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- I found this information about the Montanus family in a 1897 book. This family had several letters preserved in the library and archives of the Gotha Gymnasium ( Gothae Gymnasialbibliothek ) so it was in a paper that was presented by the Oberlehrer [ Headteacher ] Dr Max [ Maximilian Carl ] Schneider ( 1858 – 1920, lifelong resident of Gotha ) on 9 April 1897 as the main part of the program for the festivities at the Ducal Gymnasium Ernestium in Gotha. The title is “Die Gelehrtenbriefe der Gothae Gymnasialbibliothek aus dem XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert [ The Letters of the Scholars at the Library of the Gotha Gymnasium from the 16th and 17th Centuries ]”. I did look for Michael Buchenröder, the Mörlins and the Thomæs but I didn’t find any of them in the paper. However, I did find “Sebaldus Krugk” of Coburg. From page 16 :
Montanus, Johannes Erhartus, Magister, Pastor of Heldburg. 1 Letter : Folio VI, Nr 112 ( 1604 ).
[ Born 1558 in Hildburghausen as son of the Archdeacon, was 1582 – 1587 Deacon at St Margaretha’s Church in Gotha, 1588 – 1592 Pastor of Waltershausen, then Superintendent of Heldburg, + 23 July 1605. He was the brother of the Conrector of Madgeburg, Ehrhartus Am Bergk ( see above ) and the father of Magister Frid. Wigand. Montanus ( see following ). Sources : Brückner, Vol. I, pp. 9, 85 ; Vol. III, pp. 1, 364 ; Vol. III, pp. 13, 146. Gelbke, Vol. II, p. 47, 364. Beck, Vol. III, pp. 2, 354. Krauss, Beiträge, Vol. I, p. 155 ff. ]
Montanus, Fridericus Wigandus, of Heldburg in Franconia. 2 Letters : Folio VII, Nr 61 ( 1612 sine loco = Latin, “no place” ). Folio VII, Nr 62 ( 1612, Gissae Hessorum = Latin, Giessen, Hesse ).
[ He was a son of the preceding and 1617 – 1635 Pastor of Gleichenberg and Lindau bei Römhild, + soon after 1635 in Hildburghausen. Sources : Brückner, Vol. I, pp. 9, 85. Krauss, Beiträge, Vol. I, p. 156. Wetzel, p. 96. ]
Of course, you already know about Johann Werner Krauss’s two books and Johann Christian Thomae’s Licht am Abend was one of the sources. But you may not be familiar with the works of
Beck, Briegleb, Brückner, Gelbke, Ludwig and Wetzel so here they are, in full :
Beck = August [ Emil Alfred ] Beck ( 1817 – 1874, historian and lifelong resident of Gotha ), Geschichte des Gothaischen Landes [ History of the Lands of Gotha ] ( Gotha, 1875 and 1876 )
Briegleb = Johann Christian Briegleb ( 1741 – 1805, Professor and later Director of the Casimirianum ), Geschichte des Gymnasii Casimiriani Academici zu Coburg [ History of the Students of the Gymnasium Casimirianum of Coburg ] ( Coburg, 1793 )
Brückner = Rev. Johann Georg Brückner ( 1701 – 1771, Evangelical theologian and Court Preacher for the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg — Friedrich III and Ernst II ), Sammlung verschiedener Nachrichten zu einer Beschreibung des Kirchen- und Schulenstaates im Herzogthum Gotha, 3 Bände [ Collection of Various Items For A Description of the Church and School States in the Duchy of Gotha. 3 Volumes. ] ( Gotha, 1753 – 1763 )
Gelbke = Johann Heinrich Gelbke ( 1746 – 1822, historian who died in Gotha, tutor of Hereditary Prince Ernst of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the future Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ernst I ), Kirchen und Schulenverfassung des Herzogthum Gotha [ State of the Churches and Schools of the Duchy of Gotha ], Volumes I and II, Parts 1 and 2 ( Gotha, 1790 – 1799 )
Ludwig = Godofredi Ludovici ( Gottfried Ludwig, 1670 – 1724, Professor of Theology and Logic at the Casimirianum ), Ehre des Hochfürstlichen Casimiriani Academici in Coburg, oder, Desselben vollständige Historie aus allgemeinen und besondern Nachrichten : nebst einem perspectivischen Auf-Riss und geometrischen Grund-Riss. 2 Teile. [ Honor of the Students of the Great Princely Casimirianum in Coburg, or, the Same Complete History from General and Special Sources : Along With a Perspective Profile and a Geometric Floor Plan. 2 Parts. ] ( Coburg, 1725 and 1729 )
Wetzel = Rev. Johann Kaspar Wetzel ( 1691 – 1755, Evangelical theologian, hymnist, songwriter ), Kurzgefasste Kirch- und Schul- wie auch Brand-Historie der Stadt Römhild, vom Anfange der Hennebergischen Reformation bis auf gegenwärtige Zeit, zum Druck gegeben u. s. w. [ The Brief History of the Churches, Schools and Also Fires of the City of Römhild, From The Beginning of The Reformation in Henneberg to the Present Time, Set to Print, Etc. ] ( Römhild, 1735 ).
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