Ludwig Hollonius

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Ludwig Hollonius , latinized from originally Holle (* around 1570 probably in Höxter ; † 1621 in Pölitz ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and playwright.

Life

Sacristy of the former St. Mary's Church in Pölitz from the 15th century

Ludwig Hollonius enrolled in 1590 under the indication of origin "Huxariensis" to study at the University of Rostock , where he was among other students of David Chyträus and until 1594 is documented by contributions to publications, evidenced in VD 16 . In 1595 his funeral sermon on the death of the Pomeranian superintendent Jacob Runge was published in Greifswald, as well as other occasional publications . In 1596 Hollonius was pastor in Braunsforth at Stargard . In 1597 he became pastor of the Marienkirche in Pölitz am Haff north of Stettin in Pomerania (the old brick Gothic Marienkirche was demolished in 1896 except for the sacristy and replaced by a neo-Gothic new building elsewhere). The Szczecin Council had appointed Hollonius to this position as the successor to the deposed Pastor Johannes Froböse.

Hollonius worked as a poet and dramatist at the turn of the 16th century to the 17th century in the transition from the late Renaissance to the Baroque in northeast Germany; some of his works anticipate later developments in the baroque era. In 1612 he was honored with the poet's crown as poeta laureatus. It is not known who received this honor and where.

His main work is the educational comedy Somnium vitae humanae . A copy of the first edition of this social-historical source of the first order from 1605, which was long believed to be lost, was acquired by the Herzog August Library in the 1990s .

Works

  • Sincerity . Szczecin 1603.
  • Somnium vitae humanae. This is: A new game: In it from a funny story by Philippo Bono, for a hundred and eight and thirty years / a wise / pious and powerful heart of the Burgundians and Dutch etc. Immediately in a mirror is shown / that our temporal live ... only one ... dream sey / Provided by Ludovicum Hollonium, preachers ... in Stedtlin Pölitz. Stettin, Rhete 1605.
    Editions:
    • Franz Spengler (ed.): Somnium vitae humanae. A drama by Ludwig Hollonius. 1605. (= reprints of German literary works of the 16th and 17th centuries. No. 95) Niemeyer, Halle adS 1895.
    • Digitized at Hathi Trust
    • Dorothea Glodny-Wiercinski (Ed.): Somnium vitae humanae: Drama. Text and Materials for interpretation. (= Komedia . Volume 16.) De Gruyter, Berlin 1970.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry 1590 in the Rostock matriculation portal .
  2. ↑ John Flood: Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire: A Bio-bibliographical Handbook . Volume 1. Walter de Gruyter, 2006, p. 898.
  3. ↑ signature Xb 5243; see Thomas Bürger : Models for dealing with original and digital prints. To provide old books. In: Sabine Wefers (Ed.): From Gutenberg to the Internet: 87th German Librarians' Day in Dortmund 1997. (= Journal for Libraries and Bibliography , ISSN  0514-6364 , special issue 68.) Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3- 465-02961-5 , pp. 51-60, here p. 58.
personal data
SURNAME Hollonius, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holle, Ludwig; Hollonius, Ludovicus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH around 1570
PLACE OF BIRTH Höxter
DATE OF DEATH 1621
Place of death Poelitz