Sebastian Abesser (theologian)

Sebastian Abesser (born June 21, 1581 in Rohr , † August 26, 1638 in Suhl ) was a German Protestant theologian. From 1620 to 1638 he was superintendent in Suhl.

Life

Abesser came from the county of Henneberg . He was the son of the forest master and mayor in Rohr Anton Abesser and his wife Catharina (née Strang). In 1594 he attended the school in Meiningen and in 1597 the Henneberg State School in Schleusingen . In the summer semester of 1605 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig and earned his living while studying as a tutor for the children of the Leipzig bookseller Thomas Schürer (born March 1, 1563 in Halberstadt; † August 13, 1615 in Leipzig).

On April 29, 1606, he acquired the baccalaureate in philosophy at the University of Leipzig, and on January 20, 1608, he was awarded a master's degree in philosophical sciences. In Leipzig he also pursued theological studies, for which he practiced disputing and preaching. In 1610 he received an appointment as a deacon in Schleusingen. After he was ordained on April 4th in Meiningen, he took up this office and rose to become archdeacon in October of the same year.

He held this office for ten years until he was promoted to superintendent in the neighboring city of Suhl in 1620 and took over the post of consistorial assistant in 1632. As such, he led the congregation of the main church St. Marien in Suhl through the terrible war years and experienced looting and pillage of the city and the surrounding areas. On the occasion of Sebastian Abesser's funeral on June 29, 1638 in the Marienkirche in Suhl, a funeral sermon by Georg Ernst Schade (1588–1647) appeared in print in 1638.

family

Grave slab of Katharina Abesser in the main cemetery in Gotha

Abesser had married on November 14, 1611 in Schleusingen with Margaretha Zehner (born November 14, 1590 in Suhl; † July 5, 1634 ibid.), The daughter of superintendent Joachim Zehner from Schleusingen . There are four sons and three daughters from the marriage. One son and two daughters died in their early teens. From the children we know:

1. To. Katharina Abesser (born June 4, 1612 in Schleusingen; † March 21, 1657 in Gotha) married the educator Andreas Reyher on May 6, 1633 . The future professor Samuel Reyher in Kiel emerged from this marriage .
2. So. Sigismundus Abesser (born February 1, 1615 in Schleusingen; † September 2, 1676 Königsberg / Bavaria) became superintendent in Königsberg in Bavaria . His grave slab has been preserved to this day.
3. So. Samuel Abesser (born October 7, 1617 in Schleusingen; † September 29, 1656 in Gotha) became the royal Saxon office administrator in Gotha
4. So. Sebastian Abesser (* 1625 in Suhl; † 1686 Benshausen) was pastor in Benshausen and Ebertshausen for over thirty years .

literature

• Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastor's Book of the Church Province of Saxony , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-374-02083-6 , Vol. 1, p. 55.
• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical purposes. Boppard / Rhein, 1962/64, Vol. 3, p. 337, R. 2607
• Johann Georg Eck : Biographical and literary news from the preachers in the electoral-Saxon Antheile, the princes of Henneberg, since the Reformation. Leipzig, 1802, p. 94 ( digitized from Google Books )
• Johann Paul Reinhard : Collection of rare writings which explain the history of Franconia and the neighboring areas. Coburg, 1764, vol. 2, p. 271 ( digitized from Google Books )

Web links

• uni-marburg.de