Georg Friedrich Schnaderbach

Georg Friedrich Schnaderbach (born August 18, 1669 in Wismar , † November 6, 1716 in Berlin ) was the 27th preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg and between 1704 and 1707 pastor to St. Petri and Provost of Berlin.

Life

Georg Friedrich Schnaderbach was the son of Joachim Schnaderbach and his wife Agneta Christine geb. Brandt. He was born as a premature baby in Wismar, Sweden, and his mother died in childbirth. He could not walk until he was six years old because his legs had grown together due to a birth defect. After his father decided to have his son operated on by a surgeon through what was then a very risky procedure , his condition improved and the child learned to walk.

After basic training, Schnaderbach began studying theology at the University of Wittenberg in 1686 . He continued his studies in Leipzig . Because of his father's illness, however, he had to interrupt his studies. He was only able to continue his studies in Rostock in 1690 , when he entered the university register on March 17, 1690 . After a short time as private tutor in Rostock, he was appointed as embassy preacher at the Swedish embassy in Vienna in 1692 by Count Horn, who was then the Swedish envoy in Vienna . On June 8, 1692 he was examinated by the ministry and soon afterwards ordained for his first public office . The Counter-Reformation in the then Austrian Empire was already fading, but its aftermath was still clearly noticeable. In addition to his pastoral duties in the Swedish embassy, Schnaderbach also took care of the evangelicals scattered in and around Vienna. Through this activity he drew the displeasure of the Catholics and especially of Cardinal Leopold von Kollonitsch , who persecuted him personally. It was only by chance that Schnaderbach escaped an arrest ordered by Kollonitsch, which would have resulted in the deportation of the disliked Lutheran preacher from Vienna.

On August 24, 1692 married Schnaderbach in Modern Maria Christina nee Meurer († 1695). After the early death of his first wife, he married on August 7, 1696, also in Modern Magdalena, nee. Wild († 1713). The son Friedrich, who later became a lawyer at the jury in Halle / Sa and a well-known book collector, also comes from this marriage . A third marriage followed in 1715 with Sophia Hedwig geb. Schrader.

In 1693 Schnaderbach was elected the first preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Modern. In Modern, the young evangelical congregation seems to have been exposed to quite a bit of hostility, as the rectory fell victim to an arson attack by fanatic Catholics. After this difficult time in Modern, Schnaderbach was appointed preacher for the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Pressburg on April 28, 1697. On May 5, 1697, he gave his farewell sermon in front of the congregation in Modern, which was reluctant to let their popular preacher go. Two days later (on May 7, 1697) he began his service with the congregation in Pressburg. In Pressburg he helped to reorganize the reorganization of the community after the difficult times of the Counter Reformation.

End of December 1700, he received an appointment in Halle / Saturday . He was to be used as pastor at the local church of St. Ulrich and at the same time as a scholarch at the local grammar school. He took up his new position in March 1701; He carried out his duties and duties conscientiously, so that he was appointed by King Friedrich I of Prussia to the consistorial council of the Duchy of Magdeburg.

After the death of the provost and consistorial councilor Ferdinand Helffreich Lichtscheid in 1707, Schnaderbach was ordered to Oranienburg to preach on the third day of Pentecost in the presence of the Prussian king. The following day he was received by the king in a private audience, during which time Frederick I gave him the vacant Cölln provost office . With his appointment as Provost of St. Petri, he also became inspector of 24 church games and at the same time royal Prussian consistorial councilor.

During his time in Berlin Schnaderbach had an unpleasant relationship with the Berlin Pietists around Carl Hildebrand von Canstein . The differences of opinion, which originated from earlier times, had their causes between the university theologians and the spiritual city ministry in Halle. When the so-called " Inspired ", a group of radical pietists , came to Berlin in 1714 , Schnaderbach and two other theologians were commissioned to interrogate them. The efforts of Schnaderbach and his colleagues to bring the "inspired" back to the "right path" of faith failed. Her letter to the king of September 3, 1714 led to the expulsion of the Inspired from Berlin.

In the last years of his life Schnaderbach was quite ailing. Repeated treatments in Karlsbad were unsuccessful. In addition, he had alcohol problems in the last phase of his life , which also diminished his reputation at the royal court. Georg Friedrich Schnaderbach died on November 6, 1716 in Berlin-Cölln. However, the Evangelical Church prepared him a dignified funeral. Pastor Johann Porst gave the sermon ; the official speech and the epicedium held the archdeacon Lucas Heinrich Thering and Johann Michael Heineccius (* 1674, † 1722). The funeral music was composed by the cantor of St. Petri Johann Andreas Lüdecke (* 1673; † 1737).

Schnaderbach was also active as a journalist. Many of his writings have appeared in print.

literature

CE Schmidt , S. Markusovßky, G. Ebner: History of the Evangelical Church Community AB zu Preßburg , 2 Bde., Pozsony 1906

Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett: Bio Bibliographies; Brandenburg scholars of the early modern period; Berlin - Cölln 1688-1713, Akademie Verlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-05-003318-5 , pp. 415-421.

Individual evidence and explanations

↑ ^a ^b History of the Protestant Church Community ... Vol. 2, p. 68f (see literature)
↑ Sophia Hedwig Schrader was the daughter of the court preacher zu Herzberg Johann Ernst Schrader (* 1638; † 1689) and his wife Martha Ehrentraut, née. Lily.
↑ He was to succeed the superintendent Wilhelm Christoph Beyer (* 1651; † 1706) in Modern.
↑ According to other information, the appeal should have been made on May 29, 1697.
↑ First as Second Preacher, but soon rose to become First Preacher and Senior of the ward.
↑ The decade between 1671 and 1681 is referred to as the decade of mourning for Protestantism in Pressburg and in the Kingdom of Hungary. During this time, Protestant church life was prohibited under penalty. And only Emperor Leopold I convened in May 1681 after Ödenburg a parliamentary one, of the situation of the Protestant Kingdom of Hungary improved slightly.
↑ ^a ^b Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett: Bio-Bibliographien ... p. 415ff

personal data
SURNAME	Schnaderbach, Georg Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant clergyman and pastor at Petrikirche (Berlin-Cölln)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1669
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wismar
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 1716
Place of death	Berlin-Neukölln

[:0-1] History of the Protestant Church Community ... Vol. 2, p. 68f (see literature)

[2] Sophia Hedwig Schrader was the daughter of the court preacher zu Herzberg Johann Ernst Schrader (* 1638; † 1689) and his wife Martha Ehrentraut, née. Lily.

[3] He was to succeed the superintendent Wilhelm Christoph Beyer (* 1651; † 1706) in Modern.

[4] According to other information, the appeal should have been made on May 29, 1697.

[5] First as Second Preacher, but soon rose to become First Preacher and Senior of the ward.

[6] The decade between 1671 and 1681 is referred to as the decade of mourning for Protestantism in Pressburg and in the Kingdom of Hungary. During this time, Protestant church life was prohibited under penalty. And only Emperor Leopold I convened in May 1681 after Ödenburg a parliamentary one, of the situation of the Protestant Kingdom of Hungary improved slightly.

[:1-7] Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett: Bio-Bibliographien ... p. 415ff