Georg Hartwig

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Georg Heinrich Hartwig (born April 29, 1840 in Hassel , † October 19, 1927 in Hanover ) was a German Lutheran theologian, general superintendent and abbot .

Life

Hartwig was a son of the pastor August Christian Friedrich Hartwig. After graduating from the Domgymnasium Verden , he studied Protestant theology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen from Easter 1858 . There he became active in the Corps Bremensia Göttingen . He was ordained on March 15, 1865 and initially employed as a parish collaborator in Hameln and Hildesheim. In 1871 he became pastor at the sanatorium and nursing home in Hildesheim , in 1882 pastor and superintendent in Sulingen , in 1887 first pastor at St. Jacobi and superintendent of Inspection II in Göttingen . From 1890 to 1903 he was first pastor at the town church in Celle and general superintendent of the general diocese of Lüneburg-Celle .

Loccum Monastery

From 1890 to 1901 Hartwig was a clergyman in the consistory in Hanover. In 1891 he became an extraordinary member of the state consistory, in 1899 an unskilled worker, in 1900 a councilor in a part-time position. From 1902 to 1927 he was abbot of the Loccum monastery , most recently with the title of senior consistorial councilor.

Awards

  • Royal Crown Order (Prussia) 3rd Class (1904)
  • Order of the Red Eagle 3rd class with the ribbon (1905)
  • Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class with Oak Leaves (1911)
  • Crown for the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class with Oak Leaves (1912)
  • Star for the Prussian Royal Crown Order 2nd Class (1913)
  • Star for the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and the Royal Crown (1915)
  • D. theol. hc from the University of Göttingen

literature

  • Philipp Meyer : The pastors of the regional churches of Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippes since the Reformation , 2 vol., Göttingen 1941/42, vol. 1, p. 162, 327, 506; Vol. 2, pp. 85, 426.
  • Eike Christian Hirsch : Georg Hartwig (1840–1927), Abbot of Loccum, Chairman of the Fire Funds Committee 1902–1927 , in: Personalities who have shaped our history , brochure, ed. from the VGH insurance, [o. Cit., OD], pp. 18f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 39 , 647
  2. ^ Staff archive of the Corps Bremensia
personal data
SURNAME Hartwig, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartwig, Georg Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, general superintendent and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Hassel (Weser)
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1927
Place of death Hanover