Gerhard Halepaghe

Fountain monument for Gerhard Halepaghe in Buxtehude

Inscription of the fountain monument for Gerhard Halepaghe in Buxtehude

Gerhard Halepaghe (* 1420 in Buxtehude ; † April 1485 there ) was vicar at St. Petri Church and founder in Buxtehude.

Surname

The surname of Gerhard Halepaghe can be found as Halepaghe or Halepage or further also Halepaghen or Halepagen , as the name spelling could vary in the Middle Ages. Halepaghe himself also wrote Gherhardt Halepaghe.

The sentence name Halepaghe is composed of the old Low German words halen = fetch and page , m. = the horse, paghen in the accusative . Halepaghen means “fetch the horse”, which indicates a job as a groom, but above all the profession of a veterinarian and obstetrician. Gerhard Halepaghe had a horse in his coat of arms. The silver seal has been preserved to this day.

Life

After studying in Leipzig, he embarked on a three-year pilgrimage to Rome, where, by his own admission, he saw the Borgia Pope Calixtus .

In the second half of the 15th century he was involved in the reform of church and monastery life in the Lower Elbe region in the sense of a new piety ( Devotio moderna ). Joined the Bursfeld Union in 1469 , he turned against the abuse of church offices and, in his capacity as confessor and participant in visitations in the New Monastery near Buxtehude (founded in 1286) and other surrounding convents, campaigned for the observance of the rules of the order of St. Benedict von Nursia in its original purity and severity, as in the Old Monastery ("Altkloster", founded 1196) or the Lüne and Harvestehude monasteries .

Commemoration

Public representation

Gerhard Halepaghe is depicted in the Buxtehude St. Petri Church on the medieval passion altar at the feet of the apostle Paul, created around 1510 by the master of the Halepagen altar . The altar was commissioned and donated by Hermann Langenbeck , from 1482 mayor of Hamburg and the ward of Gerhard Halepaghe. Hermann Langenbeck himself is also depicted on the altar as St. Hieronymus .

Buxtehude emergency bank note from 1921 (front and back). On the reverse, memory of Magister Halepaghen.

In 1984 a fountain monument was erected for Gerhard Halepaghe in front of the Buxtehude local history museum on St. Petri Square.

Namesake

The Halepaghenstraße in Buxtehude and, since 1952, the Halepaghen School is named after Halepaghe . This emerged from the Latin school in Buxtehude, first mentioned in 1390 .

Halepaghen Foundation

Gerhard Halepaghe came from a wealthy family, but lived frugally himself. He lent money to the farmers living in the Altes Land in exchange for a cash rent and used the income to give the vicars of Buxtehude, who used it to run several hospitals and a bathing room.

In his 240-page will, he donated his lands near Nincop in the Old Country to one third each for church purposes, for scholarships and for the welfare of the poor. The Halepaghen Foundation from 1484 is one of the oldest ecclesiastical foundations in Germany.

literature

• Margarete Schindler: The Buxtehude Magister Gerhard Halepaghen . In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte , vol. 37 (1965), pp. 35–45.
• Martin Jank: Life and work of the Buxtehuder Magister Halepaghe . Buxtehude 1984.
• Martin Jank: 500 years of the Halepaghen Foundation Buxtehude . Buxtehude 1984.
• Robert Gahde: Halepaghe, Gerhard ( encyclopedia entry). In: Brage bei der Wieden, Jan Lokers: CVs between the Elbe and Weser. Ein biographisches Lexikon , Vol. 1. Stade 2002, pp. 120-122.
• Robert Gahde: From the Halepaghen Foundation's leasehold to an independent fruit growing company. The history of Heiner Prigge's court in Nincop , in: Monika Genz: Der Baum Neuenfelde. Its roots - its trunk - its leaves - its flowers - its fruits. History and Stories of People, 1059–2009 . Moisburg 2010, pp. 610-627.

Web links

Wiktionary: Sentence name  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: magister  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• City of Buxtehude: Halepaghen Foundation for Evangelicals from Buxtehude e-fellows.net.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Halepaghe, Gerhard In: Brage Bei der Wieden et al .: Life courses between the Elbe and Weser. Ein biographisches Lexikon , Vol. 1. Stade 2002, pp. 120-122
2. ↑ Dedeke, Wilm . In: Franklin Kopitzsch et al :: Hamburgische Biographie Volume 2, Göttingen 2008
3. ↑ Margarete Schindler: The Buxtehuder Magister Gerhard Halepaghen . In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte Volume 37/1965, pp. 35–45.
4. ↑ Art treasures in St. Petri: Halepaghen Altar ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Evangelical Lutheran St. Petri parish in Buxtehude. 
5. ↑ Walter Zimdahl: Speech on the founding act of the St. Ludgeri Congregation Foundation ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2003 
6. ↑ Halepaghen Foundation from 1484 in Buxtehude