Pescheck, Christian Adolph

Pescheck, Christian Adolph a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born February 1, 1787, at Johnsdorf, Saxony. In 1816 he was pastor at Luckendorf, in 1831 deacon at Zittau, and died in 1859, doctor of philosophy. He is the author of, Geschichte der Colestiner des Oybins, urikundlich esfioscht und dargestellt (Zittau, 1840): — Geschichte der Gegen reformation in Bohmen (Leipsic, 1843-44, 2 volumes): — Die bohminschen Exulanten in Sacshsen (1857): — Die Auswanderung glzaubenstreuer Protestanten aus Bohmen und Sachsen im xvii. Jahrhundert (1858). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:984 sq. (B.P.)