Johann Rudolph Nolten

Johann Rudolph Nolten (* October 24, 1691 in Timmerlah , now a district of Braunschweig ; † December 8, 1754 in Stendal ), also Nolte or Johannes Rudolphus Noltenius , was a Protestant clergyman and most recently a general superintendent in Stendal.

ancestry

Nolten's ancestors came from the Netherlands . Two brothers had fled to Germany in the 16th century due to the persecution of the Calvinists by the Spanish governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Duke of Alba (1507–1582). One of them accepted the faith of the Reformed , the other, however, the confession of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The latter, George Nolten, came to Braunschweig.

Church in Timmerlah

Nolten's grandfather Johann Nolten (1635–1714), who had been a preacher in Timmerlah for over fifty years, had been accepted into the Order of the Knights of Our Lady of the Swan (Swan Order ) by the imperial Count Palatine Johann Rist and crowned a poet after singing songs and had also translated some biblical books into Latin verse. The funeral sermon was given by the superintendent in Braunschweig, Christian Ludwig Ermisch . His grandson Johannes Rudolphus Noltenius wrote an article about it.

His parents were the preacher in Timmerlah Ernst Heinrich Nolten and his wife Elisabeth Maria Häseler. In 1717 Nolten married Margarete Elisabeth Knakrügge, daughter of the mayor Clemens Friederich Knackrügge and his wife Elisabeth Müller in Gardelegen. The father congratulated on the marriage with a letter. The son Friedrich Heinrich Nolte, born in 1718, came from this marriage. He studied theology in Helmstedt. The historian and orientalist Hermann von der Hardt wrote a welcoming letter to greet him at the university. Hardt wrote a farewell letter on de-registration, which he also dedicated to his father. Friedrich Heinrich Nolten became a field chaplain in Infantry Regiment No. 30, which was commanded from 1733 by the Prussian Colonel Joachim Christoph von Jeetze (1663–1752).

In his second marriage, Nolten was married to Eleonore Elisabeth Heinzelmann († 1769), daughter of Justus Heinzelmann , pastor at St. Marien and superintendent in Gardelegen, from 1720 . From this marriage he had 18 children, but 13 of them died at a young age. His daughter Johanne Elisabeth married the then preacher Gottfried Christian Rothe from Bombeck in the Altmark , who later became Nolten's successor as general superintendent in Stendal. The couple separated in 1750. Nevertheless, the contact remained. His youngest son Ernst Christoph Nolte studied theology in Halle and became a field preacher and later an inspector and pastor in Lenzen. After a short, serious illness, Nolten died in 1754.

Life

schooldays

In the first ten years of his life, he was raised by his father and grandfather. Then he attended the Martinsgymnasium in Braunschweig until he was 16 . Then he came to the Schöningen grammar school in Schöningen , where his cousin Paul Martin Nolte was principal. He then returned to Braunschweig for further schooling, where he was prepared for studying academic sciences.

Education

In 1711, on the advice of his father, he moved to Helmstedt University . Here he studied theological, philosophical and mathematical sciences. He was also interested in law and medicine. Then he took a position as private tutor at an old friend of his father's in Wolfenbüttel . He continued to occupy himself with theology and often gave popular pulpit lectures in front of the city community and also at the ducal court. Mathematics and philology also preoccupied him because he had a great affinity for the education office.

St. Michael Church in Gardelegen

Nikolaikirche Gardelegen

Activity as rector and clergyman in Gardeleben

From 1715 to 1718 he was employed at the school in Gardelegen as a teacher, from 1717 as rector. A congratulatory poem appeared as a greeting.

In 1717 he was ordained as a Protestant clergyman in Stendal . From 1718 to 1720 he was an afternoon preacher in Gardelegen. In 1720 he received a position as a deacon at the Marienkirche in Gardelegen, in 1731 he became archdeacon at the Nikolaikirche , in 1735 senior pastor at the Marienkirche and superintendent in Gardelegen.

Stendal Cathedral (1833)

Clergyman in Stendal

In 1741 he received the call to Stendal and became senior pastor at Stendal's Cathedral of St. Nicholas and, through the appointment of the Prussian king, general superintendent of Altmark and Prignitz in Stendal. He was the successor to pastor Johann Christoph Meurer . After his death, his former son-in-law Gottfried Christian Rothe succeeded him as general superintendent in Stendal.

Fonts

• Programma de Ecclesiae reformatione ... a Martino Luthero ... perfecta, quo ad juvenes quosdam ... in actu oratorio ... audiendos scholae Gardelegiensis ... amicos ... invitat Joh. Rud. Noltenius, ..., Helmstedt 1717 [10]
• Oratio, qua de impedimentis informationis scholasticae, Stendal 1715 [11]
• That true believing Christians Per Aspera Ad Astra, must enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation, Is in a standing and mourning speech; Which, as the dead body of the Weyland high-noble and high-Wolgelahrten gentleman, Mr. Gotthilff Friederich Knackrüggen, Wolbestalten Senatoris at a high-respectable Rahts college here, the high-noble-bored, and high-learned gentleman, Mr. Clemens Friederich Knackrüggen Sr. Königl. Maj. In Prussia High Commissioner Justitiae Directoris, as well as the highest merit of the first and oldest citizen master at the local highly praiseworthy city regiment at Gardelegen In the life of the very dear one of the son of the son On the first Sunday in the fasting, called Esto Mihi , 1723. in the evening in his crypt with ceremonies customary for Christ, held in the mourning house at an elegant gathering and handsome escort / presented as a free choice, and upon request for printing handed over by Jacobo Christophoro Steinbecken, Archi-Diac. and preacher at St. Nicol. Church there, as well as the local Ministerii Seniore, (main author: Jacob Christoph Steinbeck), Helmstedt 1723 [12]
• Ingenious prayer book: Drawn from Mr. D. Joh. Habermanns and other godly teachers selected morning and evening blessings rich in spirit and consolation for every day in the week (co-author: Friedrich Germanus Lüdke, Christoph Wilhelm Beier), 1764, [13]
• Wedding thoughts as ST Mr. Hr. Johann Conrad Trumph Medicinæ Doctor and Practicus in Goßlar and ST Jungfer Dorothea Elisabeth Möllingen ST Seel. Mr. Philipp Heinrich Möllings Pastoris primarii zu Vilsen in the county of Hoye Jungfer daughter / the 25th Sept. 1731. were married to each other in Goßlar / presented by inside named, Goslar 1731 [14]
• The constant readiness for the future of Christ, Bey became more handsome and full of people funeral of ... Mr. Jacob Baumann, ... merchant and trader in Gardelegen, which was on 26 Oct. 1737 ... demanded by God ... the blessed man as a memorial ... recited / by Joh. Rud. Noltenius, Royal. Prussia. Inspect. and pastor in Gardelegen, Berlin 1737, [15]
• The consolation of a righteous man in death became Bey the high-aristocratic corpse-entanglement of the high-bored woman, Mrs. Maria Dorothea Elisabeth von Jagow, Des ... Hans Christoph von Bismarck, Sr. Königl. Your Majesty in Prussia ... Court and Altmark High Court Council, ... wife, August 24th. Anno 1741 In a memorial sermon at Döbbelin ... considered, Stendal 1741, [16]

literature

• Friedrich Germanus Lüdke : On the death of the benevolent Mr. General Superintendent Nolten. Berlin 1754, [17]
• Johann August Christoph von Eine: Practical life descriptions of deceased and still living clergymen… 1787, pp. 9–24, [18]
• Uwe Czubatynski: Evangelical pastor book for the Altmark. Rühstädt 2006, p. 185 ( PDF file ).

References and comments

1. ↑ Braunschweigische advertisements, 1753, p. 59, [1]
2. ↑ Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon: Therein the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world. Their birth, life, remarkable stories, deaths and writings are described in alphabetical order from the most credible scribes. Continuation and additions; Vol. 5. Moriac to Pfeiffer. 9, Bremen 1826, p. 790 [2]
3. ↑ Christian Ludwig Ermisch , Amores Ascendentes, Quibus Ad æterna Cœli gaudia evectum Parentem prosequi voluit Proles Nolteniana, Braunschweig 1714, [3]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Johann Friedrich Nolte, De Barbarie Imminente. Ad Patruelem Suum Virum Clarissimum Joannem Rudolphum Noltenium SS Theologicæ Et Bonarum Artium Hucusque Candidatum Iam Vero designatum Scholae Gardelegiensis Rectorem Epistola, Helmstedt 1715, [4]  ( page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info : The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Friedrich Heinrich Nolte was a student friend in Halle of the later founder of scientific archeology and art history and intellectual founder of classicism in the German-speaking area Johann Joachim Winckelmann (17171768) (Carl Justi: Winckelmann in Deutschland , Volume 1, Leipzig 1866, p . 45 [5] )
6. ↑ Hermann von der Hardt: Ex Læto Fontivm Stvdio Indoles Bona, Inclytus Genivs, Æternitate Longa: Venerabili Seni ... Joh. Rvd. Noltenio, Veteris Marchiæ Et Pregnitiæ Svperintendenti Generali, Ex Ervditi Filii, Ingenii Prompti, Jvdicii Solertis, Indefessi Fontivm Cvltoris. Ex Alis Academiis Ad Jvliam Nostram Adventv Gratvlatvr Hermannus von der Hardt, Acad. Jvliæ Sen. Et Præpos. Mariæb, Helmstedt 1741, [6]
7. ↑ Hermann von der Hardt, Scienti Sat Satis: Satis Svperqve Sapienti: Tergeminvs In Sacros Veteris Et Novi Testamenti Fontes Commentariolvs, [...] Theologo Seni Literatissimo, Philologico Fontivm Experientissimo, Joh. Rvd. Noltenio Veteris Marchiæ Et Priegnitiæ Svperintendenti Generali Exacte Abvndeqve Cognitus, Psalmo 92. A Prospero Filii Ex Acad. Jvlia Reditv tinniente Svaviter Accenten Hermanno from the Hardt Acad. Jvl. Sen. Et Præpos. Mariæb. 1742, [7]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ Otto Fischer, Archive for Family Research 1929, Part II. 1743-1805 The ordinations of the field preachers in old prussia. Army 1718-1805. P. 289 ff. (Noltenius Friedrich Heinrich) in Ahnenforschung.Net Forum
9. ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nuptiis Genere, Pietate Et Animo Parium ... Gottfried Christiani Rothii ... Ac Joannae Elisabethae Nolteniae ... Joannis Rudolphi Noltenii ... Filiae ... 1747, (script for the wedding), Salzwedel 1747, [ 8]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Joyful honorary and congratulatory ode ...: (Congratulatory poem to Johann Rudolph Nolte on the occasion of his appointment as rector of the city school in Gardelegen, September 24, 1715) [9]