Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm Lentze

Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm Lentze , also Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm Lenz (born March 1, 1753 in Burg (near Magdeburg) , † June 28, 1828 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm Lentze was born to Stephan Christoph Lentze (born October 25, 1717 Stendal , † 7 February 1758 in Cottbus ), chaplain at the Infantry - Regiment of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt in Burg bei Magdeburg and his wife Sophie Charlotte (* 1720; † around 1770), daughter of the councilor Siegfried in Burg near Magdeburg, born. He had three brothers, one of whom was Stephan Otto Christoph Lentze (born February 25, 1755 in Cottbus; † March 14, 1822 in Böhne ), pastor.

Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm Lentze attended school in Burg near Magdeburg and then the grammar school in Berge monastery near Magdeburg from 1767 to 1771.

In 1771 he began studying theology and philology at the University of Halle , where his three brothers were already. In 1773 he finished his studies and became tutor with von Arnim in Kröchlendorff near Prenzlau ; he taught his son, who attended university two years later. He then became a private tutor at the Oberamtmann Bolte in Neuhof near Gorlosen to teach his only son. Here he stayed for three years and acquired his pupil's friendship, which lasted until his death.

In 1778 Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm Lentze became a field preacher in the same infantry regiment in Burg as his father before. The regiment was under the command of Johann Adolph von Nassau-Usingen and was later commanded by General Wenzeslaus Christoph von Lehwaldt . With this regiment he took part in the campaign against the Austrians in the War of the Bavarian Succession . In 1787 the regiment was transferred from Burg to Crossen .

In 1788 he became chief preacher and inspector in Sandau . He remained in this office until the autumn of 1827. After his appointment as superintendent , he was responsible for 2 cities and 40 villages in his diocese .

In the fall of 1827 he asked for his retirement and was then retired . He moved to Frankfurt (Oder) to live with his married daughter, who was his last living child.

In 1781 he married Marie (* unknown; † 1814), the daughter of the postmaster Treviman in Burg near Magdeburg. They had six children together.

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, Seventh Volume, 1829, Part 1, pp. 30–32 . Voigt, 1831 ( google.de [accessed February 13, 2018]).