Friedrich Ernst Christian Oertling

Friedrich Ernst Christian Oertling (born May 14, 1757 in Neuwerk ; † February 2, 1837 in Bornhöved ) was a German pastor, writer, cartographer and draftsman.

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Friedrich Ernst Christian Oertling's father was Philipp Ernst Oertling (* around 1712/13 in Glücksburg ; † March 25, 1764 in Rendsburg ). He came from an old family of pastors from Mecklenburg-Pomerania. He worked as chief auditor for the duchies and was a titular general auditor.

The mother Sophia Magdalena, nee Leonhart (born September 30, 1726 in Rendsburg, † December 19, 1758 ibid) came from a very old Franconian family of mayors and officials. It goes back to the Counts of Castell and von Wolfstein , who were the same as the Prince Schwarzenberg in previous generations . Her father Albrecht Friederich Leonhart, who was married to Kunigunde, née Reinhold, worked as a senior auditor for the duchies. The mother's godmother was Sophie Magdalene of Denmark .

Oertling, who was a godchild of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , was considered a “born soldier” under the law of the time and until he was seven years old he was a constable in the Rendsburg Artillery Corps. Then he went to the educational institution of Johann Dietrich Leyding in Hamburg . In 1775 he began studying law at the University of Kiel . A year and a half later he switched to theology and finished his studies in 1779.

After finishing his studies, Oertling worked as a private tutor for Pastor Kramer in Weißensee. In 1780 he was tented. In 1782 he passed the exam in Glückstadt. On the 1st of Advent 1784 he took a job as a preacher in Sankt Michalsdonn and taught Claus Harms here . The book "Claus Harms' Leben in Brief" shows that both remained close friends for life. Only a dispute between the theses, during which Oertling wrote a printed letter and thus openly opposed Harms, temporarily led to disagreements between the two theologians.

From 1794 to 1811 Oertling worked as a pastor in Eichede . He wrote the first chronicle of the village, for which the parishioners put a memorial stone in the cemetery. In 1811 he moved to Bornhöved as a pastor, where he worked until 1837. He mapped the parish and made a chronicle and a pastors' book. Oertling portrayed many of the residents of the surrounding area, especially the members of his family. During the Wars of Liberation he experienced a battle of retreat on December 7, 1813 and recorded this event in writing. He also worked as a writer in his parishes.

During his lifetime, Oertling was considered a person who gave rise to anecdotes. He tried to counter this with the help of friends, but it aroused even more ridicule. Some of his writings appear bizarre and kept local, regional and church historians busy until the 20th century. He wrote a tomb tube story based on the text "Maneological concerns about the burying of really deceased people in tightly closed coffins". In addition, there was a fictitious flying machine fluctuation. In 1925, the writer Wilhelm Poeck took these works as an opportunity to give Oertling a leading role in his novel “Rungholtmenschen”. Due to one of the many variations of the flying machine fluctuation, the Düsseldorf city gazette named Oertling in 1935 a "forgotten pioneer of aviation".

Oertling's chronicles, maps and other, sometimes handwritten and printed records, are important sources on the history of the country and church.

family

Oertling was married to Kunigunde Sophia von Buhr (born March 18, 1763 in Rendsburg; † March 12, 1831 in Bornhöved). Her father Carl Albrecht von Buhr, who was married to Anna Regina, nee Leonhart, worked as senior auditor for the duchies and was a titular general auditor. Oertling's mother and mother-in-law were sisters.

The Oertling couple had two sons and two daughters. The second son named Christian Martin Friedrich (* 1788 in Sankt Michaelisdonn ) opened a jewelery shop in Neumünster that still exists today.

literature

• Ernst de Cuveland: Oertling, Friedrich Ernst Christian . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 4. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1976, pp. 175-177