List of the main pastors and other preachers of the German St. Gertrud Congregation in Stockholm

The first German-speaking preachers in Stockholm are recorded for the middle of the 16th century. In 1571 the German community received from King Johann III. a privilege that is considered the foundation date of the community. A little later the construction of the Tyska kyrkan (Stockholm) began. In 1612 King Gustav II Adolf issued a further privilege that put the community on an equal footing with the other city churches in Stockholm. Since then, the first pastors (even if they are the only ones in the congregation) have been using the title kyrkoherde (German main pastor ) according to Swedish custom .

Pastors of the German St. Gertrud Congregation until 1612

• 1556–1557: Johannes Stägemann
• 1561–1562: Josias Empire (1535–1568)
• 1563–1564: Peter Winkelmann
• 1566–1571 (?): Martin Seefeldt
• 1569–1573: Joachim Eggert († 1573)
• 1572–1574 (?): Abraham Andreae Angermannus (approx. 1540–1608)
• 1573–1576: Johannes Christianus
• 1576–1595: Michael Keuler († 1595)
• 1586–1596: Kaspar Stapelius († 1601)
• 1596–1599: Veit (Vitus) Börner (1565–1619)

Chief Pastors of the German St. Gertrud Congregation

• 1637–1655: Johann Christoph Hingher (1604–1678)
• 1655–1664: Johann Jakob Pfeiff (1613–1676)
• 1665–1673: Johannes Gerdes (1624–1673)
• 1674–1677: Jakob Helwig the Elder J. (1631-1684)
• 1677–1689: Christoph Bezel (ius) († 1689)
• 1689–1696: Johann Heinrich Gerth (1645 / 46–1696)
• 1696–1709: Aegidius Strauch (1647–1709)
• 1710–1731: Timotheus Lütkemann (1671–1738)
• 1732 (?) - 1738: Johann Golitz († 1738)
• 1738–1771: Andreas Murray (1695–1771)
• 1772–1805: Christoph Wilhelm Lüdeke (1737–1805)
• 1806–1817: Hermann Wilhelm Hachenburg († 1817)
• 1817–1838: Johann Anton August Lüdeke (1772–1838)
• 1839–1875: Johannes Rohtlieb (1807–1881)
• 1876–1883: Rudolf Kittan (1839 - after 1909)
• 1884–1890: Johann Paul Kaiser (1852–1917)
• 1890–1921: Georg Sterzel († 1921)
• 1922–1944: Emil Ohly (1885–1944)
• 1944–1974: Gustav Werner Schiebe (1909–1984)
• 1974–1983: Walter Wiese (* 1930)
• 1983–1995: Thomas Oberschmidt
• 1995–2003: Gerhard Paping
• 2003–2009: Wolfgang Wallrich
• 2009–2016: Susanne Blatt
• since 2016: Jörg-Michael Weißbach

More pastors since 1612

• 1624–1639: Johannes Rotlöben
• 1639–1655: Johann Jakob Pfeiff (1613–1676)
• 1667 (?) - 1677: Christoph Bezel (ius) († 1689)
• 1677–1696: Aegidius Strauch (1647–1709)
• 1706–1710: Timotheus Lütkemann (1671–1738)
• 1739–1773: Samuel Wilcke (1704–1773)
• 1774–1779: Johann Adolph Schinmeier
• ? -1806: Hermann Wilhelm Hachenburg († 1817)
• 1807–1817: Johann Anton August Lüdeke (1772–1838)
• 1833–1839: Johannes Rohtlieb (1807–1881)
• 1917–1922: Emil Ohly (1885–1944)
• 1923–1946: Gottfrid Daniel Carlsson (1870–1955)
• 1946–1950: Kurt Meschke (1901–1971)
• 1961–1964: Martin Schloemann (* 1931)

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• Emil Schieche: The beginnings of the German St. Gertruds community in Stockholm in the 16th century . Münster / Cologne 1952, pp. 102–124.
• Emil Schieche: 400 years of German St. Gertrud's congregation in Stockholm 1571–1971. Festschrift . Stockholm 1971.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ later to St. Nikolai in Rostock (cf. life data )
2. ↑ Only employed and paid by part of the community.
3. ↑ Biographical Notes , accessed on July 17, 2013.
4. ^ Later court preacher in Stuttgart and general superintendent von Denkendorf, cf. Short biography , accessed July 19, 2013.
5. ^ Later Bishop of Estonia, cf. CERL Thesaurus , accessed July 19, 2013.
6. ^ Later Bishop of Estonia, cf. Hellwig (the Elder) Jakob . In: Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett: Bio-Bibliographien. Brandenburg scholars of the early modern period. Berlin-Cölln 1640-1688 . de Gruyter, Berlin 1997, pp. 186-191.
7. ^ At the same time, Bishop of Estonia, cf. Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard Napiersky : General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland. Second volume. G – K. Mitau 1829, p. 30 .