Alexander Hans Bernewitz
Alexander Bernewitz (born March 31 . Jul / 12. April 1863 greg. In Neuchâtel ( Latvian Jaunpils ), Kurland ; † 30th October 1935 in Halberstadt ) was a German bishop and the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick .
Life
Alexander Bernewitz, a descendant of the German and Kurland noble and literary family Bernewitz , was a son of the Protestant pastor and provost of the Doblen diocese , Martin Peter Alexander Bernewitz and his wife Johanna (née Pantenius). On February 9, 1893, he married Jenny Kroeger in Riga (born August 4, 1869 in Riga, † January 18, 1950 in Blankenburg). He is a cousin of the eponymous pastor and evangelical martyr Alexander Bernewitz .
Alexander Bernewitz attended the grammar school in Goldingen ( Kuldīga ) in Courland from 1877 to 1881 and studied theology in Dorpat from 1883 to 1887 . From 1883 to 1887 he was pastor adjunct in Stenden / Stende , from 1890 to 1894 pastor in Wallhof / Valle . From 1894 to 1908 he was pastor in Neuchâtel / Jaunpils , succeeding his father. His grandfather Christian Peter Friedrich Bernewitz had also previously been a pastor in Neuchâtel. From 1908 to 1918 he was general superintendent and vice-president of the consistory in Mitau , but had to flee to Germany in 1919 because of the Bolshevik ideology . He was a full member of the Latvian Literary Society devoted to the study of the Latvian language, folklore and culture. This society was mainly supported by German-Baltic pastors and intellectuals. For the Latvians themselves, a higher education was hardly accessible at the time of the imperial Russian rule, their culture led a shadowy existence. From 1895 to 1901 he was director of the company in Kurland.
In Germany he was elected the first regional bishop of the Braunschweig Evangelical-Lutheran regional church as early as 1923 and, as chairman of the church government and the regional church council of Braunschweig , did a lot of development work after the revolution and the separation of church and state.
Alexander Bernewitz was ousted from office by the German Christians in 1933 .
In 1935 he was buried in the Bartholomäuskirche in Blankenburg .
literature
- Wolfgang Bernewitz: The Kurländische literary family Bernewitz . In: Isabella von Pantzer (ed.): Baltic pedigree and family tables , 22nd year Cologne 1978
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Alexander Hans Bernewitz. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Bernewitz, Alexander . In the bibliography portal LitDok East Central Europe of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe - Institute of the Leibniz Association, Marburg / Lahn
- Axel Lundbeck: Alexander Bernewitz . In: Das Blättchen: Community letter of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Blankenburg (Harz), March - May 2013, p. 9 (pdf; 2.2 MB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Members of the Latvian Literary Society ( Memento from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) from 1901, on roots-saknes.lv, accessed on September 2, 2016 (English).
- ↑ "The First Bishop": Remembering Alexander Bernewitz for his 150th birthday. Evangelical newspaper for the churches in Lower Saxony 12/2013, March 22, 2013, archived from the original on January 13, 2014 ; accessed on September 2, 2016 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- | Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig 1923–1933 |
Wilhelm Beye |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernewitz, Alexander Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bernewitz, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bishop, first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel (Courland) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1935 |
| Place of death | Halberstadt |