Konrad Feuerlein
Johann Konrad Feuerlein (* 28. November 1629 in Schwabach , † 28. May 1704 in Nuremberg , Holy Roman Empire ) was a German Lutheran theologian and hymn composer and -dichter.
Life
Konrad Feuerlein was born as the son of councilor and brewer Hans Feyerlein (* 1596 in Ebermergen; † Nov. 2, 1633 in Nuremberg) and thus came from the old Franconian bourgeois family Feyerlein . In the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War he ended up in Nuremberg. There he devoted himself to music with preference and, with some privation, took up studies at the University of Jena , the University of Leipzig , the University of Wittenberg and the University of Helmstedt .
Konrad Feuerlein received his doctorate theologiae from the University of Jena . He was ordained in 1654 and then worked as a pastor in the Eckental district of Eschenau and then in Fürth . In 1661, Feuerlein became a deacon at the Egidienkirche in Nuremberg, where he was promoted to pastor in 1663. In 1669 he moved to the Jakobskirche and in 1676 to the Frauenkirche . In 1683 he took over the pastor's office at the main church St. Sebald , combined with the office of Antistes (head) of the ministry and the city librarian .
Feuerlein created melodies and texts for spiritual songs . He also published hymnbooks and Bible editions or provided them with prefaces. Above all, his sermons and casual speeches recorded in writing are numerous , for example 143 sermons about the plagues of Egypt and 38 sermons about the exodus from Egypt , the passage of the people of Israel through the Red Sea .
Feuerlein was married twice; from 1655 with Clara born Forehead and after her death from 1689 with Susanne Maria geb. Weißbach used Barth. Three of his sons ( Johann Konrad Feuerlein , Friedrich Feuerlein and Johann Jakob Feuerlein ) also became theologians. His grandchildren include the theologians Jakob Wilhelm Feuerlein and Conrad Friedrich Feuerlein and the physician Georg Christoph Feuerlein (1694–1756).
Feuerlein's grave is in the Johannisfriedhof , from the main path to the west in field III, row 12.
literature
- Little fire, Conrad. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 9, Leipzig 1735, column 757.
- Georg Andreas Will : Nuremberg scholarly lexicon ... First part. Schüpfel, Nürnberg and Altdorf 1755, pp. 407-411.
- Julius August Wagenmann : Little fire . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 754 f. (Family item)
- Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the nineteenth century. Vol. 3. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1900, p. 435 ( digitized version ).
- Matthias Wolfes : Feuerlein, Konrad. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 385-386.
- Manfred H. Grieb (Hrsg.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Visual artists, craftsmen, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, p. 386.
Web links
- Works by and about Konrad Feuerlein in the German Digital Library
- Publications by and about Konrad Feuerlein in VD 17 .
- Konrad Feuerlein in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ^ Theodor Schimpf: Feuerleingedenkstätten. In: Familienverband Feuerlein Mitteilungen , 4th year (September 1938), issue 4, p. 59
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feuerlein, Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feuerlein, Konrad (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and hymn composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1629 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwabach |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1704 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |