Introduction

Biography

Karl was the son of a salt­works em­ploy­ee, and hus­band of Lu­ise Al­ber­ti­ne Spatz (mar­ried 1841).

Ini­tial­ly, he be­came a day la­bor­er in the salt­works of his home­town.

He was edu­cat­ed at the Reals­chule in Han­au, and lat­er stu­died theo­lo­gy at the Uni­vers­ity of Mar­burg.

In 1838, he became a vi­car and as­sist­ant preach­er, and in 1840, the third pas­tor at the Pro­test­ant St. John’s Church in Han­au.

During the Hess­ian Sym­bol Con­tro­ver­sy con­cerni­ng the strict ob­li­ga­tion of Pro­test­ant cler­gy to ad­here to the sym­bol­ic writ­ings in the Ev­an­gel­ic­al state church of Hesse-Kas­sel, Karl sid­ed with the Mar­burg can­on law­yer Jo­hann Wil­helm Bick­ell, pub­lish­ing three po­lem­ic­al es­says.

In 1848, he was ad­mit­ted to the Hess­ian Con­sis­to­ry of the united Dio­cese of Han­au-Ful­da, and in 1851, he be­came a con­sist­or­ial coun­cil­or. In 1857, he al­so be­came a school ad­vis­or.

From 1861 un­til his death, Karl was pas­tor at the Church of the Cross in Preun­ges­heim.

Works

• Die Be­kennt­niß­schrift­en vert­hei­digt ge­gen ihre Wi­der­sach­er im Hes­sen­lan­de (Han­au: Kö­nig, 1839)
• Wo ist Oel für em­pör­te Wel­len? (Han­au: Kö­nig, 1839)
• Die neue Kirche und ihr Papst (Han­au: Kö­nig, 1839)
• Vilmar wi­der Eb­rard in Sach­en Schles­wig-Hols­teins (Frank­furt am Main: Völck­er, 1861)
• Evangelienbuch (Frank­furt am Main: Völck­er, 1875)