Georg Scharnekau

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Georg Scharnekau, also Scharnikau, Scharneköper, Scarabaeus (* 1505 in Hanover ; † April 15, 1558 ibid) was a reformer, theologian and the first ever Protestant preacher in Hanover.

Life

1505 “probably in the house Dammstr. 2 ”, Scharnekau enrolled at the University of Leipzig in the summer semester of 1522 . 1527 Scharnekau took a position as rector of, first in Hannover at the Ratschule , from 1531 then in Quedlinburg . From August 31, 1532 until his death, Scarab was then pastor at the Marktkirche St. Georg in Hanover. The old believing council had given in to the demands of the citizens to hire an evangelical preacher. After a year Scharnekau complained to the people that the council was hindering the gospel. Although Scharnekau had influence over the people, he could not put an end to the excitement. The old council had to resign.

Urbanus Rhegius helped to prevent conditions like in Münster from tearing down. Scharnekau also proved himself to be a level-headed man in an excellent manner. To his support was Rudolph Moller from Herford appointed. Presumably Scharnekau created the draft of a church ordinance, which Rhegius examined. With this text Scharnekau was sent to Wittenberg . Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon agreed with him, but advised that the Low German wording should be printed in Magdeburg instead of in Wittenberg .

However, Nikolaus von Amsdorf advised against it, and the pressure did not take place. Rhegius wrote the second draft. Scharnekau worked in his hometown for 25 years, from 1540 as superintendent. The service was hard. He built up the church with great faithfulness. But there was no shortage of setbacks that brought him serious challenges. Luther, who must have known him well, admonished him not to remain alone in order to master the temptations. At his age he therefore married a former beguine .

Gravestone and epitaph

A - lost - epitaph of the scarab hung in the choir of the Hanover and was "probably [...] removed during the redesign of the church interior in the second half of the 19th century." The Hanoverian gave over the actual - now also lost - grave slab Chronicler Johann Heinrich Redecker in his Historical Collectanea ... two different sources and versions as well as a drawing of the inscription . According to the first source "the grave slab was removed from the churchyard wall ( St. Nicholas' Chapel ) in 1717 ",

"But in 1731 to the church of S. Nicolai, namely at the end of the tower, on the side towards the city, pinned and decorated with colors."

According to the second source, "the grave slab was broken in two and thereupon"

"A copey was carved on a stone, the writing was painted black and this new stone was pinned to the mortuary barn near the S. Nicolai chapel on the side facing the city."

In any case, the newly made tombstone was still in the 20th century on the Nikolaikapelle; “Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the broken original”.

Scharnikaustraße

Scharnikaustraße , laid out in the Hanoverian district of Kleefeld in 1955 , honors the "first Protestant preacher in Hanover" with its name.

literature

  • H. Hamelmann: Opera genealogico-historica. Lemgo 1711, page 927
  • G. Uhlhorn: Urbanus Rhegius. Elberfeld 1860, page 272
  • G. Uhlhorn: Two pictures from the life of the city of Hanover, Hanover 1867
  • W. Bahrdt: History of the Reformation of the City of Hanover, Hanover 1891
  • J. Meyer: Church history of Lower Saxony. Goettingen 1939
  • Wilhelm Blumenberg : How the city of Hanover became Protestant 400 years ago , according to simultaneous documents and reports. Publishing house of the Hannover City Church Committee, Hannover 1933
  • Jens Schmidt-Clausen: Scharnikau (Scarabaeus) Georg. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 537.

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ Note: Deviating from other sources, Sabine Wehking mentions the year of birth 1505, apparently documented there, according to Matrikel Leipzig , vol. 1, p. 585 .
  2. ↑ a b Jens Schmidt-Clausen: Scharnikau ... (see literature)
  3. ↑ a b c Sabine Wehking: DI 36, No. 112 † , in: www.inschriften.net, last accessed on May 29, 2013
  4. ↑ a b According to Sabine Wehking (compare the web links) in: Johann Heinrich Redecker: Historical Collectanea from the Royal and Electoral Residence City of Hanover ... , Vol. 2, fol. 211r.
  5. ↑ Helmut Zimmermann : Scharnikaustraße , in Die Strasseennamen der Landeshauptstadt Hannover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 217
personal data
SURNAME Scharnekau, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scharnikau, Georg; Scharneköper, Georg; Scarabaeus, Georg; Scarab
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and reformer
DATE OF BIRTH 1505
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1558
Place of death Hanover