Georg Berlich

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Georg Berlich , Latinized Georgius Berlichius , (* May 20, 1600 in Frauenprießnitz or in Laucha , † March 15, 1671 in Merseburg ) was a German Protestant theologian. He was the monastery superintendent , canon and dean of the St. Sixti Monastery in Merseburg, consistorial councilor in the Merseburg consistory and the owner of the manor .

Life

Georg Berlich came from a Thuringian civil servant family. His father Peter Berlich was a bailiff of the Tautenburg office and a district judge in Bürgel .

Like his ancestors, Berlich embarked on an administrative career and studied theology at the University of Jena from 1620 onwards, obtaining a master's degree. After first pastorships in Sandersdorf and Benndorf , he became senior pastor in Laucha an der Unstrut in 1641 . 1644 Berlich was at the University of Leipzig to Lic. Theol. , on August 31, 1652 as Dr. theol. PhD. He became monastery superintendent , canon and dean of the monastery St. Sixti in Merseburg and consistorial councilor in the consistory of Merseburg. In this capacity he was involved in the preparation of numerous funeral sermons, some of which appeared in print and have thus survived to this day.

Georg Berlich was the heir to Geiselröhlitz, where he owned the manor there, which also included interest income from Schortau , to which the Counts of Brühl were later also entitled.

He was married to Margaretha nee Lützen. The marriage resulted in Johann Georg Berlich and their daughter Christina Berlich, who was born in 1628 and later married the university professor Georg Möbius in Leipzig .

Georg Berlich died of a sudden stroke while giving a sermon in the pulpit.

epitaph

Epitaph by Georg Berlich in the cloister of Merseburg Cathedral

His epitaph is in the cloister of the Merseburg Cathedral . The inscription reads:

“CHRISTO SACRUM

Here rest and wait

of the happy resurrection of the

Venerable, grand bier and high-

learned Mr. Georg Berlich, the h. font

Doct. and in the 27 year well-deserved

Superintendens local Stifft, the Con-

sistorij Assessor, as well as Canon

and Scholasticus, and S. Sixti of Stifft

Decanus, who was born in

Frauenpriesnitz Anno 1600, 20.

May. [...] by the real call

His Redeemer Jesus Christ, the 15th Martii

Anno 1671 after being on this

world lived. 71 years less 2 months

and 3 days.

Corpses text

God will provide

In [...] [...]

on March 22nd "

literature

  • Pastors' book of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony , Volume 1, Leipzig, 2003, p. 308.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lt. Pastor's Book.
  2. ↑ Lt. Homepage of the Berlich family.
  3. ^ Genealogical data at genealogy.net
  4. ↑ The biography of Christina Möbius, née Berlich
personal data
SURNAME Berlich, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berlichius, Georgius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German monastery superintendent, canon, consistorial councilor and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH Frauenprießnitz or Laucha on the Unstrut
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1671
Place of death Merseburg