Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz

Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz, engraving by Friedrich Fleischmann

"Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz D. Senior", double grave slab, main pastors of St. Jacobi / pastors of St. Jacobi , Ohlsdorf cemetery

Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz (born June 18, 1785 in Stolpen , † February 15, 1860 in Hamburg ) was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian.

Life

After studying Protestant theology in Leipzig and Wittenberg , Schmaltz became tutor to Christian Karl Stübel in Wittenberg in 1812 . After working as a pastor in Wehlen (1814–1816) and Vienna (1816–1819), he was pastor at the Dreikönigskirche (Dresden) , where he was a popular preacher (especially with anti-Catholic sermons). In 1830 he became a doctor of theology . In 1833 he was appointed main pastor of the St. Jacobi Church in Hamburg and in 1855 rose to senior level in the Ministry of Spirituality and thus to the Church's spiritual director. Many of his sermons were printed (sometimes in multiple editions), and his confirmation gift became a bestseller.

Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz is commemorated on the double grave slab, main pastors to St. Jacobi / pastors to St. Jacobi of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery, Ohlsdorf Cemetery .

Works (selection)

• Hours of edification for young men and virgins after their solemn entry into the ranks of more mature Christians . Leipzig 1823; 10th edition Leipzig 1856.
• Epistle sermons for all Sundays and holidays of the year . Leipzig 1824; 2nd edition Leipzig 1828–1829.
• Exist in freedom. An apostolic warning, put to the heart in the sermon on the Reformation festival in 1825 . Dresden 1825.
• The Protestant Church can rightly boast of its peculiar spirit . Leipzig 1827.
• The festival of church improvement - a patriotic festival: sermon on the Reformation festival in 1830 . Leipzig 1830.
• The Protestant Church can rightly boast of its peculiar spirit . Leipzig 1830.
• Glimpses of faith into the eventful life of the people Leipzig 1831.
• Passion sermons . Vol. 1–3, Hamburg 1838.
• New sermons held on the biblical sections that were newly arranged in Hamburg . Leipzig 1843ff.

literature

• Otto Beneke:  Schmaltz, Moritz Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 620 f.
• Matthias Wolfes :  Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 1277-1280.

Web links

• Literature by and about Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz  in the German Digital Library
• Roland Paeßler: Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz (1785-1860) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

predecessor	Office	successor
Ernst Gottfried Adolf Böckel	Chief Pastor at St. Jacobi in Hamburg 1833–1860	Gustav Baur