Karl Ludwig Leimbach (18 May 1844, in

Treysa Treysa, an independent town until 1970, is the biggest ''Stadtteil'' of the German town Schwalmstadt. It was incorporated into Schwalmstadt in December 1970. The location around Treysa and Schwalmstadt is called Schwalm. The historic city lies ...

– 30 December 1905, in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

) was a German educator and

literary historian The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/listener/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques ...

. He studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

and later worked as a schoolteacher in

Schmalkalden Schmalkalden () is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in the southwest of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest at the Schmalkalde river, a tributary to the Werra. , the town had a popula ...

, Hanover and

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

. In 1876 he was named director of a secondary school in

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines ...

, and later served as ''Provinzialschulrat'' (provincial councilor) for schools in Breslau (from 1894) and Hanover (from 1900).

Published works

From 1883 to 1903 he published a series of works on

German poetry German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a less ...

, titled ''Ausgewählte deutsche Dichtungen für Lehrer und Freunde der Litteratur''. His other literary efforts include: * ''Beiträge zur Abendmahlslehre Tertullians'', 1874 – Contributions to the

Eucharist The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...

ic doctrine of

Tertullian Tertullian (; la, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; 155 AD – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of L ...

. * ''Das Papiasfragment : exegetische Untersuchung des Fragmentes'' (

Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian ...

, Hist. eccl. III, 39, 3-4) ''und Kritik der gleichnamigen Schrift von ... Dr. Weiffenbach'', 1875 – The Papias fragment, exegetical study of the fragment. * ''Ueber den christlichen Dichter Caelius Sedulius und dessen Carmen paschale'', 1879 – About the Christian poet

Caelius Sedulius Sedulius (sometimes with the Roman naming conventions#nomen, nomen Coelius or Caelius, both of doubtful authenticity) was a Christians, Christian poet of the first half of the 5th century. Biography Extremely little is known about his life. Seduli ...

and his ''

Carmen paschale Sedulius (sometimes with the nomen Coelius or Caelius, both of doubtful authenticity) was a Christian poet of the first half of the 5th century. Biography Extremely little is known about his life. Sedulius is the Latin form of the Irish name Siad ...

''. * ''Emanuel Geibels Leben, Werke und Bedeutung für das deutsche Volk'', 1894 –

Emanuel Geibel Emanuel von Geibel (17 October 18156 April 1884) was a German poet and playwright. Life Geibel was born at Lübeck, the son of a pastor. He was originally intended for his father's profession and studied at Bonn and Berlin, but his real interests ...

's life, works and significance for the German people. * ''Das Kaiserhaus zu Goslar Kurze Angaben über seine Geschichte, Wiederherstellung und Ausschmückung'', 1901 – The imperial house at Goslar; the brief details of its history, restoration and design. * ''Luthers Käthe : Vortrag, im Lutherischen Verein für Hannover, Linden und Umgegend'', 1906 – Luther's Käthe : Lectures, a Lutheran association for Hanover, Linden and surrounding areas.OCLC WorldCat
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leimbach, Karl Ludwig 1844 births 1905 deaths University of Marburg alumni People from Schwalmstadt German literary historians Privy Councillor (Russian Empire)