Wilhelm Gottlieb Tafinger (theologian)
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Wilhelm Gottlieb Tafinger (also Wilhelm Theophilus Tafinger ; born May 1, 1691 in Vaihingen an der Enz , † July 23, 1757 in Stuttgart ) was a German Lutheran clergyman . He was general superintendent of Adelberg .
Life
Wilhelm Gottlieb Tafinger came from the Tafinger family as the son of the Bailiff of Vaihingen, Joachim Wilhelm Tafinger . He first attended the school in Vaihingen, before he received a scholarship for the Tübingen monastery on January 13, 1703 from the Duchess Johanna Elisabeth , whom he had met personally . He was enrolled at the University of Tübingen on May 30, 1703 and received his master's degree on April 17, 1707 . First he was vicar in his hometown in 1709 and then in Biberach an der Riss . In 1711 he became a field preacher with the ducal Württemberg guard before he was employed as a deacon in Bietigheim in 1714 , as a second deacon in 1716 and finally in 1720 as chief deacon in Tübingen.
Tafinger left Tübingen on January 25, 1728 and was employed as court chaplain , travel and evening preacher at the court in Ludwigsburg . On March 26, 1734 he was appointed senior court preacher and consistorial councilor. During this time he also received a full professorship in theology at the University of Tübingen. From 1738 to 1742 he was prelate abbot of Herrenalb . In 1741 he was also given responsibility for the new Protestant hymn book.
Tafinger was appointed General Superintendent and Abbot of Adelberg in 1742 . At the same time he received the post of monastery preacher in Stuttgart in 1744. He was also in 1750 at the University of Tübingen to Dr. theol. PhD. At this university he was from 1744 in addition to his offices a visitor.
The legal scholar Friedrich Wilhelm Tafinger and the pedagogue and theologian Johann Andreas Tafinger were his sons.
Works (selection)
- Christian teaching for the satisfaction of souls about the often incomprehensible guides of God , Reis, Tübingen 1720.
- A model of all the noblest and most blissful hearts in a Christian , Reis, Tübingen 1721.
- The silence of the heart, as a secret of Christianity that serves against hardship and death , Cotta, Ludwigsburg 1731.
- Words of God, To awaken and comfort the Stuttgart community , Hallberger, Stuttgart 1752.
literature
- Eduard Emil Koch : History of hymns and hymns with special regard to Württemberg , first part, Belser, Stuttgart 1847, pp. 299-301.
- Eberhard Emil von Georgii-Georgenau : Biographical-genealogical sheets from and about Schwaben , Stuttgart 1879, pp. 1009-1014.
- Theodor Schön: The Lower Austrian (Viennese) Family Tafinger , in: Monthly sheet of the HeraldischGenealogischen Verein Adler , V. Volume (1902), p. 132 f.
Web links
- Wilhelm Gottlieb Tafinger on Württemberg Church History Online
- Works by and about Wilhelm Gottlieb Tafinger in the German Digital Library
- 2nd or 3rd position (court chaplain, later court preacher) , with Tafinger's curriculum vitae, on the website of the Württemberg State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ E.g. Ducal Wirtemberg address book , Stuttgart 1740, p. 104.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tafinger, Wilhelm Gottlieb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tafinger, Wilhelm Theophilus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant clergyman, theologian General Superintendent von Adelberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1691 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vaihingen an der Enz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1757 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |