Barthold von Krakewitz

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Barthold Krakewitz

Barthold von Krakewitz , also von Krackewitz, von Krakewitz (born February 17, 1582 in Presenke auf Wittow ( Rügen ); †  November 7, 1642 in Drigge (Rügen)) was a Lutheran theologian , university professor and general superintendent in Pomerania .

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As the son of Victor von Krakewitz and Katharina von der Osten (* 1555), Barthold von Krakewitz was tutored by private tutors before he attended high schools in Magdeburg , Lüneburg and Stettin . In 1599 he began studying philosophy and theology in Greifswald and then continued in Rostock from April 1604 . In 1605 he went to the University of Wittenberg with a scholarship from the Duke . After completing his theological studies with Georg Mylius , Leonhard Hutter , Wolfgang Franz and Friedrich Balduin , he also gave sermons at the Wittenberg Castle Church and toured a pamphlet on pure doctrine and marital status, which was directed against Cardinal Robert Bellarmin he still Strasbourg, Tübingen, Heidelberg, Ingolstadt, Jena, Augsburg, Regensburg, Worms, Frankfurt am Main, Nuremberg and other German cities until he was back in Greifswald in 1607.

His erudition and his gift for preaching enabled him to win the favor of Duke Philipp Julius von Pommern-Wolgast, who appointed him general superintendent of Pommern-Wolgast after the death of Friedrich Runge . Then he went to Rostock where he arrived March 12, 1607 as a doctor of theology doctorate was. As a general superintendent, he was also President of the Greifswald Consistory and Professor of Theology at the Greifswald University. The general superintendent Jakob Faber from Szczecin introduced him to his office. Krakevitz had also participated in the organizational tasks of the Greifswald University. He was three times rector of Greifswald University, several times vice chancellor and dean of the theological faculty.

Barthold von Krakevitz was a contentious Lutheran, which he - after Elector Johann Sigismund von Brandenburg converted to Calvinism - let the Reformed people feel it in particular .

He only lived in Drigge for a short time after he retired in 1637 . He was buried on November 21, 1642 in Greifswald Cathedral .

family

Barthold von Krakevitz's first marriage was in 1607 with Margarethe Jeger (* 1589 in Rostock; † February 7, 1630 in Drigge), daughter of the Rostock businessman Joachim Jäger. His second marriage was with Regina, the daughter of the West Pomeranian district administrator and Greifswald mayor Christian Schwartz , the widow of the Greifswald citizen and trader Christoph Bunsow. The second marriage was childless. The following are known of his children:

  • Victor Krakevitz, ensign († 1631 in Friedland)
  • Joachim Krakevitz († February 1642 in Sora) as professor
  • Catharina Krakevitz married with Balthasar Rhau II.
  • Ilsabe Krakevitz married with Mövius Völschow , theologian at the University of Greifswald
  • Emanuel Krakevitz went to France as a lieutenant captain
  • Heinrich Krakevitz († 1641 in Denmark) was also a military man
  • Magarethe Krakevitz married with the Greifswald councilor Abraham Elver
  • Albertus Krakevitz (* 1616 in Drigge, † 1695 in Fritzow )
  • Bartholus Krakevitz
  • Sophia Agnise Krakevitz † young 1630

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Registration of Barthold von Krakevitz in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. Doctorate from Barthold von Krakevitz in the Rostock matriculation portal
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich Runge General Superintendent of Pommern-Wolgast
1607–1642
Mövius Völschow
Johann Wegener Rector of the University of Greifswald
1609/10
Joachim Stephani
Johann Trygophorus Rector of the University of Greifswald
1620/21
Friedrich Mevius
Johann Eberhard Rector of the University of Greifswald
1627/28
Friedrich Gerschow