Leonhard Christoph Rühl

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Leonhard Christoph Rühl, conclusion of his dedication of the text MT Ciceronis Epistolæ Ad Familiares to the district president in Halberstadt Friedrich von Hamrath

Leonhard Christoph Rühl , in the dative form of his book title Rühlen , from there later incorrectly regressed Rühle , (* November 11th July / November 21st 1685 greg. In Halberstadt ; † May 14th 1741 in Aschersleben ) was a German pedagogue, philologist, Lutheran preacher and writer. He also published under the pseudonym Renatus Christophorus Leonardus .

Life

Rühl grew up in Halberstadt. His father Andreas Rühl was a cantor at the Moritzkirche and teacher at the Martineum . His mother was the pastor's daughter Anna Elisabeth geb. Hosenthin . He attended the Martineum until he graduated from high school and began studying theology in Halle in 1704 ; his most important teachers there were Joachim Justus Breithaupt , August Hermann Francke and Paul Anton , who promoted him personally.

In 1711 Rühl went to the family of Pastor Jacob Friedrich Reimmann in Ermsleben as a private tutor . Reimmann, who had been Rühl's teacher in Halberstadt, supported him in his historical-philological interests.

In 1713, Rühl became vice principal at the Stephaneum in Aschersleben. He stayed in this office for 28 years until his death. In addition to teaching at school, he also worked as a private lecturer and began to publish books, initially with a practical pedagogical objective. When, in 1719, the pastoral office of the Stephanikirche was incorporated into the school staff , after a trial sermon and public examination, he and two colleagues received a sermon assignment at the church. But it was not until the spring of 1741, a few weeks before his death, that he was ordained after a trial sermon in Halberstadt Cathedral at the request of the Aschersleben magistrate at the consistory in Halberstadt .

Biedermann lists 51 writings by Leonhard Christoph Rühl, including numerous translations from Latin and French as well as philological and educational biblical and confessional comments.

literature

  • Johann Gottlieb Biedermann: Acta Scholastica . Leipzig and Eisenach 1741, pp. 394–400

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biedermann, the source for all later mentions of Rühl, names Martin's day in 1685 as his birthday (the calendar was changed in northern and central Germany in 1700); later he mentions that Rühl was in 1704 "in the 18th year of his age". The year of birth 1681 mentioned in some places is based on an early reading error.
  2. ↑ Biedermann names Sunday Exaudi as the day of death ; this fell on May 14th in 1741.
  3. ↑ pp. 395-400
personal data
SURNAME Rühl, Leonhard Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rühle, Leonhard Christoph; Rühlen, Leonhard Christoph; Leonardus, Renatus Christophorus (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, philologist, Lutheran preacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Halberstadt
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1741
Place of death Aschersleben