Andreas Helvigius

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Andreas Helvigius , actually Helwig , also Helwigius, Helwich (* 1572 in Friedland (Mecklenburg) ; † November 19, 1643 in Stralsund ) was a German philologist , educator and long-time rector of the Stralsund grammar school in the former Katharinenkloster .

Life

Dictionum Germanicarum, print from 1620

The son of Friedland councilor Moritz Helwig and his wife Johanna, née Wegener, first attended school in his hometown and soon after switched to the Anklam council school . He completed his education at the Stralsund grammar school , where Kaspar Jentzkow was rector at the time.

In 1591 he began studying at the University of Rostock , where at that time David Chyträus , Johann Possel and Lucas Bacmeister the Elder. Ä. taught. After a while he moved to the University of Frankfurt (Oder) . On the recommendation of Christoph he got a job as deputy principal in Salzwedel . However, he soon returned to Frankfurt (Oder) , from where he was appointed to the post of rectorate in his native Friedland.

In 1595 he went to the Greifswald city school as vice principal . In 1599 he was Lorenz Zircman to master his doctorate . Helwig ran Greek and German language studies in Greifswald and corresponded with Lorenz Rhodomann (1546–1606). The general superintendent Barthold von Krakevitz recommended him "because of his ingenious poetry" to the Princely Councilor Reimer Seltrecht, who crowned him with the laurel in 1607 .

In 1612 he went to Berlin , where he was rector of the grammar school for the gray monastery . Duke Adolf Friedrich I of Mecklenburg appointed him to the University of Rostock in 1615 . There he was a professor of poetry in the philosophy faculty. The academic chair, however, did not accept him. Therefore, in 1616 he accepted the rectorate of the Stralsund high school that was offered to him.

He held this office from 1617 to 1643. While he was exposed to anonymous hostility at the beginning, he gained general recognition over time through his work. Contemporaries gave him the honorary name "communis Pomeraniae praeceptor". During Helwig's tenure in 1619/20, the plague in Stralsund claimed more than three thousand deaths and in 1624 the Johanniskloster burned down . In addition, Stralsund was besieged in 1628 by Wallenstein's troops in the Thirty Years' War . Nevertheless, he managed to maintain a largely continuous school operation, which is proven by the number of students and numerous foundations in favor of the grammar school. He introduced a prima and in 1627 recorded the official establishment of a grammar school library. Helwig also wrote numerous occasional poems .

Andreas Helvigius died at the age of 71, shortly after he was ceremonially retired by the Stralsund superintendent Balthasar Rhaw .

family

Andreas Helvigius married Christiana Levenstein in Greifswald in 1601, the daughter of the eighth man Johann Levenstein.

Fonts (selection)

  • Origines dictionum germanicarum. Hanover 1620.
  • Anti-Christ Romanus.
  • Carmen de homine christiano.

literature

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predecessor Office successor
Joachim Drenckhan Rector of the Stralsund grammar school
1617 - 1643 		Benedikt Bahr
personal data
SURNAME Helvigius, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Helwigius, Andreas; Helwig, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and educator
DATE OF BIRTH 1572
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedland (Mecklenburg)
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1643
Place of death Stralsund