Andreas Angelus
Andreas Angelus (German Andreas Engel ; born November 16, 1561 in Strausberg , † August 9, 1598 in Strausberg) was a German pastor. He became known as a chronicler of the Mark Brandenburg .
Life
Born in Strausberg as the son of Councilor Gregorius Engels, he was already enrolled at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt at the age of 12 . His family died of the plague around 1575 . He then left the Mark Brandenburg and is attested in 1577 as a student at the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin . He later lived in Holstein for some time and wrote a Holstein Chronicle there. According to the sources, around the year 1580 he can again be found in offices in the school system in the Mark Brandenburg. From that time on he was rector in Strausberg, vice rector in Brandenburg but also worked as a teacher in the Gray Monastery in Berlin . On September 14, 1592, he married Sabina, the eldest daughter of the Provost Jacob Colerus von St. Nikolai in Berlin, and in the same year became a pastor in his native Strausberg.
From this time he wrote his three works on the history of the Mark Brandenburg. These had Latin titles, but were written entirely in German. His main work was a comprehensive history of the Mark Brandenburg under the working title Marchia. This resulted in the Rerum Marchicarum Breviarum published around 1593, which was followed two years later by an expanded version under the title Annales Marchiae Brandenburgicae. Angelus quotes around 200 printed works and around 20 at that time only handwritten works in his work. Angelus himself had planned to publish a three-volume historical work. But the third part was probably burned by his wife after his death because of a financial dispute. He died of the plague on August 9, 1598.
Fonts
- Rerum Marchicarum Breviarium, That is Kurtze Description of the foremost stories and histories, as before and after the birth of Christ as over 2000 years in chur and principality of the Margraviate of Brandenburg up to the present 1593th year . Wittenberg 1593. Digitized
- Holstein Chronicle, inside neat and accurate description of the noble families, next to the same coat of arms, stem [m] register and portraits: as well, as indicated in a register, where the names of the cities come from, where or in what place they are located, If, and by whom it has been granted, and with StadtRecht granted. Sampt a useful report on how manly and brave the nobility and cities proved to be in war and others, and what they endured for Fewer's hardship. Carefully compiled from credible scribes, and produced in print, by M. ANDREAM ANGELUM Struthiomont. First part MDXCVII. CVM PRIVILEGIO (1597) Relocated by Henningi Grossen bookseller to Leipzig. Digitized
- Annales Marchiae Brandenburgicae, that is an orderly directory and description of the most noble and commemorative Märkische annual stories and histories, as happened from the 416th year before the birth of Christ to the 1596 year . Frankfurt ad Oder 1598. Digitized
literature
- Angel (Angelus), Andreas . In: Bio Bibliographies. Brandenburg scholars of the early modern period. Mark Brandenburg with Berlin-Cölln 1506-1640 by Lothar Noack and Jürgen Splett. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2009, pp. 98–111. ISBN 978-3-05-003707-3 (= publications on Brandenburg's cultural history of the early modern period , edited by Knut Kiesant)
- Wolfgang Reschke: The Brandenburg chronicler and pastor, Andreas Engel, called Angelus . In: 750 years of St. Marien zu Strausberg . Freundeskreis St. Marien zu Strausberg eV, Strausberg 2004.
- Wolfgang Ribbe : The notes of Engelbert Wusterwitz. Transmission, edition and interpretation of a late medieval source on the history of the Mark Brandenburg . Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1973, ISBN 3-7678-0338-0 (also dissertation, FU Berlin 1971).
- Johannes Schultze: Engel, Andreas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 499 ( digitized version ).
- Philipp Walther: Engel, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 456 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Angelus, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engel, Andreas (German) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor, inspector and chronicler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1561 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strausberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1598 |
| Place of death | Strausberg |