Johannes Erhardi (General Superintendent)

Johannes Erhardi (* 1543 in Werningerode ; † 1627 in Lauenburg / Elbe ) was a German Evangelical-Lutheran pastor and general superintendent for the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg from 1605 to 1627.

Professional background

Erhardi was examined, ordained and then introduced as pastor in Siebeneichen in 1583 by the then Lauenburg superintendent Gerhard Sagittarius .

In the visitation report of the parish of Siebeneichen from 1590, Erhardi was described as a “young and hardworking man”, “so that he should have been born between 1550 and 1560”.

In 1605, with the consent of the community, he was appointed pastor to Lauenburg / Elbe and appointed general superintendent with the consent of the knights and landscape.

In 1614 Erhardi held a general visit. He published questions about the Lutheran catechism , which were introduced and used in all churches and schools in the country until 1687.

See also

• List of general superintendents, state superintendents and superintendents for Saxony-Lauenburg

literature

• Johann Friedrich Burmester : Contributions to the church history of the Duchy of Lauenburg , Ratzeburg: self-published 1832, pp. 37 ff., 79, 136, 159, 200 ( online ); 2nd ed. 1882.
• Hermann Augustin (Ed.): Country, hear the word of the Lord. Ev.-luth. Church and churches in the Duchy of Lauenburg , Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1984, p. 312 f.
• Eckardt Opitz (Ed.): Biografisches Lexikon Herzogtum Lauenburg , Husum 2015, p. 140.
• Benjamin Hein: Die Propsteien / Kirchenkreise in Nordelbien (Writings of the Landeskirchlichen Archiv der Nordkirche, Volume 2) , Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kiel 2016, p. 18 ( PDF - online ).

Web links

• Publications by and about Johannes Erhardi in VD 17 .
• Biogram Johannes Erhardi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Claudia Tanck in Opitz 2015, p. 140.
2. ↑ Burmester 1832, p. 37 ff.
3. ↑ Burmester 1832, p. 79.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johannes Rupertus	General Superintendent of the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg 1605 - 1627	Johannes Burmeister