List of Hamburg's main pastors
In Hamburg there are five main churches with main pastors : St. Petri , St. Nikolai , St. Katharinen , St. Jacobi , St. Michaelis . In addition to the main pastors, there were and are several other clergymen at each of the churches. They used to be called deacons, only the first cleric held the title of pastor.
The years refer to the term of office as main pastor.
Chief Pastors to St. Petri
- Johann Boldewan 1528-1529
- Johannes Aepinus 1529–1532, superintendent 1532–1553
- Johannes Garcaeus the Elder 1534–1543
- Johann Hoegelcke 1549–1558
- Johann Kruse 1560–1566
- Nicolaus Staphorst 1567–1579
- Joachim Degener 1580–1585
- Joachim Wermer 1586–1589
- Johann Schellhammer 1590–1620, senior 1613–1620
- Valentin Wudrian 1621-1626
- Johannes Müller 1626–1672, senior 1648–1672
- Hermann von Petkum 1673–1682
- Samuel Schultze 1683–1699, senior 1688–1699
- Christian Krumbholtz 1700–1708
- Johann Theodor Heinson 1711-1726
- Johann Georg Palm 1727–1743, senior 1738–1743
- Ernst Friedrich Mylius 1744–1774
- Johann Christoph Friderici 1775–1777
- Christoph Christian Sturm 1778–1786
- Heinrich Julius Willerding 1787–1834, senior 1818–1834
- Johann Alt 1835–1869
- Adolf Kreusler 1871–1894, senior 1891–1894
- Friedrich Gottlieb Theodor Rode 1894–1923, senior 1920–1923
- Theodor Knolle 1924–1955, regional bishop 1954–1955
- Karl Witte 1956–1964, regional bishop 1959–1964
- Carl Malsch 1965–1981, senior 1969–1976
- Werner Hoerschelmann 1982–1998, Provost 1990–1998
- Wilfried Kruse 1998-2002
- Christoph Störmer 2002–2015
- Martina Severin-Kaiser 2015-2016
- Jens-Martin Kruse since 2017
Chief Pastors to St. Nikolai
- Johannes Zegenhagen 1526–1531
- Joachim Franke 1531–1551
- Dietrich Juergens 1551–1561
- Johann Heinrich Zarius 1561–1565
- David Penshorn 1565–1580, superintendent 1580–1593
- Bernhard Vaget 1581–1613, senior 1600–1613
- Nicolaus Hardkopf 1615-1646, senior 1633-1646
- Gottfried Gese 1647–1679, senior 1672–1676
- Nicolaus Langerhans 1680–1684
- Johann Heinrich Horb 1685–1693
- Johannes Wolf August to November 1695
- Franz Wolff 1697-1710
- Johann Friedrich Winckler 1712–1738
- Hermann Christian Hornborstel 1740–1757
- Johann Dietrich Winckler 1758–1784, senior 1779–1784
- Joachim Christoph Bracke 1785–1801
- Johann Jakob Schäffer 1801–1818
- Ludwig Christian Gottlieb Strauch 1819–1855, Senior 1851–1855
- Caesar Wilhelm Alexander Krause 1856–1862
- Georg Karl Hirsche 1863–1891, senior 1879–1891
- Eduard Rudolf Grimm 1892–1920, senior 1911–1920
- Heinz Beckmann 1920–1939
- Paul Schütz 1940–1952
- Hans-Otto Wölber 1956–1983, senior 1959–1964 and (regional) bishop 1964–1983
- Peter Krusche 1983–1987, bishop 1983–1992
- Klaus Reinhold Borck 1987–1992, Provost 1975–1990
- Ferdinand Ahuis 1993-2007
- Johann Hinrich Claussen 2007–2016, Provost 2004–2016
- Martin Vetter since 2016
Chief Pastors to St. Catherine's
- Ordo Steenmehl (Stemmel) 1521–1524
- Joachim Fischbek 1525–1527
- Stephan Kempe 1527-1540
- Joachim Westphal 1541–1571, superintendent 1571–1574
- Georg Stamke (Stammichius) 1572–1600
- Philipp Nicolai 1601-1608
- Jacob Reineccius 1609-1613
- Martin Willich (Willechius) 1614–1633, senior 1621–1633
- Jacob Grosse 1635-1652
- Johannes Corfinius 1653-1664
- David Klug 1665–1688, Senior 1679–1688
- Abraham Hinckelmann 1688–1695
- Johann Volckmar 1696–1715, senior 1705–1715
- Johann Christoph Wolf 1716–1739
- Johann Ludwig Schlosser 1741–1754
- Johann Melchior Goeze 1755–1786, senior 1760–1770
- Georg Heinrich Berkhan 1786–1795
- Rudolf Jänisch 1796–1826
- Heinrich Wilhelm Justus Wolff 1826–1844
- Otto Wolters 1844–1873
- Johann Friedrich Adolph Glitza 1875–1894
- Caesar Ernst Albrecht Krause 1895–1902
- Curt Stage 1903–1929, Senior 1923–1929
- Karl Dubbels 1929–1942
- Volkmar Herntrich 1942–1958, regional bishop 1956–1958
- Hartmut Sierig 1960–1968, senior 1967–1968
- Klaus Reblin 1970–1982
- Peter Stolt 1982–1991
- Axel Denecke 1992-2003
- Ulrike Murmann since 2004
Chief Pastors at St. Jacobi
- Johann Fritz 1526-1544
- Johannes Garcaeus the Elder 1546–1551
- Johann Bödeker 1552–1564
- Cyriacus Simon 1565–1576, superintendent 1574–1576
- Johanne Hennecken 1576–1595
- Lucas von Cölln 1595–1609
- Jacob Fabricius 1610-1616
- Severin Schlueter 1617-1648, senior 1646-1648
- Johann Balthasar Schupp 1649–1661
- Caspar Mauritius 1662-1675
- Anton Reiser 1678–1686
- Johann Friedrich Mayer 1686–1701
- Johannes Riemer 1704-1714
- Erdmann Neumeister 1715–1756
- Samuel Christian Ulber 1757–1776
- Christian Ludwig Gerling 1777–1801, senior 1784–1801
- Bernhard Klefeker 1802-1825
- Ernst Gottfried Adolf Böckel 1826–1833
- Moritz Ferdinand Schmaltz 1833–1860, senior 1855–1860
- Gustav Adolph Ludwig Baur 1860–1870
- Hermann Julius Robert Calinich 1872–1883
- Georg Heinrich Röpe 1883–1896
- Arthur von Broecker 1897–1915
- Karl Horn 1916–1934, Senior 1929–1933 (deposed)
- Franz Tügel 1934–1940, regional bishop 1934–1945
- Adolf Wilhelm Paul Drechsler 1940–1960
- Hans Engelland 1962–1963
- Paul Seifert 1964–1975, senior
- Wenzel Lohff 1976-1980
- Lutz Mohaupt 1980-2005
- Karl-Günther Petters 2005-2006
- Kirsten Fehrs 2006–2011, bishop for the Hamburg and Lübeck districts since 2011
- Astrid Kleist since 2013
Chief Pastors at St. Michaelis
- Georg Hacke 1680–1684
- Johann Winckler 1684–1705, senior 1699–1705
- Peter Theodor Seelmann 1706–1730, senior 1715–1730
- Adolph Wilhelm von Gohren 1732–1734
- Friedrich Wagner 1736–1760, senior 1743–1760
- Ernst Ludwig Orlich 1761–1764
- Georg Ludwig Herrnschmidt 1765–1779
- Johann Jakob Rambach 1780-1818
- August Jacob Rambach 1818-1851, senior 1834-1851
- Johannes Andreas Rehhoff 1851–1879, senior 1870–1879
- Georg Behrmann 1879–1911, senior 1894–1911
- August Wilhelm Hunzinger 1912–1920
- Simon Schöffel 1922–1954, 1933/34 and 1945–1954 senior and regional bishop
- Hans-Heinrich Harms 1960–1967, senior 1964–1967, 1967–1985 Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
- Hans-Jürgen Quest 1967–1987
- Helge Adolphsen 1987-2005
- Alexander Röder since 2005
See also
- Denominations in Hamburg
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Hamburg state
- North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Web links
Commons : Seniors of Hamburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files
literature
- JAR Janssen: Detailed news about all the Evangelical = Protestant churches and clergy in the Freyen and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and its area ... , Hamburg 1826
- Wilhelm Jensen: The Hamburg Church and its clergy since the Reformation . Hamburg 1958. [Volume 1: The city churches]; [Volume 3: The candidates of the Hamburg Church, by Hans Bruhn , Hamburg 1963]; Volume 2 with the churches of the Hamburg rural communities could no longer appear due to Jensen's death in 1960. At Jensen there are other important personnel history works
- Karin Boveland: The main pastors of St. Peter's Church . In: Carl Malsch (ed.): The main church St. Petri in Hamburg, building history, works of art, preachers. Friedrich Wittig Verlag, Hamburg 1979
- Friedrich Hammer, Herwarth von Schade: The Hamburg pastors since the Reformation: a directory , Hamburg 1995, reproduced as a manuscript. (New edition in preparation)
- Volume 1: Main alphabetical index.
- Volume 2: Directory of municipalities.
- Sankt Michaelis zu Hamburg 1762 - 1962 , published by the church council d. Main church St. Michaelis, Hamburg, Hamburg 1962