Valentin von Greißing
Valentin von Greißing (* 1653 in Kronstadt ; † September 17, 1701 there ) was a Transylvanian pedagogue, Protestant theologian and philologist.
Life
Born as the son of Senator Christoph von Greißing, he attended high school in his hometown. On April 7, 1674 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg , where he acquired the degree of master's degree on April 27, 1676 , on April 12, 1677 he became an adjunct at the philosophical faculty, gave lectures and then took up a position as a teacher at the grammar school in Szczecin .
On April 12, 1679, he returned to his homeland, where on July 7, 1684 he was rector of the Honterus-Gymnasium in Kronstadt. There he held lectures on a wide variety of topics for high school students. In addition to theological questions, he dealt with metaphysics and Hebrew grammar. He also wrote textbooks that were used and printed in Transylvania until the 18th century.
Despite adverse difficulties, he tried to use all his energy for his students, as his former student and later professor at the University of Halle Martin Schmeitzel mentioned in his speech of thanks on the death of Greißing. Valentin von Greißing embarked on a theological career despite his pedagogical commitment. On November 11, 1694 he became a pastor in Rosenau until he suddenly died in September 1701 of Schlagfluss in his native town.
Selection of works
- Exercitatio academica prior de Atheismo opposita inprimis Renato des Cartes et Matthiae Knutzen
- Exercitatio academica posterior de atheismo . Wittenberg 1677
- Disputationes exegetico-polemicae in compendium librorum theologicorum Leonardi Hutteri . Coronae 1693 typis L. Seuleri
- Compendium metaphysicum.
- Compendium Grammaticae Ebreae ex mente praecipuorum philologorum ..
- Donatus latino Germanicus tyronum caputi accomodatus or Children's Donat, in which the prospective schoolboys soon after using the ABC book to pronounce correctly, spell and read, but mainly for declining and conjugating, then for word translation, using all kinds of examples, Latin and German, in the most advantageous and beneficial way Clearly stated and instructed on grammar.
literature
- Eugen von Trauschenfels: Greißing, Valentin von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 635 f.
- Greisingius, Valentinus. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 11, Leipzig 1735, column 822.
- Matthias Wolfes : GREISSING, Valentin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 541-544.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greißing, Valentin von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Transylvanian pedagogue, Protestant theologian and philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1701 |
| Place of death | Kronstadt |