List of superintendents and general superintendents in Altenburg

With the introduction of the Reformation , the office of superintendent was created in the city of Altenburg , who exercised spiritual supervision over the pastors (later also the schools) in the city and the rural area. The superintendents also had a preaching office at the Bartholomäikirche . After the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg had become an independent territory in 1603 , the superintendents became general superintendents, as they now also oversaw the state's other superintendents. They exercised this together with the Altenburg Consistory, founded in 1612 , in which they participated as councils and assessors. This remained so when the territory was part of the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg between 1672 and 1826 . During the time of the second duchy of Saxony-Altenburg (1826-1918) and the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg , the general superintendents were again the highest representatives of the Protestant church system in their country.

It officiated:

• 1523–1525 Wenzeslaus Linck
• 1525–1545 Georg Spalatin
• 1545–1553 Augustin Himmel
• 1554–1562 Alexius Bresnicer
• 1562–1568 Andreas Misenus
• 1568–1573 Alexius Bresnicer
• 1573–1578 Esaias Oßwald
• 1578–1591 Kaspar Bienemann (Melissander)
• 1592–1595 Johann Josua Löner
• 1595–1610 Balthasar Müller
• 1610–1615 Abraham Suarinus
• 1616–1624 Heinrich Eckhard
• 1624–1642 Aegidius Hunnius the Younger
• 1642–1656 Martin Caselius
• 1656–1689 Johann Christfried Sagittarius
• 1690–1708 Heinrich Matthias von Broke
• 1708–1712 Friedrich Schmidt (provisional)
• 1712–1730 Karl Andreas Redel
• 1731–1747 Christian Löber
• 1748–1750 Johann Christian Stemler
• 1751–1767 Johann Caspar Reuchlin
• 1768–1799 Gotthilf Friedemann Löber
• 1801–1822 Hermann Christoph Gottfried Demme
• 1823–1828 Christian Gottlob Großmann
• 1829–1832 Johann Georg Karl Pflug
• 1834–1840 Friedrich Ezekiel
• 1840–1842 vacant
• 1842–1851 Friedrich Gotthilf Fritsche
• 1852–1879 Karl Braune
• 1880-1894 Wilhelm Rogge
• 1895–1919 Albert Lohoff
• 1919–1921 Wilhelm Reichardt

literature

• Thomas Walther (edit.), Society for Thuringian Church History (Hrsg.): Thüringer Pfarrerbuch. Volume 6. The Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-374-03051-4 , p. 19.