Johann Heinrich Bernhard Dräseke

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Bernhard Dräseke
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Johann Heinrich Bernhard Dräseke , usually with his nickname Bernhard Dräseke , occasionally written Dräsecke (born January 18, 1774 in Braunschweig , † December 8, 1849 in Potsdam ) was a German Protestant theologian , general superintendent and bishop .

Life

Bernhard Dräseke attended the Martino-Katharineum from 1780 . From 1789 to 1792 he attended the academic Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig and then studied theology at the University of Helmstedt from 1792 to 1794 . Here he received his first theological exam.

After completing his training, he initially took on a position as a private tutor in Ratzeburg for a year . In 1795 he was appointed deacon (2nd pastor) at St. Nicolai in Mölln . In 1798 he took over the position of pastor primarius in Mölln . In 1804 he became pastor in St. Georg auf dem Berge near Ratzeburg.

In 1814 he was elected third pastor of the parish of St. Ansgarii in Bremen . He worked in Bremen until 1832 and became an honorary citizen of the city. Dräseke was initially committed to a broad acceptance of the union idea , but without lasting success.

In 1809 he was accepted into the Lübeck Freemasons' Lodge Zum Füllhorn . In 1815 he joined the Masonic Lodge Zum Oelzweig , whose master of the chair he became between 1826 and 1829.

Through the distribution of his printed sermons and writings, he became known nationwide (his collection of sermons, Sermons for Thinking Admirers , obviously served as a template for the homilies published in 1845 on the Sundays of the Catholic church year of the Wroclaw cathedral capitular Heinrich Förster ). Ruleman Friedrich Eylert , Reformed court preacher and advisor to Friedrich Wilhelm III. , won Dräseke as the successor of Franz Bogislaus Westermeier as general superintendent of the province of Saxony and cathedral preacher in Magdeburg . On January 13, 1832, Friedrich Wilhelm III. Dräseke because of his positive attitude towards the Union the personal title "Bishop". Dräseke received great attention through his pulpit speeches.

However, Dräseke was also criticized because of his "episcopal" administration. This found its expression in particular in the Magdeburg picture dispute , which he led above all with the Magdeburg pastor Wilhelm Franz Sintenis .

In 1840/1841 Dräseke asked Friedrich Wilhelm IV three times without success for his dismissal. In October 1842 the fourth application was accepted. In 1843 he left office and retired to Potsdam at the king's request .

family

Bernhard Dräseke's son Theodor (1808–1870), like his father, embarked on a theological career and became superintendent in Coburg . His son Felix Draeseke later gained importance as a composer. Dräseke's daughter married the Lippe pastor and superintendent Georg Friedrich Althaus. His son was Theodor Althaus , theologian and writer.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Sachs: 'Prince Bishop and Vagabond'. The story of a friendship between the Prince-Bishop of Breslau Heinrich Förster (1799–1881) and the writer and actor Karl von Holtei (1798–1880). Edited textually based on the original Holteis manuscript. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 35, 2016 (2018), pp. 223–291, here: p. 275.
personal data
SURNAME Dräseke, Johann Heinrich Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dräseke, Bernhard; Dräsecke, Johann Heinrich Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, general superintendent and bishop
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1849
Place of death Potsdam