Mango Hans

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Mango Hans (aged also Hans valley ; * about 1713 in Urvaste , Livonia ; † June 30 jul. / 11. July  1780 greg. ) Was an Estonian preacher, writer and translator. He promoted the activities of the Moravians in Livonia.

Life

Mango Hans had been a teacher since 1737 at the latest and from 1758 sexton at the parish in Urvaste in Livonia ( Urbs in German ). He was closely connected with the work of the Moravian Brethren .

Mango's hometown Urvaste was one of the religious centers of the Brethren in what is now Estonia , primarily through the work of Johann Christian Quandt (the elder) and Mango's father-in-law Adam Koljo . It was made official in 1740 as the first full Moravian congregation in southern Estonia with 140 members. Mango Hans and his wife held leading positions in the community.

In 1743 the tsarist authorities forbade the holding of the Moravian prayer hours. The congregation continued underground.

plant

Mango Hans translated Pietistic writings from German into South Estonian . These include the work Four Books on True Christianity by the theologian Johann Arndt (1555–1621), around sixty Moravian hymns and other Moravian writings. They were passed on as manuscripts among the Estonian-speaking rural population. Mango Hans's printed writings have not survived.

Mango Hans was also known as a book illustrator.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ At that time, Estonians followed their first names (first names)
  2. ↑ http://www.kirjandusarhiiv.net/?p=198
  3. ↑ http://urvaste.eelk.ee/KIRIKUST.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / urvaste.eelk.ee  
  4. ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 275
  5. ↑ http://www.feeling24.ee/?Page=Article&ArticleID=1090&Lang=EST
personal data
SURNAME Mango Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thal, Hans; Mango, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian preacher, man of letters and theological translator
DATE OF BIRTH around 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Urvaste , Livonia
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1780
Place of death Urvaste , Livonia