Tharsander

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Tharsander is the pseudonym of the Protestant pastor Georg Wilhelm Wegner (born September 5, 1692 in Oranienburg , Kurbrandenburg; † August 16, 1765 in Germendorf , Brandenburg-Prussia). He is certainly not part of the first guard of the Enlightenment, but as a tireless reader and commentator of the great minds of his time (his private library contains over 1000 volumes, including works by Christian Wolff and Leibniz ), he leaves a lot of noteworthy in his own works Memorable.

For example, under the title “The Vampyren and the Smacking Dead” he deals with superstition and especially with vampirism . For this purpose, there are various titles in his library that deal with it.

A large part of his library is still preserved and accessible. Information about this is available in the museum of the St. Nikolai community in Berlin-Spandau . As a reminder, the Tharsanderweg on the Grimnitzsee in Berlin-Wilhelmstadt has been named after him since 1972 .

Works

  • Confused and reassured, the realm of the dead. Edited by Martin A. Völker. Wehrhahn Verlag, Laatzen 2004, ISBN 3-86525-008-4 .
  • Philosophical treatise on ghosts [1747]. Edited by Martin A. Völker. Wehrhahn Verlag, Hannover-Laatzen 2006, ISBN 3-86525-022-X .
  • Adeptus ineptus. Or discovery of the falsely famous art called alchemy. Haude, Berlin 1744 ( online ).
  • Show place of many inconsistent opinions and stories (3 volumes). Haude, Berlin and Leipzig 1735–42. Online: first volume (1st to 8th item) , volume two (9th to 16th item) , third volume (17th to 24th item) .
  • Uranophilo (= Johann Justus Ebeling): General, very curious and everlasting home and travel calendar. Edited by Tharsander. Haude, Berlin 1733 (3rd probably edition Haude & Spener, Berlin 1751).

literature

  • Eckhard Plümacher : The library of the St. Nikolai Church in Spandau. A contribution to the history of the ecclesiastical library system in Brandenburg from the 16th to the 18th century; in: Yearbook for Berlin-Brandenburg Church History 46; Berlin 1971; Pp. 35-101 (here: pp. 68-73; bibliography pp. 97-101).
  • Curriculum vitae […] Mr. Georg Wilhelm Wegners, was a preacher at Germendorf and Nassenheide, in the Mittelmark, set up by himself; in: Nova Acta Historico-Ecclesiastica. Or a collection on the latest church history. 49; Weimar 1767; Pp. 105-121.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In: Showplace of many inconsistent opinions and stories. First volume, 8th piece, Haude, Berlin and Leipzig 1736, pp. 458–492 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Tharsander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wegener, Georg Wilhelm; Wegner, Georg Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1692
PLACE OF BIRTH Oranienburg , Kurbrandenburg
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1765
Place of death Germendorf , Brandenburg-Prussia