Michael Lilienthal

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Michael Lilienthal
Michael Lilienthal

Michael Lilienthal (born September 8, 1686 in Liebstadt ; † January 23, 1750 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian.

Life

The son of the royal Prussian official and landowner Michael Lilienthal and his wife Hedwig Sophia, b. Neuschilling, completed a degree in philosophy, languages ​​and history at the University of Königsberg and, in keeping with the customs of the time, undertook an educational journey that took him to the University of Wittenberg , the University of Leipzig and the University of Jena , where he received the academic degree in October 1706 degree of Magister acquired philosophy.

After studying at the University of Rostock , in Hamburg , Kiel , Lübeck and in Holland , he returned to Königsberg in 1711, tried in vain for a professorship at the Königsberg Academy and in 1713 took a position as the second inspector of the alumni. In 1715 he became a deacon in Kneiphof at the cathedral church , in 1719 a deacon at the old town church in Königsberg and in 1727 curator of the Königsberg city library .

He was also an honorary professor at the University of St. Petersburg , a university lecturer in Königsberg and a member of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. In 1733 he became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg. In addition to his theological works, Lilienthal has written numerous works on the history of East Prussia and has thus earned lasting merit.

His son Theodor comes from his marriage on November 14, 1713 with Regina Agnes, the daughter of Christoph von Kohlen (* February 22, 1660 - November 4, 1709) and his wife Barbara Pattone (* 1667; July 7, 1727) Christoph Lilienthal , who also became famous as a Königsberg professor.

Selection of works

  • De historia literaria . Leipzig 1710
  • Schediasma critico-literarium de philothecis varioque earundem usu et abusu, vulgo of trunk books . Koenigsberg 1711
  • Historical description of the Thums, or the cathedral churches, of the city of Kneiphoff-Königsberg. 1716
  • Illustrated Prussia. 4 vol. 1723 / 1724-1728, 5th vol. 1742
  • Acta borussica ecclesiastica, civila, literaria ..., 3rd vol. 1730–32
  • Complete Thaler-Cabinet, that is, a historical-critical description of those double-soldered silver coins, which are known under the name of the Reichs-Thaler, and since the third half-century of cays, kings, electors, popes, bishops, dukes, princes, counts , Barons, republics and cities on all sorts of incidents have been defeated; Together ... , Königsberg and Leipzig 1735
  • Draft of a Collegii Historici on the antiques and other curiosities of the Kingdom of Prussia . Koenigsberg 1714
  • Theological library: That is: correct index, adequate description, and modest assessment of the most distinguished writings belonging to it, which are in Michael Lilienthal's… book supply. 1741
  • Biblical Archivarius of the New Testament Scriptures: Which, after a good choice and careful examination, by means of a register of records, the best authors ... Indicates: those written about every book, chapter and verse of the New Testament ... 1745
  • Probable presentation of the story of our first parents in the state of innocence ... , Königsberg et al. Leipzig 1722

literature

  • Wilhelm Heinrich Erbkam :  Lilienthal, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 650.
  • Rudolf Reicke, Ernst Wichert: Old Prussian monthly. Königsberg, 1883, vol. 20 p. 17
  • Oswald Bayer , Bernd Weissenborn: Johann Georg Hamann - London writings. CH Beck Verlag, Munich, 1993, ISBN 3-406-35088-7 , ISBN 978-3-406-35088-7 , p. 518
  • Werner Wilhelm Schnabel: Lilienthal, Michael (President), Charisius, Johann Balthasar (respondent). Schediasma critico-literarium de philothecis varioque earundem usu et abusu, vulgo of trunk books. Koenigsberg 1711 . In: Hanspeter Marti / Reimund B. Sdzuj / Robert Seidel (eds.): Rhetoric, poetics and aesthetics in the educational system of the old empire. Scientific history indexing of selected dissertations from universities and grammar schools 1500–1800 . Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2017, pp. 420–434.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See also: Michael Lilienthal's matriculation and reception in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Michael Lilienthal. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed September 30, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Lilienthal, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1686
PLACE OF BIRTH Liebstadt , Duchy of Prussia , Brandenburg-Prussia
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1750
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia) , Kingdom of Prussia