Frithjof Bestmann

Frithjof Bestmann (born February 25, 1898 in Mölln ; † July 23, 1990 in Wildeshausen ) was a German Lutheran clergyman, provost and local researcher .

Life

Bestmann came from an old pastor family. His father Johann Bestmann was senior pastor in Mölln in the Duchy of Lauenburg. After studying theology, Frithjof Bestmann was ordained on March 15, 1925 in Kiel and introduced as a pastor in Hohenstein. In 1928 he became a pastor in Bassum . He took part in the Second World War as a naval pastor. After the end of the war he returned to his community. He was canon and later provost of Bassum Abbey. He retired on January 1, 1963.

In addition to his pastoral work, Bestmann dealt with the history of the town and monastery in Bassum and in 1981 suggested the establishment of the town archive in Bassum.

Bestmann died in Wildeshausen in July 1990. He found his final resting place in the cemetery in Bassum.

Publications

• The descent of Matthias Mannes de anno 1791. 1929.
• Chronicle of the Bestmann family. Self-published, Bassum 1930.
• History of the Löwen Pharmacy in Bassum. 1726-1951. Syke 1951
• House and Office Freudenberg. Studies on the history of Lower Saxony. Bassum District Court. Syke 1952
• The Freyenhagen von Rosenstern from the house of Wickensen. Bassum 1953
• Bassum. Church and monastery through the ages. Bonhorst & Jacob, Bassum 1959 / Plenge, Sulingen 1980
• Death and life. Depicted on the epitaphs and the grave monuments in and near the collegiate church in Bassum. Bassum 1961
• with Nicolaus Heutger : The Bassum Abbey in the context of Lower Saxony's church history. Lax, Hildesheim 1972
• Georg Volquarts and his clan group until the turn of the 19th century. A. Volquarts [self-published], Hamburg (Moorreye 38) 1975
• Speech by the provost Fr. Bestmann, Wildeshausen-Bassum on the feast day of the district home federation of the district of Diepholz in Hallstedt-Quellental on February 21, 1986.
• Study on the history of the village of Hallstedt and its farms. A model experiment. Hallstedt 1986

literature

• Nicolaus Heutger: From Lower Saxony's cultural heritage. Lectures and studies. Presented to Provost Frithjof Bestmann on his 80th birthday and 50th service anniversary on February 25, 1978 on behalf of the chapter of Bassum Abbey and the Hoya-Diepholz landscape. Lax, Hildesheim 1978
• Nicolaus Heutger: Provost Frithjof Bestmann † . In: Heimatblätter des Landkreis Dispholz 14 (1991), p. 42.
• Ecclesiastical gazette for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover 8/1990, p. 125.
• Nicolaus Heutger: Provost Frithjof Bestmann . In: Alt-Hannoverscher Volkskalender 127 (1999), pp. 74f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Frithjof Bestmann in the catalog of the German National Library