Ernst Ludwig Orlich

Ernst Ludwig Orlich, copper engraving by Christian Fritzsch (1762)

Ernst Ludwig Orlich (born May 10, 1706 in Nelbe , † July 15, 1764 in Pyrmont ) was the chief pastor of St. Michaelis .

Life

Ernst Ludwig Orlich (actually: von Orlich) came from a noble Prussian family from which several Lutheran theologians emerged . His father was the pensioner Johann Martin Orlich. He himself had completed a theology degree at the University of Halle in 1724, was a private tutor in Cottbus in 1727 , from November 1730 pastor in Kolkwitz near Cottbus, 1737 pastor in Trebnitz near Magdeburg , 1746 pastor in Magdeburg and 1748 chief pastor in Braunschweig at St. Martin's Church . From 1761 on, Orlich was the chief pastor of St. Michaelis; Georg Philipp Telemann had composed a cantata ( TWV 3:75) for his inauguration .

During Orlich's term of office, the St. Michaelis Church, which was rebuilt after a fire, was inaugurated on October 19, 1762. On this occasion, Orlich gave the solemn sermon The Dutiful Behavior of Christian Congregations in the Intention of Their Churches , which was also published. Orlich held the post of chief pastor until his death in 1764. He died of a heart attack during a well treatment, where he was staying in Bad Pyrmont.

He married Juliane Charlotte von Schmieden in May 1731. Since she died after four weeks of marriage, he went into his second marriage on April 27, 1735 with Henriette Louise Hein from Walkenhagen.

Selection of works

• The work of teachers and listeners in the Lord's churches on their souls, presented in a few sacred speeches when his ministry is changed, and given to pressure on request. Magdeburg 1748.
• The good figure of a proselyte, presented at the baptism of a Jew. Brunswick 1754.
• Three sermons on special occasions in the present day. Brunswick 1759.
• Collection of some sermons. Brunswick 1761.
• Draft sermons. 3 parts. Hamburg 1762–1764.

literature

• Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, Neustadt an der Orla, 1833, Volume 3, pp. 165-167, online
• Frank / Groschek / Hering / Reissmann: The Michel is on fire! The history of the Hamburg landmark . Edition Temmen, 2006, ISBN 3-86108-085-0 .
• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Verlag Friedrich Vogt, 1868.
• Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. G. Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig, 1810, Volume 10, p. 230.
• Hans-Hermann Tiemann: Memory of Hans-Jürgen Quest (1924–1999). LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2004, ISBN 3825873846 , p. 314.
• Wilhelm Jensen: The Hamburg Church and its clergy since the Reformation. JJ Augustin- Verlag, Hamburg 1958, p. 160.

Web link

• Community site of the Hamburg Michel

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich Wagner	Chief Pastor to St. Michaelis 1761–1764	Georg Ludwig Herrnschmidt