Georg Kruger-Haye

Georg Krüger-Haye , originally Georg (Ludwig Ernst) Krüger (born July 4, 1864 in Rattey , † November 3, 1941 in Neustrelitz , buried in Stargard Castle ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and author.

Life

Krüger was a son of the theologian (Johann Joachim) Heinrich Krüger (1825-1887), the housefather in the rescue house Bethanien in Rattey and after its relocation in 1872 in Neubrandenburg , and his wife Mathilde, nee. Haye († 1901). Krüger was the younger of 11 well-known siblings, including the theologian and temporary seminar director in Mirow, Adolf Krüger (1853-1923). In 1931, Krüger officially changed the family name to Krüger-Haye by adding his mother 's maiden name .

From 1873 he attended grammar school in Neubrandenburg , passed his Abitur at Easter 1883 and then studied Protestant theology at the universities of Erlangen and Leipzig until 1886 . From 1886 to 1889 he was tutor in the family of Superintendent Georg August Friedrich Kleinschmidt in Groß Solschen near Peine . After a short stay with his brother in Mirow, he became rector of the community girl school in Schönberg (Mecklenburg) in 1889 and second pastor to St. Laurentius in Schönberg in 1891 . In 1902 he became provost in Strelitz , and from 1903 at the same time clergyman of the Domjüch state mental institution . In 1907 he was appointed pastor in Burg Stargard and here in 1910 prepositus and 1920 provost. In 1922 he received the title of councilor . In 1925 he came to Neustrelitz as senior church councilor and first pastor at the town church . He devoted himself particularly to the tasks of the Inner Mission , the association for prison chaplaincy and the goals of the Gustav Adolf Association and was also the supervisor of church libraries. Becoming a member of the NSDAP at an early stage , Krüger quickly developed into a leading protagonist of the National Socialist movement in south-east Mecklenburg and was instrumental in the winding up of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz regional church and its integration into the Mecklenburg church administration in Schwerin [since 1934]. On May 1, 1934, he retired at his own request, but initially continued to run the business of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz part of the regional church. In 1935 he came to the Oberkirchenrat in Schwerin as a research assistant and in 1938 he became an archivist in the regional church archives. From 1939 he took over the representation of the Neustrelitz state superintendent Hans-Heinrich Fölsch, who was drafted for military service.

Krüger-Haye dealt intensively with the church history of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . His main work is the publication of the two-volume inventory work, The Art and History Monuments of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1921–1934), which has been compiled by a commission of experts under his leadership since 1913 .

He had been a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology since 1895 , became the founder, chairman and since 1903 honorary member of the Heimatbund for the Principality of Ratzeburg and in 1925 was a founding member of the Mecklenburg-Strelitzer Association for History and Local Studies .

In 1940 the Theological Faculty of the University of Rostock made him an honorary doctorate .

Legacy parts are located in the State Church Archives Schwerin and in the State Main Archives Schwerin .

Georg Krüger was married to Margarete Basedow (1871–1944), daughter of the disabled educator and director of the educational and nursing institution for mentally weak children Schwerin Johann Basedow (1830–1899), and had (at least) four children. His family grave in the Stargard cemetery has been preserved.

Works

• The pastors in the Principality of Ratzeburg. 1899
• Thirty villages in the Principality of Ratzeburg. 1901
• The pastors in the land of Stargard. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology 69 (1904), pp. 1–270 ( full text )
• State and Church. 1919
• The art and historical monuments of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 2 volumes in 4 parts. 1921-1934
• Church history of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1701-1934. 1935

literature

• Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5497 .

Web links

• Literature about Georg Krüger-Haye in the state bibliography MV
• Works by Georg Krüger-Haye in the state bibliography MV