Ernst Zimmermann


Ernst Christoph Philipp Zimmermann was a German classical philologist and theologian. He was the brother of theologian Karl Zimmermann.
He studied at the Darmstadt gymnasium as a pupil of historian Helfrich Bernhard Wenck, and afterwards furthered his education at the University of Giessen. In 1805 he became a clergyman in the community of Auerbach, then in 1809 was named deacon in Gross-Gerau and pastor in nearby Büttelborn. In 1814 he was appointed court deacon at the Hofkirche in Darmstadt, where two years later he became a court preacher. In 1831 he attained the titles of prelate, ecclesiastical superintendent and Oberkonsistorialrat.
He was founder of the publications Allgemeine Kirchenzeitung and Allgemeine Schul-Zeitung. A collection of his sermons at the Hofkirche in Darmstadt was published in eight volumes.

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