Theodor Schwarz (theologian)

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Adolph Philipp Theodor Schwarz (born September 1, 1777 in Wiek (Rügen) ; † February 10, 1850 there ) was a German Protestant pastor, writer and painter.

Life

Theodor Schwarz was a son of the prepositus Georg Theodor Schwarz († 1814) and his wife Eleonore, geb. Bridge man. With his siblings he received lessons from the private teacher M. Carl Brismann (1760-1800), with whom he went to Greifswald in 1788, where Brismann was professor of mathematics.

Sermon on the shore at Vitt. Watercolor by Theodor Schwarz

In Greifswald, Theodor Schwarz made friends with Karl Schildener , Friedrich Muhrbeck , Hermann Baier and Johann Erichson and went with them to the University of Jena . Schwarz attended theological lectures at Johann Jakob Griesbach's and met Goethe and Schiller in his house .

With the painter Jakob Wilhelm Roux , Schwarz went on a trip through Saxon Switzerland and Dresden in 1800 , where he met Caspar David Friedrich .

In 1801 Schwarz returned to Rügen, initially supported his father in the pastor's office, then worked for several years as an educator in the house of Provost v. Schwerin in Skåne and General v. Schwerin in Stockholm . In 1814 he took over his father's pastoral office.

Schwarz was married to Philippine Hahne, the daughter of a Kiel budget councilor. His son Friedrich (1811–1883) became pastor in Altefähr, his son Karl (1812–1885) a theologian in Halle and Gotha .

His sister Charlotte was married to the Szczecin high school director Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Hasselbach (1781–1864).

Works

  • The essence of Holy Communion . 1825. (Master's thesis)
  • About religious education . 1834. (PhD thesis)
  • Erwin von Steinbach . Novel, 3 volumes, 1834.
  • Joseph Sannazar . 1837.
  • The broken wagon wheel . 1836-1844.
  • Hymns to death . 1840.
  • Parabolas . 1840
  • The warning house spirit, a Swedish preacher idyll . 1846.
  • Final words to his community . 1849.

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SURNAME Schwarz, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwarz, Adolph Philipp Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor, writer and painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiek (Ruegen)
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1850
Place of death Wiek (Ruegen)