Ludolf Lange (theologian)

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Ludolf Lange (also: Ludolph Lange and Ludolphus Langius ; * 1547 in Hanover ; † September 1, 1626 ibid) was a German clergyman , chronicler and educator .

Life

Ludolf Lange was born in Hanover in 1547 in the parish of the Aegidienkirche . After attending school, he enrolled on May 22, 1566 in Wittenberg at the local university for theology .

According to the church book of the Marktkirche , Lange worked from 1572 to 1574 in his hometown as vice-principal at the Latin School, the Old Town School, from which the Ratsgymnasium later emerged. Lange and his students performed comedies based on biblical themes on the school premises. In connection with his students, there is also a story from this period that documents Lange's belief in the devil.

In 1574, Lange married Catharina Pollmann, one of 21 children of the Hanoverian citizen Jost Pollmann. In March of the same year he took over the duties of a preacher at the Hanoverian Aegidienkirche as the successor to Johannes Grell .

Lange has made a name for himself as a chronicler, especially with his chronicle for the period from 1560 to 1622.

In 1605 Lange, together with Christoph Janus, denounced in writing and in great detail two women who were then persecuted as witches ; the Wisselsche and the Hertsche .

As a result of his own experiences, Lange also wrote a chronicle of the plague , which he later became a victim of, in the church book of the Aegidienkirche for the period from 1566 to 1610 (or 1625) .

Ludolf Lange was buried in the Aegidienkirche. His grave slab - no longer preserved today - was later described by the Hanoverian chronicler Johann Heinrich Redecker . This made it possible to reproduce, supplement and translate the Latin inscription in the directory of German inscriptions .

Fonts (selection)

  • A Christian remembrance / sermon about the Gospel S Johannis / and the book of the prophet Danielis / therein ... is repeated the sum and content of these writings / and what ... by all pious ... Christians / should be paid attention /. ..: Held at Hanover in the church of S. Aegidii in the year 1602, November 9th / and auffs new overlooked / By M. Ludolpho Langio preacher there , Hildesheim: Andreas Hantzsch, 1603
  • Plague chronicle until 1625

Archival material

Archives by and about Ludolf Lange can be found, for example

  • as records by Pastor Ludolf Lange on the history of the period 1578 to 1617 [actually over the period from 1560 to 1622], in the Hanover city archive , archive number B 8084

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b o. V .: Lange, Ludolph as a personal data record in the database of the German National Library [undated], last accessed on May 15, 2020
  2. ↑ n.v . : Lange, Ludolf in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library [undated], last accessed on May 15, 2020
  3. ↑ a b c Sabine Wehking: DI 36, City of Hanover, No. 287 † on the inschriften.net page [undated], last accessed on May 15, 2020
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Klaus Mlynek : Lange, (2) Ludolf , in: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 222
  5. ^ A b c Karljosef Kreter: Urban history culture and historiography ... , p. 270ff .; as a PDF document
  6. ^ Johann Karl Fürchtegott Schlegel : Church and Reformation History of Northern Germany , Volume 2, Hanover: published by the Helwingschen Hof-Buchhandlung, 1829, p. 368ff .; Digitized via Google books
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Ludolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lange, Ludolph; Langius, Ludolphus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German evangelical clergyman and chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH 1547
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1626
Place of death Hanover