Wettengel, Friedrich Traugott

Wettengel, Friedrich Traugott a Protestant theologian of-Germany, was born Feb. 9, 1750, at Asch, in Bohemia. He studied at Jena and Erlangen. In 1775 he was appointed chaplain to the prince of Reuss, Heinrich XI; in 1780 he was made court preacher, ands in 1792 superintendent. He died at Greitz, June 24, 1824. Of his writings we mention, Predigten fiber die Reden Jesu Christi am Kreuz (Erlangen, 1779): — Sind die synbolischen Biicher ein Joch fiur die freie evangelisch-lutherische Kirche? (Greitz, 1790). See Döring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 4:710 sq.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1, 334, 494; 2, 388. (B. P.)