Ludwig Schauenburg

Ludwig Conrad Martin Schauenburg (born March 6, 1839 in Sandel , Jever ; † November 25, 1909 in Golzwarden , Brake ) was a German pastor and church historian .

Life and work

Ludwig Schauenburg, son of pastor Hermann Theodor Sophus Schauenburg, spent his youth after his father was transferred to Sande (Jever office). From there he attended the grammar school in Jever from 1852 . In 1859 he passed the Abitur and then studied theology in Göttingen, where he joined the Hannovera fraternity . During the semester break he went on a study trip to Italy, which he had to break off due to a typhoid in South Tyrol. Recovered from the illness, he continued his studies in Göttingen and finished it in Jena. From 1863–1864 he was a catechist in Berne (Elsfleth office), then for a short time assistant preacher in Minsen (Jever office). In 1865 he became pastor in Huntlosen (Wildeshausen Office); 1870 moved to Pakens (Jever office). In 1886 he was ordained as a pastor in Golzwarden (Brake Office) and held this position until his death.

The extensive work Hundred Years of Oldenburg History brought Ludwig Schauenburg general recognition. This book as well as his numerous other writings on church history and church politics indicate that he had an understanding of religion that included ideas from early Protestant orthodoxy. He was close to the awakening movement of the 19th century in Germany and supported the Inner Mission of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Both organizations endeavored to win back sections of the population who were alien to the Church for active Christianity. In addition, he belonged to the conservative Evangelical Lutheran Pastoral Association in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg and took over the leadership of the group of pastors who professed to be neo-Lutheran .

Ludwig Schauenburg traveled to the Netherlands several times as a travel preacher on behalf of the Inner Mission of the German Evangelical Church, mainly in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland as well as in Amsterdam to provide pastoral care to the so-called Dutch workers (German seasonal workers, especially grass mowers, brickworkers, peat cutters and plasterers) to offer. He wrote reports on individual trips to the Central Committee for the Inner Mission of the German Evangelical Church. In 1886 he submitted to him a lengthy treatise on his impressions of the life and work of the Holland travelers, including the experiences he had as a travel preacher as a whole.

Publications

• The work of the inner mission in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg , Fliegende Blätter aus dem Rauhen Haus zu Hamburg-Horn, 1882, pp. 154–169, 177–191, 223–229 and 241–253
• Unchurcheness in Jeverland. A contribution to the history of consistorial church devastation in the previous century , monthly for inner mission, 1884, pp. 137–157, Bertelsmann, Gütersloh
• A triennium from the work of the inner mission in the Duchy of Oldenburg , Fliegende Blätter from the Rauhen Haus zu Hamburg-Horn, 1884, pp. 175–188
• The work among the Hollandgoers , monthly for inner mission, 1886, pp. 23–48 and 81–88, Bertelsmann, Gütersloh
• Contributions to the history of the Reformation in the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, such as the Jever rule , Oldenburg, 1888
• The Anabaptist movement in the counties of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst and the rule of Jever at the time of the Reformation , printed and published by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg, 1888
• Hundred Years of Oldenburg Church History from Hamelmann to Cadovius (1573-1667) , Volumes 1–5, printed and published by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg, 1894-1908
• The history of the Oldenburg order of worship from 1573 to the present day , Auffurth, Brake, 1897
• Oldenburgian superstition in the mirror of our pagan prehistory , J. Morgenbesser, Bremen, 1906
• On the blessing stream of the gospel Mission studies from the ecclesiastical past of the Duchy of Oldenburg , Eschen & Fasting, Oldenburg 1912 (published posthumously)
• The Low German language in the 17th century : Reprint from: Hundred Years of Oldenburg Church History, Chapter XIII, The Cultural Language. With a foreword by Gerold Struß. Ed. De Spieker, Heimatbund für Niederdeutsche Kultur e. V. Oldenburg, Isensee, Oldenburg 1999

• Article in the Oldenburger Jahrbuch, published by the Oldenburger Landesverein für Geschichte, Natur und Heimatkunde:
  • History of the Oldenburg poor system from the Reformation to the death of Anton Günther . (Volume 7, [1898], pp. 1-74)
  • On the history of church registers in the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst from 1573-1667. With a tabular overview . (Volume 8 [1899]. Pp. 79-107)
  • From home, wedding and family life in the 17th century . (Volume 9 [1900], pp. 75-102)
  • The spirit of work in the areas of the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst. A moral and cultural historical attempt with reference to the 16th and 17th centuries . (Volume 13 [1904], pp. 1-33)
  • The overall economic situation in the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst under Count Johann VI. and Anton Günther . (Volume 13 [1904], pp. 54-64)

Honors

• In 1899 he was appointed to the church council
• In 1903 the theological faculty of the University of Göttingen awarded him an honorary doctorate
• In 1908, Grand Duke Friedrich August von Oldenburg presented him with the Great Golden Medal for Art and Science
• In 1970 he was honored by the community of Ovelgönne, to which Golzwarden belonged at the time (today Golzwarden is a district of the town of Brake an der Unterweser), by naming Ludwig-Schauenburg-Strasse in a new development in Golzwarden

literature

• Autograph by Ludwig Schauenburg in the album of the fraternity Hannovera with handwritten entries about its members from 1848 to 1861/62
• Hugo Harms: Events and figures in the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg 1520-1920, Verlag Oldenburger Sonntagsblatt, Oldenburg, 1966, p. 229
• Hans von Seggern: Schauenburg, Ludwig. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 631 f.

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Henning Tegtmeyer : Directory of members of the fraternity Hannovera zu Göttingen 1848-1998 , Düsseldorf 1998, p. 34
3. ^ Report from Ludwig Schauenburg to the Central Committee for the Inner Mission of the German Evangelical Church of August 6, 1886 about his trip to Groningen and Leeuwarden from May 25 to 31, 1886, printed in: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia, XXII A, Historical work on Westphalian regional research, economic and social history group, Volume 17, Holland walk in the mirror of the travel reports of Protestant clergy, ed. by Albin Gladen et al., Part 2, Aschendorff, Münster, 2007, pp. 900, 903