List of the Berlin court and cathedral preachers

Memorial stone on the cathedral cemetery II

The list of court and cathedral preachers contains the preachers at the Berlin cathedral churches from the 15th century to the present day.

history

Erasmus Chapel and first cathedral church

In 1450 the Erasmus Chapel in the new Berlin Palace was consecrated for the spiritual use of the court . In 1565 a collegiate foundation was established there . In 1536, Elector Joachim II relocated the monastery to the previous Dominican monastery that had been in the neighborhood .

On November 2, 1539, he celebrated the Lord's Supper for the first time in the cathedral church in both forms according to the Protestant understanding. The cathedral monastery remained Catholic until the 1550 / 60s. Not until 1571 was an evangelical order introduced in the monastery.

Development since the 17th century

In 1608 the cathedral monastery was dissolved and converted into a cathedral church. In 1613, Elector Johann Sigismund converted to the Reformed faith, which led to considerable upheavals in the city and among the preachers at the cathedral. These were reformed over the next 200 years, while almost all other churches in Berlin and Cölln remained Lutheran.

In 1640 the offices of court and cathedral preacher were separated. After a large Huguenot community was established in Berlin as a result of the Edict of Potsdam in 1685 , the electors and kings often also called their preachers to be court preachers, without any service at the cathedral being associated with it. In 1750 a new cathedral was consecrated at its current location.

After the union of Lutherans and Reformed in Prussia in 1817, Lutherans could again be appointed cathedral preachers; but the reformed ones dominated. After 1918 cathedral preachers (later chief cathedral preachers) continued to serve.

Structures and tasks

Initially there were two and later up to six cathedral preachers, who were also the Brandenburg-Prussian court preachers. They were graded according to rank; Usually, new court and cathedral preachers began in the lowest rank and advanced to higher positions that became vacant.

The office of court and cathedral preacher was often associated with other tasks at court and in church leadership. They taught the children of the Elector, were advisors or even confidants of the Elector or King, such as Wilhelm Hoffmann with Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Christian Cochius gave the funeral sermon to the Great Elector in 1688 , Benjamin Ursinus anointed Friedrich I as King of Prussia in 1701 . The ruler himself occasionally selected the court preacher after a trial sermon. Some court preachers were ennobled or raised to the rank of bishop. Towards the end of the 20th century, the title of “Dome Preacher” was created and has so far been awarded twice.

Currently (April 2019) there are two pastors and a female pastor with the title “Cathedral Preacher” and an honorary pastor as well as regular prominent guest preachers working at the Berlin Cathedral.

Court and cathedral preacher

Surname	from	to	function
Johannes Agricola * April 20, 1494; † September 22, 1566	1537	1566?	First court preacher to Elector Joachim II ; Court preacher, general superintendent and visitor to the cathedral and palace church in Cölln
Jakob Stratner * around 1508; † 1554	1539	1543	Court chaplain
Jakob Stendal ?	1540	1564	Cathedral preacher, 1567 Provost
Jacob Schenck * around 1508; † 1554	1545	1546	Court chaplain
Hieronymus Schwolle † 1563	1550	1563	Cathedral preacher
Joachim Pasche * 1527; † August 30, 1578	1557	1566	Court preacher (subsequently provost at the Nikolaikirche )
Paul Musculus ?	1563	1577	Court chaplain
Georg Coelestin * April 23, 1525; † December 13, 1579	1564	1579	1564 court preacher, 1571 additional provost
Vitus Bach † 1599	1566	1584	Court chaplain
Andreas Praetorius * around 1550; † December 20, 1586	1576	1582	Court chaplain
Friedrich Hartwig	1579	1585	Court and cathedral preacher, cathedral provost
Wolfgang Peristerus * 1532; † 1592	1580	1583	Court and cathedral preacher
Matthäus Leuthold * 1532; † 1600	around 1585	1600	Provost
Martin Nößler * 1554; † 1608	1586	1608	Court preacher and dean of the cathedral
Hieronymus Brunner * around 1550; † November 16, 1606	1589	1598	Court and cathedral preacher, provost to St. Petri since 1584
Simon Gedik * October 31, 1551; † October 5, 1631	1598	1614	Court and cathedral preacher, provost of the cathedral since 1600, dismissed for resisting the elector's denomination change, then superintendent in Meißen and then in Merseburg
Johannes Fleck (Flaccus) * 1559; † July 30, 1628	1601	1611	Court and cathedral preacher
Sebastian Müller * 1550 ?; † 1627	1593	1614	Court preacher and cathedral preacher (also officiated as court preacher of his wife after the elector's denomination change)
Martin Willich * 1583; † June 1, 1633	1612	1614	Court preacher (at the same time archdeacon at the Petrikirche , dismissed for resisting the elector's denomination change, afterwards chief pastor in Hamburg)
Solomon Finck * 1566; † July 20, 1629	1612	1629	Court preacher and cathedral preacher (first adjunct of court preacher Sebastian Müller, converted to the Reformed creed in 1613 before the elector)
Martin Füssel (Füsselius) * November 23, 1571; † September 13, 1626	1614	1626	Court and cathedral preacher
Karl Sachse * February 13, 1588; † October 11, 1616	1614	1616	Court and cathedral preacher
Joachim Mencelius * December 28, 1586; † September 26, 1638	1615	1638	Cathedral preacher
Joachim Appelius * around 1590; † June 1668	1618	1632	Cathedral preacher (later court preacher in Güstrow and Bückeburg)
Adam Christian Agricola * December 24, 1593; † May 29, 1645	1629	1636	Cathedral and court preacher (went to Königsberg as court preacher in 1636)
Johann Bergius * February 24, 1587; † December 19, 1658	1623	1658	Cathedral and court preacher
Wolfgang Crell the Younger * September 1592; † July 8, 1663	1626	1666	Cathedral preacher
Johann Christoph Huebner * 1601; † 1638	1634	1638	Cathedral preacher
Christian Bartholdi * around 1603; † February 1647	1642	1647	Cathedral preacher
Bartholomäus Stosch the Younger * September 12, 1604; † March 5, 1686	1644	1686	Court preacher, 1659 also senior consistorial councilor
Johann Christian Sagittarius † May 6, 1674	1646	1674	2. Cathedral preacher
Johann Kunsch von Breitenwald * May 8, 1620; † November 9, 1681	1655	1681	1655 cathedral preacher in Cölln, 1659 second court preacher
Georg Conrad Bergius * December 21, 1623; † September 7, 1691	1664	1691	Court chaplain
Heinrich Schmettau * November 29, 1628; † November 1, 1704	1666	1704	1666 cathedral preacher, 1691 also court preacher
Benjamin Ursinus * February 12, 1646; † December 23, 1720	1670	?	1670 court preacher to the Elector of Brandenburg, 1700 first royal court preacher and councilor (1702 title of bishop, ennobled in 1705: Ursin von Baer )
Jakob Christian Eisenberg * December 25, 1642; † April 20, 1702	1682	1702	Cathedral preacher
Anton Brunsen (Brunsenius) * January 6, 1641; † 17./27. November 1693	1683	1693	1680 court preacher in Potsdam, 1683 in Cölln
Christian Cochius * March 22, 1632; † March 29, 1699	1687	1699	Elector of Brandenburg court and cathedral preacher
David Ancillon the Elder * March 17, 1617; † September 3, 1692	1686	1692	Preacher of the Huguenot community, court preacher as an honorary title
Jacques Lenfant * April 13, 1661; † August 7, 1728	1689	1692	Preacher of the Huguenot community, court preacher as an honorary title
David Ancillon the Younger * February 22, 1670; † November 16, 1723	1692	1723	Preacher of the Huguenot community, court preacher initially as an honorary title, due to his services in the diplomatic service in 1707 also personal court preacher
Daniel Ernst Jablonski * November 20, 1660; † May 25, 1741	1693	1741	Court preacher, later chief court preacher
Johann Friedrich Sturm * 1658; † January 18, 1702	1693	1702	Court and cathedral preacher
Isaac de Beausobre * March 8, 1659; † June 5, 1738	1694	1723	Preacher of the Huguenot community, court preacher as an honorary title
Moritz Selig * November 12, 1666; † April 7, 1709	1699	1709	4. Court preacher
Karl Konrad Achenbach * August 26, 1655; † March 21, 1720	1702	1720	Court chaplain
Isaac Jaquelot * December 16, 1647; † October 15, 1708	1702	1708	Preacher of the Huguenot community, court preacher as an honorary title
François Martel † 1715	1702	1708	Preacher of the Huguenot community in Schwabach, from 1708 in Berlin, court preacher to Electress Sophie Charlotte
Christoph Töpken * November 4, 1648; † August 1715	1702	1715	Cathedral preacher
Ludwig Heinrich Mieg * June 3, 1662; † August 31, 1712	1704	1720	Court and cathedral preacher
Heinrich August Steinberg * January 7, 1668; † April 9, 1749	1709	1749	Court and cathedral preacher
Johann Ernst Andreae * October 5, 1671; † July 29, 1731	1709	1731	6. Court chaplain
Dietrich Siegfried Claessen * November 4, 1685; † 1743	1715	1720	Cathedral preacher (transferred to Frankfurt an der Oder as professor in 1720 because of his particularistic doctrine of predestination , later professor in Herborn)
Johann Arnold Noltenius * April 16, 1683; † March 2, 1740	1720	1740	Cathedral preacher, shortly afterwards also court preacher
Johann Wahrendorf * December 5, 1668; † October 26, 1738	1721	1738	Cathedral preacher with court preacher rank
Timotheus Christian Stubenrauch * October 9, 1693; † August 11, 1750	1732	1750	Court and cathedral preacher, most recently in first rank
Christian Scholtz * July 23, 1697; † August 6, 1777	1739	1777	Cathedral preacher with court preacher rank
August Friedrich Sack * February 4, 1703; † April 22, 1786	1740	1780	June 1, 1740 third court and cathedral preacher, later first court and cathedral preacher, 1750 senior consistorial councilor
Christian Johann Cochius * May 3, 1688; † September 23, 1749	1741	1749	Upper court and cathedral preacher as well as consistorial and church council (previously from 1727 court preacher in Potsdam and religion teacher of King Friedrich II. )
Karl Wilmsen * 1697; † July 14, 1768	1749	1768	Court preacher and councilor
Ludwig Ramm * 1715; † September 5, 1792	1749	1792	Court and cathedral preacher, last in first rank from 1786
Conrad Ferdinand Posthius * September 27, 1702; † January 3, 1770	1750	1770	Cathedral preacher with court preacher rank
Ludwig Samuel Noltenius * December 2, 1723; † December 20, 1777	1768	1777	Court preacher and cathedral preacher (from 1765 as an adjunct of his frail father-in-law Karl Wilmsen)
Johann Peltre * January 1, 1723; † December 5, 1786	1770	1786	Court and cathedral preacher
Friedrich Samuel Gottfried Sack * September 4, 1738; † October 2, 1817	1777	1817	1777 fifth court and cathedral preacher, 1786 first court preacher and senior consistorial councilor; 1816 honorary bishop
Carl Ludwig Conrad * June 10, 1738; † September 11, 1804	1777	1804	Court and cathedral preacher, 1801 also councilor
Karl Georg Heinrich Michaelis * June 19, 1752; † March 5, 1812	1786	1812	Court and cathedral preacher
Johann Heinrich Ernst Moers * November 16, 1755; † February 5, 1790	1786	1790	Court and cathedral preacher
Christian Friedrich Conrad * November 7, 1743; † December 15, 1811	1790	1811	Court and cathedral preacher
Ferdinand Stosch * June 29, 1750; † July 1, 1821	1793	1821	Court and cathedral preacher
Friedrich Ehrenberg * December 6, 1776; † December 7, 1852	1806	1852	Cathedral preacher, from 1822 also Oberhof preacher
Franz Theremin * March 19, 1780; † September 26, 1846	1814	1846	Court and cathedral preacher
Friedrich Ferdinand Adolf Sack * July 16, 1788; † October 16, 1842	1819	1842	Court and cathedral preacher
Friedrich Strauss * September 24, 1786; † July 19, 1863	1822	1863	Court and cathedral preacher, from 1856 senior court preacher
Karl Wilhelm Moritz Snethlage * September 23, 1792; † February 17, 1871	1843	1871	Court and cathedral preacher, most recently senior court preacher
Otto von Gerlach * April 12, 1801; † October 24, 1849	1847	1849	Fourth court and cathedral preacher
Wilhelm Hoffmann * October 30, 1806; † August 28, 1873	1852	1873	Court and cathedral preacher, 1853 general superintendent of the Kurmark, 1854 senior consistorial councilor, 1871 first court preacher at the upper parish and cathedral church in Berlin with the rank of privy councilor, first class
Wilhelm von Hengstenberg * February 9, 1804; † September 25, 1880	1854	1880	first fourth court and cathedral preacher, from 1873 senior court preacher
Rudolf Kögel * February 18, 1829; † July 2, 1896	1863	1896	first fourth court and cathedral preacher, from 1881 chief court preacher, from 1879 also general superintendent of the Kurmark
Emil Frommel * January 5, 1828; † November 9, 1896	1872	1895	Court preacher as an honorary title, full-time pastor at the garrison church from 1870
Wilhelm Baur * March 16, 1826; † April 18, 1897	1872	1883	first fourth court and cathedral preacher, from 1881 second, later general superintendent in the Rhineland
Adolf Stoecker * December 11, 1835; † February 2, 1909	1874	1890	Court preacher and cathedral preacher, head of the Berlin City Mission, recalled in 1890
Richard Julius Schrader * 1842; † 1895 (?)	1879	1891	Court and cathedral preacher, moved to the Auenkirche in Wilmersdorf
Adolf Hermann Bayer * 1834; † 1892	1883		Court chaplain
Ernst Dryander * April 18, 1843; † September 4, 1922	1890	1922	first castle preacher, from 1898 senior court preacher
Wilhelm Faber * December 3, 1845; † December 7, 1916	1891	1911	Court and cathedral preacher, from 1893 also general superintendent
Johannes Kritzinger * 1855?	1892?	1925	Court and cathedral preacher
Karl Schniewind * January 1, 1850; † July 10, 1913	1894	1912	Court and cathedral preacher
Karl Ohly * June 8, 1860; † February 27, 1919	1899	1913	Court and cathedral preacher, head of the Berlin city mission
Ernst Vits * September 15, 1868; † November 15, 1939	1912	1914	Court and cathedral preacher, 1925 general superintendent
Bruno Doehring * February 3, 1879; † April 16, 1961	1914	1960	1914 fourth court and cathedral preacher, 1919 cathedral preacher
Paul Conrad * April 1, 1865; † September 9, 1927	1925	1927	Chief Preacher
Georg Burghart * October 21, 1865; † March 3, 1954	1927	1933	Chief Preacher
Willy August Richter * April 5, 1874; December 8, 1938	1925	1938	3rd cathedral preacher, 1936 chief cathedral preacher
Julius Schneider born June 19, 1926; † July 2, 1993	1960	1989	Cathedral preacher
Franz-Reinhold Hildebrandt * January 12, 1906; † December 18, 1991	1961	1973	Acting Upper Cathedral Preacher
Reinhold Pietz	1973	1976	Acting Upper Cathedral Preacher
Martin Beer 1950-2011	1989	2000	Cathedral preacher
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hünerbein * 1945	2000	2010	Cathedral preacher
Ralf Karolus Wüstenberg * 1965	2003	2005	Cathedral preacher
Petra Zimmermann * 1957	since 2006		Managing Dome Preacher (2009-2017)
Thomas C. Müller * March 17, 1965	since 2010		Managing Dome Preacher (since 2017)
Michael Kösling * 1976	since 2013		Cathedral preacher
Eberhard Jüngel * December 5, 1934			Honorary domper
Richard Chartres * July 11, 1947			Honorary domper

literature

• Description of the Royal Castle and Dohm Churches, as From the same first, middle and newest conditions ... Grynaeus, Berlin 1747 ( digitized ; pp. 16–20: Official lists).
• Rudolf von Thadden : The Brandenburg-Prussian court preachers in the 17th and 18th centuries. A contribution to the history of the absolutist state society in Brandenburg-Prussia (= contributions to church history , Volume 32). de Gruyter, Berlin 1959 (pp. 170–236: Chronological list of court and cathedral preachers between 1613 and 1817).
• Thomas Buske: Throne and Altar. The role of the Berlin court preachers in the age of Wilhelminism. Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1970.
• Katharina-Elisabeth Dang: Ideology and world view in the sermons of the Berlin cathedral preachers on texts of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (1539 / 40-1817). Fromm, Berlin 2012; originally Diss. A, Berlin 1984, katharina-dang.de (PDF) pp. 23 f., 83 f., 111: Official lists.
• Katharina-Elisabeth Dang: Social struggle and sermon, especially in the mirror of the Evangelical Church newspaper (1827-1848 / 49) and of sermons by the Berlin court preachers. Fromm, Berlin 2012; originally Diss. B, Berlin 1990, katharina-dang.de (PDF).
• Julius Schneider: The History of the Berlin Cathedral. From the cathedral foundation in the 15th century to the reconstruction in the 20th century. Berlin 1993.

Web links

• Alexander Schunka: The reformed court in Berlin. Court and court preacher in Brandenburg-Prussia since 1613 (chapter from the online publication Political Advice in the Early Modern Age )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rudolf von Thadden : The Brandenburg-Prussian court preachers in the 17th and 18th centuries. A contribution to the history of the absolutist state society in Brandenburg-Prussia (= contributions to church history , Volume 32). de Gruyter, Berlin 1959, p. 11f.
2. ^ Website of the Berlin Cathedral , accessed on April 26, 2019.
3. ↑ Short biography at www.berlin.friedparks.de
4. ↑ Entry in the GND .
5. ↑ Short biography at www.berlin.friedparks.de
6. ↑ Short biography at www.berlin.friedparks.de
7. ↑ ^{a b} Julius Schneider: The history of the Berlin cathedral. From the cathedral foundation in the 15th century to the reconstruction in the 20th century . Berlin 1993, p. 102 .