as 1780 and found its way into a spelling exercise book. Kaspar Friedrich Lossius was able to demonstrate the innocence of Rector Suppeck through several statements.

On October 25, 1813, Erfurt was besieged by the Prussians, which lasted until January 6, 1814.

On November 16, 1784 he married Rosalie, daughter of the councilor Justus Christoph Welz and his wife Rosina Sophia Johanna Perthes, a sister of the Gotha bookseller Justus Perthes; they had six children together:

  • Johanna Rosina Sophia Lossius (* 1787; † unknown), married to Prof. Dr. phil. Johann Georg Hieronymus Müller ;
  • Martha Carolina Christiana Lossius (* 1789; † 1806);
  • Carolina Wilhelmina Christina Lossius (* 1791; † unknown);
  • Martha Sophia Christina Lossius (* 1794; † unknown);
  • Johann Justus Friedrich Carl Lossius (born October 24, 1798 in Erfurt, † 1880 in Gispersleben, Erfurt), pastor;
  • Christiana Louisa Carolina Lossius (February 1806; † unknown).

Memberships

In 1797, at the suggestion of Chamber President Karl Friedrich von Dacheröden, he became a member of the Erfurt Academy of Charitable Sciences , where he gave lectures in 1798, 1801 and 1802, for example on the subject of the idea of ​​aesthetic police .

Honors

Memorial plaque for Meyfart and Lossius in Erfurt
  • In 1905 the city of Erfurt dedicated a street to Lossius, albeit a short one, in Luisenpark .
  • A plaque commemorates him on the parsonage of the preachers' community in Predigerstrasse, Lossius's long-term residence; the panel is also dedicated to Johann Matthäus Meyfarth , who lived in the same house.

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SURNAME Lossius, Kaspar Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lossius, Caspar Friedrich; Lossius, Caspar F .; Lossius, Kaspar F .; Loss, Kaspar Friedrich; Loss, Caspar Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman, educator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1817
Place of death Erfurt