List of pastors of the Schelfkirche Schwerin
The list of pastors of the Schelfkirche in Schwerin so far includes 35 names. The information on the first to third parishes are taken from the publications of Willgeroth and the archives of the parish .
Until 1755 the church of St. Nikolai (shelf church) was co-administered by the cathedral as a filia . Three preachers are mentioned as examples:
- Joachim Mankmuß, was sub-principal of a school in 1589 and was appointed shelf preacher by the cathedral chapter .
- Nicolaus Lindenberg from Perleberg, ✝ 1609. 1564 theological bachelor's degree in Rostock, 1573 master's degree ; 1576–1606 preacher in Schwerin Cathedral ; Preacher at the Schelfkirche for 30 years
- Andreas Senst from Wesenberg, June 2, 1631. 1602–1624 3rd cathedral preacher ; 1624–1631 2nd cathedral preacher; then appointed shelf preacher for life
In 1755 the pastoral care of the garrison of the city of Schwerin was assigned to the church of St. Nikolai (shelf church). The garrison preacher was Joh. Georg Richter from Gotha from 1732 and then from 1753 Joh. Heinrich Bacher from Hamburg.
The church law on the filling of pastoral posts (Pfarrstellenbesetzunggesetz - PfStBG) of 10 January 2014 applies to the current filling of pastoral posts . The Church Employment Contract Regulations Mecklenburg-Pomerania (KAVO-MP) of 9 November 2012 apply to the employment of other church employees .
| Term of office | 1. Parish, name of the pastor | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1755-1757 | Jakob Ernst Röhr | He came from Danzig. His life data are so far unknown. Dismissed in early 1757 because he refused to take the official examination. Then he was registrar at the law firm. |
| 1757-1788 | Nathanael Ephraim Blanckmeister | * June 1, 1726 in Netzschkau (Vogtland); † June 29, 1788 in Schwerin (?). |
| 1788-1808 | David Joachim Francke | * March 10, 1730 in Lindenberg near Demmin; † January 28, 1808 in Schwerin. |
| 1808-1813 | Geo. Jul. Ernst Breem | Baptized on October 13, 1770 in Teschow; † March 11, 1844 in Gägelow (?). He was a musical man and an excellent gardener. |
| 1813-1847 | Vollrath Adolf Bernhard Studemund | Baptized December 27, 1774 in Rambow; † February 6, 1857 in Schwerin. He was a prepositus from 1842 to 1847 and was appointed to the church council on November 13, 1844 . |
| 1847-1851 | French Wilh. Ferdinand Schröder | * October 20, 1812 in Wismar; † December 20, 1884 in Schwerin. From 1849 to 1854 he was co-editor of the newspaper for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg and since 1851 school councilor in Schwerin and knight of the house order of the Wendish crown. |
| 1851-1861 | Heinrich O. Alexander Seidel | * February 2, 1811 in Goldberg; † January 30, 1861 in Schwerin. From November 15, 1856, he was divisional preacher and founder of the library association for the Evangelical Lutheran congregations in Schwerin. He was the father of the poet Heinrich Seidel . |
| 1861-1868 | Chstn. Ludwig Schubart | * October 9, 1819 in Setzin; † July 3, 1868 in Schwerin (?). He was a prepositus from 1867 to 1868 and from 1863 to 1867 editor of the New Mecklenburg Church Gazette. |
| 1868-1884 | Axel Rich. Ottokar Walter | * December 21, 1826 in Ludwigslust; † December 2, 1904 in Schwerin. From April 1, 1884, he was superintendent in Parchim. |
| 1884-1887 | Wilhelm Ludw. Johannes Grohmann | * March 3, 1835 in Ludwigslust; † April 14, 1911 in Schwerin. He was 1886-1902 provost and since 1898 of Churches . |
| 1887-1894 | Ernst Georg Adolf Haack | * December 26, 1850 in Seedorf in Lauenburg; † April 29, 1945. Doctorate in 1899 as D. theol. in Rostock. In 1908 he was appointed a secret upper church councilor and was head of the seminary from 1901 to 1922. |
| 1894-1897 | Martin Christian Ludwig Pistorius | * March 9, 1850 in Wernigerode; † October 29, 1897 in Schwerin (?). His grave cross was erected by the Nikolai community. |
| 1897-1917 | Carl Bernh. Oskar Heussi | * January 1, 1851 in Parchim; † March 16, 1917 in Schwerin (?). He was 1902-1917 provost and since 1915 of Churches . |
| 1917-1920 | Martin Romberg | * April 5, 1857 in Perlin; † (?). Doctorate on October 31, 1917 for D. theol. in Rostock (on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Reformation). |
| 1921-1928 | Paul Herm. Martin Hurtzig | * May 12, 1876 in Kieth; † (?). From 1928 he was state superintendent in Wismar. |
| 1928-1940 | Carl Johs. August Ludwig Schröder | * December 1, 1875 in Varchentin; † September 20, 1940 in Schwerin (?). In the first parish from January 9, 1928 to January 20, 1940. From October 1, 1932 to 1940, he was provost of the Schwerin-Stadt provost . From 1921 he was a member and secretary of the constituent synod of the state . |
| 1940-1946 | Theodor Werner | * June 12, 1892 in Homberg (Efze); † November 10, 1973 in Celle. In the 1st parish from April 17, 1940 to June 19, 1946. |
| 1945-1946 | Oskar Heintzeler | * June 20, 1898 in Winzerhausen / Würth .; † October 22, 1972 (where?). In the first parish from July 15, 1945 to March 31, 1946 (substitute for Theodor Werner). |
| 1946-1957 | Gottfried Chstn. August Ludw. Franz Kleiminger | * August 12, 1888 in Teterow; † April 29, 1957. From May 1, 1932, he was youth pastor and from 1953 to 1957 provost . In the 1st parish from July 1, 1946 to April 25, 1957. |
| 1957-1970 | Oskar Heintzeler | See before. In the 1st parish from October 15, 1957 to September 30, 1970. |
| 1971-1977 | Peter Tuttas | * September 19, 1934 in Königsberg; † September 11, 2011 in Schwerin. In the 1st parish from October 1, 1971 to July 24, 1977. |
| 1986-1996 | Wilfried Rahner | * March 19, 1931 in Vetschau. In the 1st parish from July 1st, 1986 to March 31st, 1996. During his time, the stable in the rectory was converted into a parish hall. |
| From February 1, 2009 | Burkhardt Ebel | * August 31, 1959 in Wismar. He is the initiator of the procurement of the new bronze bells; Bells consecrated in 2015. |
| Term of office | 2. Parish, name of the pastor | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1755-1757 | Christian Benin | * April 1, 1728 in Meyenburg in the Prignitz; † April 13, 1798 in Trebel near Lüchow. He had "improperly scolded" the ducal government from the pulpit, whereupon he was suspended and deposed in 1757 . |
| 1757 | Nathanael Ephraim Blanckmeister | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1758-1788 | David Joachim Francke | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1789-1791 | Christian Friedrich Studemund | * April 11, 1748 in Wessin; † July 16, 1819 in Ludwigslust. From 1791 to 1817 he was court preacher in Ludwigslust, since 1801 senior court preacher and editor of a hymn book for the court communities Ludwigslust and Schwerin. |
| 1791-1803 | Joh. Peter Heinrich Raspe | Baptized on February 6, 1759 in Schwerin; † January 8, 1803. |
| 1804-808 | Geo. Jul. Ernst Breem | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1808-1813 | Vollrath Adolf Bernhard Studemund | See under "1. Parish". |
| 1813-1843 | Philipp Carl Friedrich Studemund | Baptized on February 24, 1784 in Kuhlrade; † March 4, 1857 in Schwerin. He wrote the book Mecklenburgische Sagen , Parchim 1830. |
| 1843-1847 | French Wilh. Ferdinand Schröder | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1847-1851 | Theodor Friedrich Berthold Rubach | * April 7, 1817 in Pokrent; † June 16, 1851 in Schwerin (?). |
| 1852-1861 | Chstn. Ludwig Schubart | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1862-1868 | Axel Rich. Ottokar Walter | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1869-1884 | Wilhelm Ludw. Johannes Grohmann | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1884-1887 | Ernst Geo. Adolf Haack | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1887-1894 | Martin Chstn. Ludwig Pistorius | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1894-1897 | August Friedr. Wilhelm Wilken | * November 22, 1841 in Ratzeburg; † January 25, 1925 in Hanover. |
| 1897-1917 | Heinr. Wilh. Jul. Martin Romberg | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1917-1921 | Paul Herm. Martin Hurtzig | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1921-1928 | Carl Johs. August Ludwig Schröder | See under 1. Parish. |
| 1928-1932 | Gottfried Chstn. August Ludw. Franz Kleiminger | He had two terms of office in the second parish: from September 23, 1928 to April 30, 1932 and from July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1946. See also the first and third parishes. |
| 1932-1940 | Theodor Werner | See under 1. Parish in the 2nd parish and also in the Schwerin Cathedral (1st parish) from May 22, 1932 to April 16, 1940. |
| 1940-1946 | Gottfried Chstn. August Ludw. Franz Kleiminger | See before. |
| 1947-1957 | Oskar Heintzeler | See under 1. Parish. In the 2nd parish from April 1, 1947 to October 14, 1957. |
| 1957-1979 | Gerhard Wittkat | * April 14, 1913 in Königsberg; † August 28, 1996 (where?). In the 2nd parish from January 1, 1957 to December 31, 1979. |
| 1981-2008 | Fleischer, Matthias | * September 30, 1943 in Schönlanke / Netzekreis; In the second parish from September 1, 1981 to September 30, 2008. Theologically settled in the views of the modern theologians Rudolf Bultmann , Herbert Braun and Gerhard Ebeling . The aims of his theological work were: creation of a responsible congregation and “gathering and sending”.
Initiator of extensive renovation work in the burial place under the choir, work on the church windows, the tower and its roofing as well as the rectory at Puschkinstrasse. 3; Lease of the rectory Schelfstr. 36 for a Christian kindergarten.
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| Term of office | 3. Parish, name of the pastor | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1934-1940 | Gottfried Chstn. August Ludw. Franz Kleiminger | See under 1. and 2. parish |
| 1945-1946 | Martin Tarnow | * December 15, 1907 (where?); † (?). In the 3rd parish from October 1, 1945 to February 14, 1946 (see also Castle Church). Most recently pastor in Bochum. |
| 1946-1956 | Aurel von Jüchen | * May 20, 1902 in Gelsenkirchen; † January 11, 1991 in Berlin. In the 3rd parish from March 15, 1946 to February 28, 1956. He was imprisoned in 1950 and was exiled in the Vorkuta labor camp in the Russian Komi Republic on the Arctic Sea until 1955. |
| 1945-1947 | Oskar Heintzeler | Temporary job from July 15, 1945 to March 31, 1947. See under 1. and 2. Parish. |
| 1950-1956 | Fritz Engelke | * January 24, 1868 in Schleswig; † May 15, 1956 in Schwerin. In the 3rd parish from 1950 to May 15, 1956. He represented Pastor Aurel von Jüchen. |
| 1957-1983 | Boddin, Joachim | * January 18, 1921 in Schwerin; † December 22, 2016 in Hamburg-Volksdorf. In the 3rd parish from October 15, 1957 to June 30, 1983. In the 1960s he played a key role in the renovation of the shelf church. |
Individual evidence
- ^ Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. With notes on past pastors since the Reformation . Second volume. Wismar, 1925. Self-published by the author. Page 1063-1067.
- ^ Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. With notes on past pastors since the Reformation . Second volume. Wismar, 1925. Self-published by the author. Page 1063-1064.
- ^ Gustav Willgeroth: The Mecklenburg parishes . Supplementary volume. Wismar, 1937. Self-published by Willgeroth's heirs. Pages 51 and 78
- ↑ http://www.kirchenrecht-nordkirche.de/kabl/28734.pdf
- ↑ http://www.kuester-mecklenburg.de/KAVO.1000.0.html