Ludolf Weidemann
(Heinrich Christian Wilhelm) Ludolf Weidemann , also Ludolph (born March 20, 1849 in Ahrensbök , † 1939 in Quickborn ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and writer.
life and work
Weidemann studied Protestant theology at the universities of Jena , where he made friends with Ferdinand Tönnies , and Erlangen . Here he became a member of the Bubenreuther fraternity in 1870 . He came to Oldenburg in 1877 as a candidate for the preaching office. He looked for other activities than the pastor's office and from 1880 taught Latin at the Katharineum in Lübeck . Here he was Thomas Mann's Latin teacher , who designed the figure of Pastor Shepherd in Buddenbrooks after him.
From 1890 he worked in Hamburg; In 1900 he went to the parish office and became pastor at St. Nikolai in Elmshorn . After an interlude in 1910/11 as an electoral preacher at the German church in Bordighera , he was appointed pastor in Quickborn , where he stayed until his retirement.
Fonts
- Winter storm: a song from the Baltic Sea. Leipzig 1905 ( digitized version )
- Karl Maria Kasch: (also a life). Hamburg: Janssen 1904; 2nd edition Hamburg 1910
- Letters from a lucky man. Leipzig: Schloeßmann 1919 ( digitized version )
- World history by the fireplace. Berlin: B. Behrs 1929
literature
- Richard Carstensen: Pastor Shepherd in »Buddenbrooks«. In: The car . 1988, pp. 234-239.
- Max Geißler: Guide through the literature of the 20th century. Weimar 1913
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Höhne: The Bubenreuther. History of a German fraternity. II., Erlangen 1936, p. 218.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludolf Weidemann in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weidemann, Ludolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weidemann, Ludolph; Weidemann, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Ludolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ahrensbök |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1939 |
| Place of death | Quickborn |