Magnus Hesenthaler

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Magnus Hesenthaler (also Hessenthaler ; * October 1621 in Hochdorf ; † April 2, 1681 in Stuttgart ) was a German historian , political scientist , pedagogue , hymn poet and university teacher .

Life

Hesenthaler was the son of a pastor . He studied at the universities in Strasbourg and Tübingen . In 1648 he was appointed court master and tutor to Prince Johann Friedrich (* 1637) at the court of the Duke of Württemberg Eberhard III. called . He soon followed the prince to Tübingen , where he completed his education at the Collegium illustrious . Hesenthaler himself became a professor of history , politics and eloquence there in 1656 . In the same year he was appointed professor of morality at the University of Tübingen after he had given the introductory lecture there in December 1656. Shortly before, on February 20, 1655, he had Agnes Schickhardt b. Kettenacker (1621–1701), married the widow of the former prince tutor Lucas Schickhardt . As a university professor he was deposed in 1663 because of bad behavior towards the two Gotha princes studying in Tübingen . The details of this have not been passed down; in later university histories it is only reported that it had become untenable. Eisenhart suspected in Volume 12 of the AGB (1880) that it could have been an immoral relationship with his stepdaughter, for which there is no evidence. After Hesenthaler had ceremoniously bid farewell to the Collegium illustrious on June 20, 1663, Herzog brought him to Stuttgart, awarded him the title of honorary professor and commissioned him to write the history of Württemberg. Hesenthaler died at the age of 59 as a regional historian , without the history of Württemberg that he had started going beyond preliminary work. He was buried in the hospital church.

Hesenthaler also appeared as a hymn poet as well as a speaker. He is said to have been friends with Comenius and promoted his ideas and views by means of reports as part of the school reform in Württemberg in 1679.

Works (selection)

  • Antesignanus politicus, sive de studii politici ortu & progress , Kerner, Tübingen 1662.
  • Athleta Politicus; Hoc est, Ad Iudiciose Variis In Congreßibus disserendi consequendam promtitudinem, Introductio , Sprölin, Frankfurt 1665.
  • Suada Octennis, Collegii Illustris Wirtembergici, quod Tubingae est , 2 volumes, Rösslin, Stuttgart 1666.
  • Historia universalis , 2 volumes, Stuttgart 1667–1668.
  • Evangelical Jubelstim [m] / Or Christian songs: On Sundays, Hohe Fest- und Feyrtage , Cunrad, Amsterdam 1669.

proof

  1. ↑ Birgit Neugebauer: Agnes Heinold (1642-1711) - A contribution to the literature of women in the 17th century . In: »Daphnis. Zeitschrift für Mittlere Deutsche Literatur «20, 1992, pp. 600–629; here 607–608.

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SURNAME Hesenthaler, Magnus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hessenthaler, Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, political scientist, teacher, hymn poet and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1621
PLACE OF BIRTH Hochdorf
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1681
Place of death Stuttgart