Friedrich Justin von Bruiningk

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Friedrich Justin von Bruiningk (born May 22, 1707 in Narwa , † February 28, 1774 at the Wesselshof) was a German-Baltic theologian and a leading member of the Estonian Moravian Brethren .

Life

In the first years of his childhood, Friedrich Justin Bruiningk lived with his grandmother, he received home lessons from 1715 and studied theology in Jena from 1725 to 1729 . In 1729 he became a master of philosophy and lived in Halle . After his return to Riga he first assisted his father and in 1735 took over the pastor's position in Wolmar . In 1736 he was hired as an assistant to the upper consistory and appointed provost .

After several meetings with Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , he became a supporter of the Moravian Brethren in 1736 and a member in 1741. In 1743 he was elected head of the Moravian Brethren in Latvia , but in 1746 he resigned his office and settled in Ronneburg-Neuhof (Livonia) . In 1751 he visited the Moravian community in Germany , Holland and England and moved to Brinkenhof in 1758.

Origin and family

His father Heinrich Brüningk (1675–1736) was a pastor at the German St. John's Church in Narwa and a Livonian general superintendent . He was married to Martha Hedwig, née Lilljegren. From this family the German-Baltic aristocratic family Bruiningk grew up. Justin was in 1st marriage with Helene Schwarz († 1743); 2nd marriage Justina von Gavel († 1756) and 3rd marriage with Anna von Tiesenhausen . He founded the Estonian center of the Moravian community, bought the Wesselshof in 1761, spent the center of his life here and built a manor house in 1766 , which served as the community center. In 1770 he bought the Paulenhof . With him began a number of spiritual leaders in the Moravian Church, including his son Heinrich (1738–1785), who was ordained bishop, and his grandson Heinrich Friedrich (1773–1850).

literature

  • The Bruiningk family in Livonia: family history news: with 23 illustrations in the text, by Hermann Baron Bruiningk, commissioned by N. Kymmels Buchhandlung, 1913 [5]

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Friedrich Justin von Bruiningk. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wesselshof. Entry on: Lost & unlost places; Palaces, castles, mansions [1]
  2. ↑ Gustav Bergmann: Biography Lutherischer Preacher Wolmar, Latvian Walmar in the Rigischen Kraise . In: History of Livonia, designed in Bossuet style , Schwickertschen Verlage, 1776, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized July 14, 2011 [2] , p. 190
  3. ^ "Heinrich Bruiningk as an active supporter of the Moravian system". In: Erich Donnert : Agrarian question and enlightenment in Latvia and Estonia: Livonia, Estonia and Courland in the 18th and early 19th centuries , Verlag Peter Lang, 2008, ISBN 3-631-57021-X , 9783631570210 [3] , p. 62 , accessed on February 27, 2019
  4. ↑ Brinkenhof (Estonian: Kriimani). In: Hans Feldmann, Heinz von Zur Mühlen, Gertrud Westermann: Baltic historical local dictionary: Estonia (including Northern Livland) , Volume 1 of Baltic historical local dictionary, Gertrud Westermann, sources and studies on Baltic history, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 1985, ISBN 3- 412-07183-8 , 9783412071837 [4] , p. 46
  5. ^ Erich Donnert: Agrarian question and enlightenment in Latvia and Estonia: Livonia, Estonia and Courland in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 3-631-57021-X , 9783631570210 p. 62
personal data
SURNAME Bruiningk, Friedrich Justin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1707
PLACE OF BIRTH Narva
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1774
Place of death Wesselshof , Estonia