Bonaventure Rehefeld

Bonaventura Rehefeld (born September 24, 1610 in Kitzscher , † July 7, 1673 in Schleswig ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of the pastor in Kitzscher, Tobias Rehefeld and his wife Maria, the daughter of the Leipzig citizen Alexius Kloz and his wife Dorothea Trübenbach, was initially trained by his father. He came from a Saxon pastor's family, who came from a noble family in Silesia . He had attended school in Schulpforta since May 16, 1624 , and in 1630 began studying philosophy at the University of Leipzig . After studying with Philipp Müller and Andreas Corvinus , on February 28, 1636, he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy and then began studying theology.

He also attended the lectures by David Auerbach , Christian Lange , Johann Höpner and Heinrich Höpfner . After completed studies, he was from 1643 to 1645 Bremervörder Hofprediger the pen Bremen administrator , the Danish Crown Prince Frederick . After Frederick had been removed from the archbishopric by the Swedes, Rehefeld was employed on February 21, 1646 as court preacher to Frederick's father Christian IV of Denmark and Norway at Glücksburg Castle and as provost of the Pinneberg rule . In 1649 he was appointed by Friedrich III, who has since succeeded Christian as king. from Denmark and Norway to provost in Haderslev and in 1668 he became general superintendent of the royal shares of the Duchy of Schleswig . Weakened by a stroke, he eventually passed away.

family

From his marriage on June 25, 1644 with Magdalena, the daughter of the heir to Vesta and Kleigodel Julius von Wolfersdorf and his wife Agnes von Bisenroth, two sons and five daughters emerged:

• Julius Rehefeld († 7th years old)
• Sophia Elisabeth († before father), married. with the pastor in Svenning near Glorup (Funen), Friedrich Brand
• Catharina Magdalene Rehefeld, married. with the royal Danish-Norwegian provost in Schleswig Johann Krahe
• Amalia Agnes Rehefeld, married. with the professor at the grammar school and rector in Odense Nicolaus Andreas Haalsius
• Dorothea Sophia Rehefeld (1650–1678), married. with the lawyer Christian Friedrich Janus
• Cajus Julius Rehefeld, studied philosophy
• Dorothea Maria Rehefeld

literature

• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein, 1976, Volume 9, p. 36, R 8065.
• Rehefeld, Bonaventure. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 30, Leipzig 1741, column 1935.
• HF Rørdam: Rehefeld, Bonaventura . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 583-584 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
• Johann Adrian Bolten: Historical church news from the city of Altona and its various religious parties, from the rule of Pinneberg and from the county of Ranzau. Verlag JF Hammerich, Altona 1790, Vol. 1, p. 26 ( books.google.de ).

Web link

• Publications from and about Bonaventura Rehefeld in VD 17 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Stephan Klotz	General superintendent for Schleswig's royal share 1668–1673	Johann Hudemann