Samuel Friedrich Lauterbach
Samuel Friedrich Lauterbach (born October 30, 1662 in Fraustadt , Poland; † June 24, 1728 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian in Poland .
Lauterbach was born to the shoemaker Caspar Lauterbach (1611–1695) and Anna von Troyin (1624–1709). He received his training at the then known Fraustädter Latin School from the Baccalaureus Caspar Stoltz. In 1679 he switched to the grammar school in Thorn (pl. Toruń ), in 1681 to the Magladen grammar school in Breslau . Thanks to the scholarship donated by Valerius Herberger, Lauterbach was able to continue his studies in Leipzig and Magdeburg . In 1687 he was called to Fraustadt as an auditor and in 1688 was appointed Baccalaureus.
On December 14, 1691, Piotr von Zychlinski appointed him Lutheran pastor of Röhrsdorf (pl. Osowa Sień ). According to a royal edict, the parish had to return the church to the Catholic Church in 1700. As early as 1699 Lauterbach was offered the diaconate there by the German heir of Birnbaum (pl. Miedzychód ), Boguslaus von Unruh. At the same time, his hometown offered him the auxiliary diaconate, which he accepted out of gratitude for the help given during his studies. In 1701 he was appointed a deacon and after the death of his superior in 1709 he was elected pastor and school inspector at the "Kripplein Christi". In 1717 he was elected district nior and in 1727 general senior of all churches of the Augsburg Confession in Greater Poland (pl. Wielkopolska ).
Lauterbach became known for his theological writings, but also for his historical work. He saw himself as the successor to his great predecessor Valerius Herberger , whose biography he wrote. Like Herberger, he had to experience a terrible plague epidemic (1709/10). In his work Lauterbach showed his love for his homeland, for Fraustadt and for Poland and wrote the first German-speaking history of Poland. He received the noble privilege of having a coffin portrait made on his tomb.
Lauterbach had married twice, in 1690 the merchant's daughter Anna Barbara Prüfer (died on November 6, 1717) and in 1719 Rosina Kärger (died 1726). Both marriages remained childless.
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| SURNAME | Lauterbach, Samuel Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and historian in Poland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1662 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woman town (pl. Wschowa), Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1728 |
| Place of death | Woman town (pl. Wschowa), Poland |