Johans Heinrihs Guleke

Johann
Heinrich Guleke (1742 - 1816) is a German Lutheran pastor, a member
of the Enlightenment movement, a man of letters and a collector of
folklore. Father
– a carpenter Johann Heinrich Guleke, mother - Anna Regina, born
Engel.
1772:
married Jacobine Lange (1752 - 1827), a daughter of a pastor of
Smiltene and later General Superintendent of Vidzeme, linguist Jacob
Lange. The family had several children, son Friedrich Ernst
(1785-1844) a pastor in Mazsalaca, and a grandson Johann Heinrich
Guleke (1821-1889) made significant contributions to improving the
quality of teaching in Latvian schools: improving curricula and
enhancing teacher education.
J.H.
Guleke was a proficient Latvian speaker, whose works show that he
knew and collaborated with Rubene pastor K. Harder and Rujiena pastor
G. Bergmann in the preparation of hymnals and other publications.
This acquaintance allows to assume that he was one of the
contributors to the collection of Latvian folk songs compiled and
published by G. Bergmann "Second Collection of Latvian Folk Wisdom and Epigrams",
which is one of the first publications of folk song collections.

J.H.
Guleke was interested in the surroundings and history of Burtnieki.
Based on his records, as well as the notes of the successor and
son-in-law Wilhelm Friedrich Parrot, the academic of the St.
Petersburg Academy of Sciences George Friedrich Parrot wrote "Essai
sur les assements fossil des bord de Burtneck, etc." (Reflection
on the remains of extinct animals on the shores of Lake Burtnieki).

He
was called the Old Guleke at the end of his life to differentiate
himself from his son.

Literary
activity
1787:
in collaboration
with
G. Bergmann and K.R. Girgenson compiled the 29th Lutheran hymnal
"Latvian Hymnal";

1791:
Lutheran Catechism "A Guide to the Kingdom of God. With
Questions and Answers," published in part by K. Harder, and
partly by G. Bergmann. Around 1816 he produced a new, revised edition
which was not published due to the author's death;

1809:
contributed 1 song to the song book "Christian Songs in Vidzeme
Churches and Homes".

1816:
"Bemerkung über die Vermeidung des Hausschwammes bey hölzernen
Gebäuden" (Notes on avoiding house fungus (wood rot) in wooden
structures). An article in the reference book "Neuern
öconomisches Repertorium für Livland", Vol.
IV





Contribution in Folkloristics

Presumably,
he was one of the contributors to the collection
"Second Collection of Latvian Folk Wisdom and Epigrams" compiled and
published by
G. Bergmann, which is one of the first publications of
folk song collections. 85 units contributed from Renceni.

pastor
writer

Guleck, Guleke

Vecais Guleke

–1760
Collegium Fridericianum
Kaļiņingrada

1760–1764
University of Königsberg
Kaļiņingrada
Studējis teoloģiju.

1765
Straupe
Pārvaldnieks barona fon Fītinghofa (Vietinghof) īpašumā.

03.05.1769–1816
Burtnieku evanģēliski luteriskā draudze
Burtnieku evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca
J.H. Gulekes kalpošanas laikā baznīcai tiek sagādātas ērģeles, svētie trauki, izveidota jauna kapsēta, kuras kapličas projekta autors ir pats mācītājs. Kapliča gan sākotnēji paredzēta augstdzimušo apbedīšanai.