Rieger, Karl Heinrich

Rieger, Karl Heinrich son of Georg Conrad, was born at Stuttgard, June 16, 1726. In 1753 he was vicar at Stuttgard, in 1754 second deacon at Ludwigsburg, in 1757 court chaplain, and in 1779 court preacher at Stuttgarc, and died January 15, 1791. After his death were published, Ueber die evangelischen Texte an den Sonn-, Fest- und Feiertagen (Stuttgard, 1794): — Ueber das Neue Tespnment (1828, 4 volumes): — Ueber die Psalmen und die zwolf kleinen Propheten (1835, 2 volumes): — Ueber das Leben Jesu (1838). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. s.v.; Plitt-Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s.v.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)