Cirsovius (family)

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Cirsovius is the name of a north German family.

history

There is evidence that members of the Cirsovius family lived under the name "Cirsow (e)" in the region between the Kummerower See and the Baltic Sea from the beginning of the 14th century . According to the family's tradition, this went back to a white baker from Greifswald who moved to Holstein . It is actually proven that the line there goes back to Georg Cirsow, who worked as a pastor in Bärwalde from 1630 until the end of his life in 1641 . His son Emanuel (around 1638–1693) Latinized the family name. After studying theology in Greifswald, King Friedrich III appointed him . in the spring of 1665 to the clergyman of the embassy of Andreas Pauli von Liliencron . It is unclear whether he actually took up this position in Vienna , since in October of the same year he received a position as preacher in the German congregation in Fredericia . Here he stayed until the end of his life.

Emanuel Cirsovius was married to Dorothea, whose father worked as a Dutch preacher on Amager . Emanuel and Dorothea Cirsovius had seven daughters, several of whom were clergymen, and their son David (around 1674–1716). From 1693 he studied theology at the University of Copenhagen . After completing his studies, he stayed with his relative, the pastor's widow Morhaupt, in Reinfeld in 1698/99, to take over the sermons during their widow year. It caught the attention of Duke Johann Adolf von Plön . This bestallte him to one with his son Adolf August grand tour to do, which took place from 1699 to 1701. Both traveled from Vienna to Constantinople through Italy and France. When he returned, Cirsovius received the parish of Ahrensbök that the Duke had promised him . Here he stayed until his death.

David Cirsovius was married to the widowed Sophie Ernestine Gramkow, who had two sons from their first marriage. The couple had three daughters and two sons. The older son Erdmann Seyfart (1704–1777) worked as a pastor in Gnissau . He was the last theologian in the family. The following generations worked mostly as farmers and merchants. One of them was Erdmann Seyfart's son Friedrich Carl (1733–1806), who was involved as a surveyor in the coupling of Schleswig-Holstein.

David Cirsovius' younger son Leopold August Cirsovius was the first of several lawyers in the family. Like his son Johann Carl , he worked as a state lawyer for the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood . Three other sons of Leopold August Cirsovius also studied law. One of them was Ernst Ludwig (1737–1776), who entered the Danish service as a regimental auditor. The son Jacob Daniel (1773-1819) became a Kiel citizen and councilor. The son Leopold August (1775-1829) worked from 1809 as parish bailiff and customs administrator in Bramstedt . The son Adolph Friedrich (1777–1833) was the first farmer in the family branch. From 1805 he had the Meierhof Mettenhof on lease. Due to the Danish national bankruptcy and an agricultural crisis after the Napoleonic Wars , he had to part with it in 1824. At the end of his life he worked as a supervisor for the construction of the Altona-Kieler Chaussee .

Adolph Friedrich Cirsovius' children mostly worked in agriculture. Only his son Leopold became a nationally known organist, organ expert and teacher.

literature

  • Leo Beckmann: Cirsovius family . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , pages 70-71.