Johann Hudemann

Johann Hudemann (born October 12, 1606 in Wewelsfleth ; † March 27, 1678 in Krempe ) was a German pastor and general superintendent of Holstein and Schleswig .

Life

family

Johann Hudemann was the younger son of the pastor in Wewelsfleth, Heinrich Hudemann the Elder (1571-1626), and Catharina Puls (ius), the daughter of his father's predecessor. His older brother was the poet Heinrich Hudemann , who had only been a deacon of his father's congregation since 1620 and his successor in 1626. Heinrich dedicated an epode to his younger brother in his main work Divitiae poeticae . One sister was married to the Wewelsflether deacon Nikolaus Lackmann. The Socinian Martin Ruarus was Hudemann's cousin.

Before 1644 he married the daughter of the pastor and poet Wilhelm Alard . Alard was a pastor in Krempe and, like Johann Hudemann's father and brother, a humanistic poet. The son Johann Hudemann (1647–1696) became a pastor in Borsfleth . Two daughters married pastors.

Act

At Michaelmas 1622 Hudemann began studying theology at the University of Rostock , where he called himself Ioannes Hudeman Wilstriensis Hols. enrolled. Hudemann continued his studies in Leipzig and received his master's degree there in 1628 .

In 1628/29 Heinrich Hudemann was murdered by Catholic troops while the parish was being occupied. After the Peace of Lübeck , Johann Hudemann returned to Wewelsfleth to succeed his brother. The congregation wanted the popular deacon Nikolaus Lackmann as the new pastor, but King Christian IV appointed Hudemann, who was only 22 years old, after he had introduced himself to him and delivered a sermon to him. He probably owed this early promotion at a time when many theologians had to wait ten or more years for their first pastor to the fame of his brother who died prematurely. Soon after Hudemann took office, rioting broke out in his community because a number of community members who had fled during the occupation refused to pay Hudemann the money that his brother had been entitled to as taxes last year. The mood was so heated that the head of the church , who stood up for Hudemann's claims, was murdered. The king supported Hudemann a second time and forced the unwilling to pay. Despite this unfortunate beginning, Hudemann later enjoyed such great popularity in his community that they wanted to persuade him to stay with a generous gift in 1644 when he moved to Krempe as an adjunct to his father-in-law.

From 1645 onwards, Hudemann was Alard's successor, the main pastor in Krempe. In 1648 he experienced the natural disaster in Holstein there . During this storm, his parish church was badly damaged. Hudemann experienced the completion of the new tower in 1654. He had been provost in Münsterdorf and Segeberg since 1652, and in the following year also in the Pinneberg rule . In 1659 he became a royal Holstein church inspector. 1668 appointed him King Friedrich III. as general superintendent of the royal shares in the Duchy of Holstein . In 1673 Christian V also appointed him general superintendent of the royal shares in the Duchy of Schleswig . Until his death he administered all these offices in addition to his pastor in Krempe.

In 1673 Hudemann forbade the young assistant preacher Matthias Knutzen to preach.

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Like his father, brother and father-in-law, Johann Hudemann also wrote poetry. He was friends with the Wedel pastor and poet Johann Rist . Several honorary poems have been preserved on these, one of which is in Rist's book Holstein don't forget it! which appeared in memory of the natural disaster of 1648. He also contributed some amounts to Rist's song collection, which in return dedicated several works to him. There are also some funeral sermons received from him, including those he gave in 1667 on Rist about the biblical phrase "God, have mercy on me, sinner" during his lifetime.

Individual evidence

↑ Thomas Haye: Henrich Hudemann (approx. 1595–1628) - Holsteins Horaz , in: Philologus 2013, pp. 338–360; P. 348.
↑ Enrollment entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
↑ Archive for State and Church History of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg and the neighboring states and cities , Volume 5, pp. 371f.
↑ Jöcher: General Scholar Lexicon: Therein the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present time, and made themselves known to the learned world, after their birth, life, remarkable stories, death and Writings from the most credible scribes can be described in alphabetical order . Vol. 2 D - L. Leipzig 1750, Sp. 1748f.
^ Annotated edition of Johann Hudemann's funeral sermon on Johann Rist in: Johann Anselm Steiger: Ewigkeit, Zeit ohne Zeit - commemorative publication for the 400th birthday of the poet and theologian Johann Rist . Neuendettelsau 2007, pp. 215–242.

predecessor	Office	successor
Bonaventure Rehefeld	General superintendent for Schleswig's royal share 1673 - 1678	Christian von Stökken
Stephan Klotz	General superintendent for Holstein royal share 1668 - 1678	Christian von Stökken

personal data
SURNAME	Hudemann, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pastor, general superintendent of Holstein and Schleswig
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1606
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wewelsfleth
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1678
Place of death	brim

[1] Thomas Haye: Henrich Hudemann (approx. 1595–1628) - Holsteins Horaz , in: Philologus 2013, pp. 338–360; P. 348.

[2] Enrollment entry in the Rostock matriculation portal

[3] Archive for State and Church History of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg and the neighboring states and cities , Volume 5, pp. 371f.

[4] Jöcher: General Scholar Lexicon: Therein the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present time, and made themselves known to the learned world, after their birth, life, remarkable stories, death and Writings from the most credible scribes can be described in alphabetical order . Vol. 2 D - L. Leipzig 1750, Sp. 1748f.

[5] Annotated edition of Johann Hudemann's funeral sermon on Johann Rist in: Johann Anselm Steiger: Ewigkeit, Zeit ohne Zeit - commemorative publication for the 400th birthday of the poet and theologian Johann Rist . Neuendettelsau 2007, pp. 215–242.