Gerhard Philipp Scholvin

Memorial plaque for Gerhard Philipp Scholvin on the Engesohder cemetery in Hanover

Gerhard Philipp Scholvin (born October 29, 1723 in Thedinghausen ; † September 17, 1803 in Hanover ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian , patron and author .

Life

Gerhard Philipp Scholvin was born the son of a bailiff . From 1755 he took the office of pastor at the Kreuzkirche in Hanover and, as a “senior”, was the leading clergyman of all Lutheran parishes in the old town.

Promotion of orphans

In 1799 Scholvin wrote in his will :

“For more than 40 years [...] I have noticed that the children of the local Waysenhauses, for lack of the opportunity to do handicrafts , get used to indolence in front of others. Therefore, when they are apprenticed to craftsmen or in service, they rarely hit . If they endure their apprenticeship years, they often end up on foreign military service while traveling , for which they were not brought up in their homeland. "

Such orphaned children (of the old town), who had not been given early “opportunities” to practice work, were set up by Scholvin as main heirs in his will. But the previous education in the poor and orphanage had not convinced him - Scholvin wanted to promote differently :

"Therefore I demand that boys and girls of my money be given to the surrounding proper country households for boarding and instruction in the manner of the Moringian orphanage ."

In 1803, around 80,000 Reichstaler flowed from Scholvin's legacy to the Scholvin Foundation, which was then named after the pastor, and finally more than 100,000 Taler.

Fonts

The horror of God among the scattered enemies of the saved fatherland was ... because of the victory that took place on August 1st at Minden ... presented by Gerhard Philipp Scholvin .... , Hannover: Pockwitz, 1759

Honor grave

The honorary grave of Gerhard Philipp Scholvin found on the city cemetery Engesohde in Hanover in the Department 25D , grave number 22a-b .

Scholvinstrasse

Street sign Scholvinstraße with legend

Scholvinstrasse in the Mitte district, laid out in 1862, was named after Pastor Scholvin. Today the street is in the red light district at the Steintor in Hannover- Mitte . In April 2012, the city district council in Mitte supported the installation of legend signs by the Scholvin Foundation on the street signs on Scholvinstrasse.

literature

Jens Schmidt-Clausen: SCHOLVIN, Gerhard Philipp. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 321; online through google books
Jens Schmidt-Clausen: Scholvin, Gerhard Philipp. 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. 549.

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Philipp Scholvin - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Orphanage <Moringen> (1747 - 1799) on CERL Thesaurus

Individual evidence

↑ Compare the legend on the street sign Scholvinstraße
↑ ^a ^b Jens Schmidt-Clausen: Scholvin, Gerhard Philipp (see literature)
↑ see writings
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Markus Meumann: Scholvin. In: Foundlings, orphanages, infanticide in the early modern period. Unsupervised children in early modern society , at the same time dissertation 1933 at the University of Göttingen, in the series Ancien Régime, Enlightenment and Revolution , Volume 29, Munich 1995: Oldenbourg, ISBN 3-486-56099-9 , passim; partly online via Google books
^ Helmut Zimmermann : Scholvinstrasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 222
↑ Proof of writing in Google books
↑ Karin van Schwartzenberg (responsible): Graves of honor and graves of important personalities at the Engesohde town cemetery , A3 leaflet with overview sketch, ed. from the City of Hanover, The Lord Mayor, Department of Environment and Urban Greenery, Department of Urban Cemeteries, Department of Administration and Customer Service, Hanover, 2012
↑ Application No. 15-0796 / 2012: Own funds from the City District Council Grant to the Scholvin Foundation for the costs of legend signs , eGovernment of the City of Hanover, April 16, 2012, accessed on January 8, 2013

personal data
SURNAME	Scholvin, Gerhard Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scholvin, Gerhard Philip; Scholvin, Gerhard P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thedinghausen
DATE OF DEATH	17th September 1803
Place of death	Hanover

[1] Compare the legend on the street sign Scholvinstraße

[SLH-2] Jens Schmidt-Clausen: Scholvin, Gerhard Philipp (see literature)

[3] see writings

[Markus_Mollmann-4] Markus Meumann: Scholvin. In: Foundlings, orphanages, infanticide in the early modern period. Unsupervised children in early modern society , at the same time dissertation 1933 at the University of Göttingen, in the series Ancien Régime, Enlightenment and Revolution , Volume 29, Munich 1995: Oldenbourg, ISBN 3-486-56099-9 , passim; partly online via Google books

[Straßennamen-5] Helmut Zimmermann : Scholvinstrasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 222

[6] Proof of writing in Google books

[7] Karin van Schwartzenberg (responsible): Graves of honor and graves of important personalities at the Engesohde town cemetery , A3 leaflet with overview sketch, ed. from the City of Hanover, The Lord Mayor, Department of Environment and Urban Greenery, Department of Urban Cemeteries, Department of Administration and Customer Service, Hanover, 2012

[8] Application No. 15-0796 / 2012: Own funds from the City District Council Grant to the Scholvin Foundation for the costs of legend signs , eGovernment of the City of Hanover, April 16, 2012, accessed on January 8, 2013