Johann Broker

Johann Bröker (1806–1890)

Johann Peter Christian Bröker , also Johannes Peter Christian Bröker (born October 13, 1806 in Schleswig , † 1890 in Uetersen ) was a German author , Evangelical Lutheran theologian , provost and member of the Holstein assembly of estates .

Life

He was born the son of Jacob Friedrich Bröker and his wife Wilhelmine (née Cords) in Schleswig. Broker attended the Cathedral School in Schleswig and studied from September 1824, the Christian-Albrechts-University theology . In 1829 he passed his exam (2nd character in A.) in Gottorf and was introduced as pastor of the parish in Krummendiek on March 20, 1831 , and on May 14 of the same year became head of the provost of Münsterdorf . He later moved to Uetersen and on March 1, 1835, he was the principal and monastery preacher of the Uetersen monastery churchintroduced. From autumn 1854 until its dissolution in 1864 he was a clerical member of the Holstein assembly of estates in Itzehoe.

Bröker was married in third marriage to Magdalene (1807-1892), a sister of General Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke , and on July 14, 1876, was church provost of the Propstei Pinneberg and deputy bishop in the church administration. On May 8, 1881, he celebrated his 50th anniversary in office and the "Propst Broker Foundation" was set up in Uetersen in his honor, the community donated 1,500 marks and the Uetersen monastery 600 marks. This foundation was intended for the needy, but later fell victim to German inflation . In 1889 he quietly celebrated the golden wedding anniversary with his third wife . On the eve of the day before his 60th anniversary in office, Bröker collapsed and died four weeks later of old age . Johann Bröker was firmly committed to the Lutheran Church. His sermons moved mainly in the area of ​​the second article of faith “by grace alone”. He was considered an “extremely valued man. In his erect figure and his distinctive facial features a powerful determination was expressed, which he was able to hold on to tradition to the point of relentless stubbornness ”.

Sermons and works (selection)

• Confirmation speech on February 22, 1835 about the Gospel according to John 14 BC. 27; 2
• Sermon for the election to the main pastor and monastery pedigree on March 1, 1835 about the Gospel according to Luke 18 BC. 31-43
• The Evangelical-Christian community - worship developed from scripture (Hamburg Jess and Versmann 1843 and Kirchen und Schulb. Fd II Erzögt left Schleswig-Holst. And Lauenb. 1844)
• Dedicated to studies of the drafting of a new state catechism for the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein (C. Th. Schlüter, Altona 1844 and Recc. Schles.- Holst. Schulb. Verlag 1843 and Kirchen und Schulb. 1845)
• Sermon to celebrate the mission festival in Altona in November 1853, published in the mission report of 1853
• On the catechism question, a contribution (Wendeborn, Altona 1861)
• Various articles in the Itzehoer Wochenblatt (1843–1843)

literature

• Eduard Alberti : Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1829 to mid-1866 , CBS von Maark, Kiel 1867, page 90 (No. 229) digitized
• AG Rudelbach: Journal for the entire Lutheran theology and church (CL Fritsche Verlag, Leipzig 1844)
• Hans Ferdinand Bubbe : Attempt of a chronicle of the city and the monastery Uetersen - part I - IV (Heydorn, Uetersen 1932)
• Lothar Mosler : Uetersen, history and stories 1234 - 1984 (With Graf v. Molke in the horse-drawn tram to Uetersen)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olaf Jessen: The Moltkes Biography of a Family (CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2012)
2. ↑ Hans Ferdinand Bubbe: Attempt to chronicle the city and the Uetersen monastery - Part II, Our Church, pages 147–172 (page 166)