Gustav Hofmeier

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Gustav Hofmeier , completely Friedrich Gustav Adolph Hofmeier , also Hofmeyer (born July 26, 1826 at Heldrungen Castle ; † May 14, 1893 in Lübeck ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and chief pastor at St. Jakobi in Lübeck.

Life

Gustav Hofmeier was a son of the chief preacher and superintendent Friedrich Ferdinand Hofmeier (1786–1845). The gynecologist Max Hofmeier was his nephew. He attended the Roßleben monastery school from April 27, 1840 to Easter 1846 and then studied Protestant theology at the University of Berlin . After his first theological exam in 1849, he initially worked as an educator in Prenzlau , as was customary at the time . In 1850 he became a deacon at the Friedenskirche in Potsdam and in 1852 a preacher at the municipal institution for the poor, sick and workers in Potsdam. From 1855 to 1857 he was a social worker at the older Evangelical Club House of the Inner Mission in Oranienstrasse.

Church in Straupitz

In 1857 he was appointed pastor of the church in Straupitz after being presented by the church patron Heinrich von Houwald . As a strict Lutheran, he opposed the introduction of the new parish church order from 1860 onwards for denominational reasons. Disciplinary proceedings came before the Prussian Evangelical Higher Church Council , which ordered his dismissal in 1863 for refusing to obey . Hofmeier left Prussia and was appointed pastor to Alt Rehse in Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

In 1868 he was elected as the successor to Marcus Jochim Carl Klug as senior pastor of the Jakobikirche in Lübeck. This election was not without controversy and led to the resignation from office and the departure of the second pastor, Alexander Michelsen, who was not considered . In Lübeck he took care of the revitalization of the youth club , a form of the YMCA . In 1885 he and his brother in office at St. Marien Leopold Friedrich Ranke founded the Evangelical Club House at Fischstrasse 17.

In his first marriage he was married to Franziska von Lepel (1829–1867) from 1853 and was thus brother-in-law of Bernhard von Lepel . The secret medical councilor Johannes Hofmeier (1854–1933) was a son from this marriage. Another son, Gottfried (* 1860) died as a theology student in Lübeck.

His son from his second marriage to Luise, geb. Schulze (1849–1929), Andreas Hofmeier (born October 17, 1872 in Lübeck; † July 23, 1963 in Eutin ), became a well-known church musician and music teacher.

Fonts

  • The ecclesiastical introits in short speeches and reflections, to understand their connection with the pericopes and with the idea of ​​Sundays and feast days. Berlin 1857.
  • My discharge from the Lutheran parish office in Straupitz: A contribution to the answer to the question: whether the Lutheran church should still exist under sovereign church power in Prussia. Rauh, Berlin 1863 ( books.google.com ).
  • Whatever breath has, praise the Lord! A collection of songs for young and old. Lübeck 1864.
  • Let my people serve me! An old story told as a warning to the state of Mecklenburg. From a servant of Christ [di, Friedrich Gustav Adolf Hofmeier], Rostock: Stiller 1866.
  • The holy Sacraments. Sermons given in the catechism services at St. Mary's in Lübeck. Section 2: the sacrament of the altar. A confession and communion book. Bremen: Müller 1880.
  • Words of the farewell to the Doctor of Theology Gustav Hofmeier when he retired from the main pastorate to St. Jacobi in Lübeck: January 1, 1891. Lübeck 1891.

literature

  • Friedrich Walter: Our regional clergy from 1810 to 1888: biographical sketches of all Mecklenburg-Schwerin clergy. Self-published, Penzlin 1889, p. 238 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Album of the students of Roßleben Abbey from 1742–1854. Halle 1854, p. 106, No. 1263 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ See his own documentation of the case and General Church Gazette for Protestant Germany. 11, 1864, pp. 73-94 ( books.google.com ).
  3. ^ Wolf-Dieter Hauschild : Church history of Lübeck. Christianity and the bourgeoisie in nine centuries. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1981 ISBN 3-7950-2500-1 , p. 484.
  4. ↑ Hermann Genzken: The Abitur graduates of the Katharineum zu Lübeck (grammar school and secondary school) from Easter 1807 to 1907. Borchers, Lübeck 1907, p. 63, no. 815 ( uni-duesseldorf.de urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1 -305545 ); the year of death 1877 given here cannot be correct, as he did not pass his Abitur until Easter 1880.
personal data
SURNAME Hofmeier, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofmeier, Friedrich Gustav Adolph (full name); Hofmeyer, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and chief pastor at St. Jakobi in Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Heldrungen Castle
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1893
Place of death Lübeck