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Schrautenbach

(157 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[English Version] Schrautenbach, Ludwig (Louis) Carl Frhr. v. (18.2.1724 Darmstadt – 12.8.1783 Stade bei Lindheim), Sohn des hessisch-darmstädtischen Regierungsrats Carl Ernst v. Sch. und Rebecca von Oeynhausen, Erbherrin von Lindheim. Ab 1737 mit Ch.R.v. Zinzendorf und Carl v. Schachmann in Jena und im Seminar der Brüdergemeine ausgebildet, war Sch. Mitarbeiter N.v. Zinzendorfs, 1748 Deputierter in England zu Verhandlungen mit dem Parlament wegen Anerkennung der Brüdergemeine (Brüder-Unität: II.) und …

Spangenberg

(336 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[English Version] Spangenberg, August Gottlieb (15. [16.] 7.1704 Klettenberg, Harz – 18.9.1792 Berthelsdorf), Sohn des Pfarrers Georg S. und der Pfarrerstochter Dorothea Katharina Nese. Nach dem Schulbesuch in Ilfeld Studium der Theol. in Jena und Amanuensis bei J.F. Buddeus. S. erlebte 1722 eine pietistische Bekehrung und wurde Gichtelianer (J.G. Gichtel), angezogen von J. Otto Glüsing (gest.1727). 1727 kam er mit Herrnhutern in Kontakt und führte den erweckten Studentenkreis 1729 als Magister lege…

Rudinger

(168 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[English Version] Rudinger, Esrom (19.5.1523 Bamberg – 2.12.1590 Nürnberg), studierte in Leipzig (1545 M.A.); Erzieher bei seinem Lehrer J. Camerarius d. Ä., dessen Tochter Anna er heiratete. 1547 Lehrer an der Schule in Pforta, 1549 Leiter der Schule in Zwickau, 1557 Professur für Physik, Philos. und Griech. in Wittenberg, 1562/63 Rektor der Universität. 1574 als Kryptocalvinist vertrieben, übernahm er 1575 die Leitung der Schule der Böhmischen Brüder in Eibenschitz (Ivančice), der er zu Ansehen v…

Nitschmann

(220 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[English Version] Nitschmann, David (18.12.1695 Zauchtenthal – 8.10.1772 Bethlehem, PA), Zimmermann, Sohn des Landwirts Georg N. (geb. 1662), wanderte 1724 nach Herrnhut aus, begleitete N.v. Zinzendorf 1731 nach Kopenhagen und reiste mit J.L. Dober 1732 zum ersten Missionsunternehmen der Brüder nach St. Thomas in Westindien aus. Er wurde 1735 von D.E. Jablonski, Bischof der alten Brüder-Unität, in Berlin zum Bischof ordiniert, um den Missionaren die Sakramentsverwaltung zu ermöglichen. 1737 besucht…

Steinhofer

(194 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[English Version] Steinhofer, Friedrich Christoph (16.1.1706 Owen – 11.2.1761 Weinsberg). Nach dem Studium der Theol. in Tübingen und Vikariat in Biberach/Riß 1729 Bildungsreise nach Franken und Sachsen, wo er 1731/32 in Herrnhut weilte. Da es N.v. Zinzendorf verwehrt war, S. als Pfarrer nach Herrnhut zu holen, vermittelte er ihm 1734 eine Anstellung am Hof von Reuß-Ebersdorf. Nach einem längeren Prozeß der Klärung schloß sich Ebersdorf mit S.1746 der Brüdergemeine (Brüder-Unität: II.) an. S. lehrte…

Rothe

(237 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[English Version] Rothe, Johann Andreas (12.5.1688 Lissa [Lasów] – 6.7.1758 Thommendorf [Tomisław]), entstammt einer oberlausitzer Pfarrerfamilie. Nach dem Besuch des Gymnasiums in Görlitz und Breslau studierte R. 1708 Theol. in Leipzig und gehörte ab 1711 zum Predigerkollegium der Görlitzer Dreifaltigkeitskirche, wurde 1719 Hauslehrer bei den Grafen v. Schweinitz in Leuba bei Görlitz und 1722 von N.v. Zinzendorf als Pfarrer von Berthelsdorf berufen und damit zuständig für die entstehende Siedlung m…

Zinzendorf

(1,644 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[English Version] 1.Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf v. Z., und Pottendorf (26.5.1700 Dresden – 9.5.1760 Herrnhut) I. Leben Z. wuchs nach dem frühen Tod des Vaters bei seiner poetisch begabten, hochgebildeten Großmutter Henriette Katharina v. Gersdorf auf, die ihn 1710 zur Erziehung nach Halle gab. Nach einem Jurastudium in Wittenberg (1716–1719) und einer Bildungsreise in die Niederlande und nach Paris, wo er die Freundschaft von Kardinal L.A. de  Noailles gewann, nahm er 1721 (bis 1727) eine Hof- und Justizrat…

Dober, Johann Leonhard

(198 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Mar 7, 1706, Mönchsroth – Apr 1, 1766, Herrnhut), a potter who was first in Herrnhut in 1725; in 1732 he went with D. Nitschmann as the first Moravian missionary (Bohemian and Moravian Brethren) to St. Thomas, West Indies. In 1735 he became General Elder in Herrnhut, serving among the Jews in Holland 1738/39, leaving office in 1741; h…

Bogatzky, Karl-Heinrich von

(172 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] , (Sep 7, 1690, Jankowe near Militsch – Jun 15, 1774, Halle), a footman at the court in Weißenfels near Merseburg, studied humanities in Breslau, law in Jena, and, influenced by A.H. Francke, theology in Halle beginning in 1716. After interrupting his studies in 1718 for health reasons, he lived as a pastoral counselor for the awakened nobility in Silesia (Glaucha, Breslau), beginning in 1740 at the court in Saalfeld, 1746 in Halle, where he wrote edifying literature and hymns ( EG 241). His devotional book, the Güldene Schatzkästlein (1718), Bible studies for …

Jablonski, Daniel Ernst

(404 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Nov 20, 1660, Nassenhuben – May 25, 1741, Berlin), son of the “senior” of the Bohemian and Moravian Brethren (I) Peter Figulus (died 1670 in Memel) and of Elisabeth, daughter of the educator J.A. Comenius. Jablonski attended school in Lissa, studied theology in Frankfurt an der Oder, and spent the years 1680–1683 in Oxford, where he came to appreciate the Anglican Church as a “model of the first Christian church” (1708). He thereafter officiated as army chaplain in Magdeburg (168…

Collenbusch, Samuel

(313 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Sep 1, 1724 Barmen-Wichlinghausen – Sep 1, 1803 Barmen) studied medicine in Duisburg and Strasbourg from 1745, and practiced medicine in Duisburg after 1754, where he also ran a refinery, and, from 1783, in Barmen and Schwelm. He received the Dr. med. in 1789. Coming to faith in the home of his Lutheran parents and under the influence of pastor Peter Wülfing (died1757), in 1760 he became acquainted with F.C. Oetinger's theosophy and J.A.Bengel's…

Lieberkühn, Samuel

(228 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Mar 23, 1710, Berlin – Aug 9, 1777, Gnadenberg). Lieberkühn, the son of a goldsmith, studied theology at Halle and Jena, where he came into contact with Herrnhut (Bohemian and Moravian Brethren: II). Appointed as a missionary to the Jews (Jewish missions) in 1736, he exercised his ministry independently (after 1739 in Amsterdam). His deep involvement in the Jewish world and the Hebrew language led in 1756 to a dispute with N. von Zinzendorf. Lieberkühn served Moravian congregatio…

Rudinger, Esrom

(211 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (May 19, 1523, Bamberg – Dec 2, 1590, Nuremberg), studied in Leipzig, receiving his M.A. in 1545; he served as a tutor in the household of his teacher, J. Camerarius, whose daughter Anna he married. After teaching at the school in Pforta since 1547 and appointment as director of the school in Zwickau in 1549, in 1557 he was appointed professor of physics, philosophy, and Greek at Wittenberg, where he became rector in 1562/1563. Forced from his position on charges of Crypto-Calvini…

Schrautenbach, Ludwig Carl, Baron of

(187 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Feb 18, 1724, Darmstadt – Aug 12, 1783, Stade, near Lindheim), son of Carl Ernst v. Schrautenbach, governing councilor of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Rebecca v. Oeynhausen, hereditary lady of Lindheim. Beginning in 1737, he was educated in Jena with C.R. v. Zinzendorf and Carl v. Schachmann and then in the seminary of the Moravians. He was a colleague of N. v. Zinzendorf; in 1748 he was sent to England, deputized to negotiate withParliament for recognition of the Bohemian and Moravian B…

Rothe, Johann Andreas

(281 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (May 12, 1688, Lissa [Lasów] – Jul 6, 1758, Thommendorf [Tomisław]), son of a clergy family in Upper Lusatia. After attending Gymnasium in Görlitz and Breslau (Wrocław), he began his theological studies in Leipzig in 1708. In 1711 he joined the Predigerkollegium of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Görlitz. In 1719 he was appointed private tutor to the counts of Schweinitz in Leuba, near Görlitz. In 1722 he accepted a call from N. v. Zinzendorf to the pastorate of Berthelsdorf, thus becoming responsible for the growing settle…

Albertini, Johann Baptist von

(180 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Feb 17, 1769, Neuwied – Dec 6, 1831, Berthelsdorf) was the descendant of a Graubünden family; in 1782, he attended the paedagogium of the Bohemian Brethren in Niesky, where he became a friend of F.D.E. Schleiermacher; in 1785, both were transferred to the theological seminary in Barby. From 1788, he taught at the p…

Steinhofer, Friedrich Christoph

(253 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] ( Jan 16, 1706, Owen unter Teck – Feb 11, 1761, Weinsberg). After studying theology in Tübingen and serving as a pastoral vicar in Biberach an der Riss, in 1729 Steinhofer undertook an educational journey to Franconia and Saxony, were he stayed in Herrnhut in 1731/1732. Since N. v. Zinzendorf was prevented from bringing him to Herrnhut as a pastor, in 1734 he arranged a position for him at the court of Reuß-Ebersdorf. After a lengthy process of examination and clarification, Ebers…

Burg, Johann Friedrich

(183 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (May 13, 1689, Breslau – Jun 4, 1766, Breslau), a student of Caspar Neumann at the Elisabeth Gymnasium, began theological studies in Leipzig in 1706, undertook an educational journey to Holland and England in 1710, became preacher in Breslau in 1713, church inspector and pastor of St. Elisabeth in 1735, a member of the supreme consistorium in Breslau in 1742, and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Halle in 1763. Theologically orthodox, but influenced by the philosophy of C. Wolff ( Einleitung zur natürlich-vernünftigen und christlichen Sittenlehre,…

Gregor, Christian

(306 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Jan 1, 1723, Diersdorf – Nov 6, 1801, Berthelsdorf). Reared in the household of count von Pfeil after his parents' deaths, Gregor joined the brotherhood in Herrnhut in 1742 (Bohemian and Moravian Brethren) and became organist and teacher. In 1749, he also was responsible for the Gemeinnachrichten (information bulletin to the congregations) in Zeist, in 1753, bookkeeper in Herrnhut, and in 1764, a member of the board of directors with visitation trips to England (1768), North American (1770–1772), and Sarepta (Russia, 1774–17…

Lasitius, Johann

(249 words)

Author(s): Meyer, Dietrich
[German Version] (Jan Lasicki; 1533 or 1534, Lasice – after Jan, 1599). From the lower Polish nobility and with a humanist education, Lasitius joined the Reformed in Poland. As the tutor of the sons of the Polish nobility, he visited the Western European centers of education in Strasbourg, Geneva, Zürich, Basel, Paris, and Heidelberg, traveled to England, Italy, and Bohemia, and maintained contacts with Calvin, T. Beza, and S. Castellio. He suffered from the schisms of his church in Poland (Antitr…
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