Karl Wilhelm Penzler

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Memorial plaque on the church tower

Karl Wilhelm Penzler (born March 15, 1816 in Schafstädt , † April 23, 1873 in Stüdenitz ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Professional background

After attending the monastery school in Roßleben , he went to the grammar school in Merseburg . He then studied at the University of Halle and after graduating in 1845 went to a small town near Freienwalde as an assistant teacher .

Pastor in Stüdenitz

Penzler came to Stüdenitz on October 18, 1854 with his wife and children to take up the pastor's post there. On his initiative, the church, which had been damaged since the fire in 1807, was torn down and a new building was started. The last service was held in the old church on February 11, 1855.

After the new construction of the Stüdenitz village church , there was a dispute over how much space the full farmers should take up in the church. Penzler was supposed to settle the dispute and assign the seats. He refused, as he rightly feared it would generate displeasure. After the treasurer of the cathedral chapter Havelberg had tried in vain to make peace, and equally unsuccessful attempts to mediate the district administrator had failed, the full farmers turned to the King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Each Vollbauer two seats required namely next to each other for themselves and as many again for his wife.

The king was not very happy about this petition and issued a cabinet order stating “that the peasants should be ashamed of taking their arrogance with them to the house of God. All would be equal in front of the gentleman ”.

Literary processing

Penzler is buried in Stüdenitz on the wall of the new church he initiated. A plaque on the church wall commemorates the pastor, who is important for Stüdenitz, who with his disputes may have inspired his writing successor in office, Eva Hoffmann-Aleith , to write the novel Teufelszwirn .