Karl Krüger (pastor)

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Karl Wilhelm Eduard Krüger (mostly Karl Krüger ; born March 31, 1837 in Arnswalde, today Choszczno ; † May 10, 1923 in Berlin-Karlshorst ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and local researcher .

Life

Karl Krüger was from 1878 to 1911 senior pastor at the Evangelical City Church in Lieberose .
Memorial plaque for Pastor Krüger at the ruins of the Evangelical City Church.

Karl Krüger, son of the teacher Karl Wilhelm Eduard Krüger and his wife Julie Charlotte, née Zänkert, worked as a pastor after studying theology and ordination, first in Bernsee (now Breń ) and later in Friedersdorf near Dobrilugk . From 1878 to 1911 he was then senior pastor of the first pastor ( pastor primarius ) at the Evangelical City Church in Lieberose . Until 1909 he also acted as Lieberoser local school inspector . He was married to Helene Elisabeth Krüger nee Berg.

Karl Krüger worked intensively as a local researcher and with his book Alt-Lieberose , which he self- published, became the nestor of Lieberose city historiography. The first edition appeared in 1892 under the title messages from the history of the city of Lieberose and the area, initially until 1700 , a second, revised and significantly expanded ("continued into the new era") edition then in 1904 under the title Alt-Lieberose. Messages from the history of Lieberose and the area . Krüger has the merit of having arranged and evaluated the written, oral and tangible news from the place and region for the first time in an overall view. It is possible that he also used the historical studies of the Lieberoser deacon from 1819 to 1855, Karl Heinrich Busch. From today's point of view, in addition to a whole series of speculations without reliable sources , the sharp anti-Catholic style and the clearly German-national features of his book Alt-Lieberose give cause for criticism. For example, Krüger tried to use the number of family names to prove that Lieberose had been more populated and shaped by Germans than by Wends in earlier times .

Pastor Karl Krüger died on May 10, 1923. He is buried in the Lieberos cemetery.

Honors

In 1903 the town of Lieberose granted him honorary citizenship for his local history . On the ruins of the town church, which was badly damaged at the end of the Second World War , the Lieberose Association has put a memorial plaque for Krüger.

literature

  • A short portrait of the author of Andreas Weigelt attached to the reprint of the second edition of Karl Krüger's Alt-Lieberose. Messages from the history of Lieberose and the area . Self-published by the author, Lieberose 1904; Reprint in Niederlausitzer Verlag, Guben 2008, ISBN 978-3-935881-56-2 , p. 214

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Author portrait of Andreas Weigelt in the appendix to the reprint of the second edition of Karl Krüger's Alt-Lieberose. Messages from the history of Lieberose and the area . Self-published by the author, Lieberose 1904; Reprint in Niederlausitzer Verlag, Guben 2008, p. 214
  2. ↑ a b Information on the Krüger family at www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de; Retrieved June 23, 2012
  3. ^ Tilmann Kuhn: Lieberose - 700 years of city history - 700 years of clergy . In: 1302–2002: Festschrift for the 700th anniversary of the city of Lieberose . Published by the Friends of the City of Lieberose. Schlaubetal-Druck Kühl OHG, Müllrose 2002, p. 19
  4. ↑ A reprint of this edition was published in 2008 by Niederlausitzer Verlag, Guben 2008, ISBN 978-3-935881-56-2 , 216 pp.
  5. ^ Tilmann Kuhn: Lieberose - 700 years of city history - 700 years of clergy . In: 1302–2002: Festschrift for the 700th anniversary of the city of Lieberose . Schlaubetal-Druck Kühl OHG, Müllrose 2002, p. 20
  6. ^ Tilmann Kuhn: Lieberose - 700 years of city history - 700 years of clergy . In: 1302–2002: Festschrift for the 700th anniversary of the city of Lieberose . Schlaubetal-Druck Kühl OHG, Müllrose 2002, p. 24
  7. ↑ See also Karl Krüger: Alt-Lieberose. Messages from the history of Lieberose and the area . 2nd Edition. Self-published by the author, Lieberose 1904; Reprint in Niederlausitzer Verlag, Guben 2008, pp. 36–80
  8. ↑ See Tilmann Kuhn: Lieberose - 700 years of city history - 700 years of clergy . In: 1302–2002: Festschrift for the 700th anniversary of the city of Lieberose . Published by the Friends of the City of Lieberose. Schlaubetal-Druck Kühl OHG, Müllrose 2002, p. 21
  9. ↑ See also Karl Krüger: Alt-Lieberose. Messages from the history of Lieberose and the area . 2nd Edition. Self-published by the author, Lieberose 1904; Reprint in Niederlausitzer Verlag, Guben 2008, u. a. Pp. 194-199
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krüger, Karl Wilhelm Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnswalde, today Choszczno
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1923
Place of death Berlin-Karlshorst