Johann Wilhelm Bartholomäus sootworm
Johann Wilhelm Bartholomäus Rußwurm (born November 21, 1770 in Seebergen , † March 17, 1855 in Herrnburg ) was a German Lutheran pastor and author.
life and work
Johann Wilhelm Bartholomäus Rußwurm was a son of the organist and Mägdelein school clerk Johann Lorenz Rußwurm in Seebergen in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife Elisabeth Barbara, nee. Solz, from Breitenheerda . The Rußwurm family has been in Seebergen since around 1678 and has been a shepherd and shepherd there for several generations.
After attending grammar school in Rudolstadt until 1792, he studied theology at the University of Göttingen . His first job was as cantor of the cathedral school at Ratzeburg Cathedral , later as its vice-principal. He married Sophia Friederica Catharina Hermann on November 30, 1800 in Ratzeburg (born May 28, 1769 in Ratzeburg, † November 19, 1847 in Herrnburg). The marriage remained childless. In 1809 he was appointed pastor of the Herrnburg village church , which at that time belonged to the Principality of Ratzeburg within the (partial) Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
In Herrnburg, Rußwurm turned away from the rationalism of his student days and opened up to influences from awakening and romanticism , together with his brother Johann Georg Rußwurm (1781–1848), pastor of Selmsdorf , and pastor Saalfeld in Kirch Grambow, now part of Wedendorf . Not least because of his pastoral work, he experienced an upswing in community life. The number of annual communicants (participants in the Last Supper ) in Herrnburg rose from 1419 to 1861 in 1814–1841.
Russwurm also developed a lively journalistic activity, so he wrote over 36 different treatises and essays, mostly of theological and pedagogical content. His Musical Altar Agende from 1826, which was in use in the parishes of the Ratzeburg region until the end of the 19th century, had the greatest aftereffect .
He was honored with the title of Council of Churches both by Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and later by Mecklenburg-Strelitz . A historical portrait of Rußwurm hangs in the chancel of the Herrnburg Church.
His brother Johann Georg Rußwurm, who was eleven years his junior, was a pastor in Selmsdorf . His daughter Wilhelmina Charlotta Friedericka Georgina remarried in Seebergen in 1838 . His son Johannes Rußwurm was provost in Ratzeburg Cathedral .
Works
- Inquiry into the origin of the Gospels of Matthew, Marcus, Lucas and John and their canonical authority. Ratzeburg 1797
- John the Thunderer. Stendal: Franzen 1806
- Musical altar agenda. A contribution to the elevation and revival of the cult. Hamburg: Perthes 1826
- Biblical questions to and for my confirmands. Lübeck: Brothers Borchers 1834
- Choral melodies book for all songs in the Ratzeburg hymn book. Lübeck: FW Kaibel [1838]
literature
- Bernhard Anemüller : Rußwurm, JWB In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 19.
- Salomon Kümmerle: Encyclopedia of Protestant Church Music. C. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1894. pp. 119 f
- Karl Schmalz: Church history of Mecklenburg. Volume 3. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1952. P. 294 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ today district of Lüdersdorf
- ↑ Schmalz (Lit.), p. 304
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sootworm, Johann Wilhelm Bartholomäus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seamounts |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1855 |
| Place of death | Herrnburg |