Ludwig Suhl
Ludwig Suhl (also Ludewig Suhl, born November 11, 1753 in Lübeck ; † January 3, 1819 ibid) was a teacher, librarian, pastor, lawyer and one of the leading representatives of the Enlightenment in Lübeck.
Life
Ludwig Suhl was the son of the pastor of Lübeck's Aegidia Church Ludwig Suhl (1721–1782) and his wife Anna Elisabeth, née. Fischer (1732–1777), who came from a Lübeck merchant family.
Professional background
After visiting the Katharineum in Lübeck , he studied theology in Jena and Leipzig. In 1779 he was appointed sub-rector of the Katharineum. The management of the city library was connected to this position . After only four years in this office he became a deacon at the Petrikirche in 1783 and in 1787 was promoted to archdeacon, i.e. the second clergyman of the church after the pastor. In 1793 he resigned from office, officially because of a chest and lung disease. In the following years he worked for the Lübeck cathedral chapter and was responsible for church, school and poor affairs in the chapter villages of the bishopric . With the dissolution of the chapter by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss this employment relationship ended. Suhl finally turned to law, went to Kiel to study in 1808 and was awarded a Dr. iur. utr. PhD . During the French period in Lübeck he worked as a justice of the peace from 1811 to 1813 and then as a lawyer until his death .
Extra-professional engagement
Suhl was one of the most important representatives of the ideas of the Enlightenment in Lübeck. As early as 1775, while studying theology, he was admitted to the Freemason Lodge Minerva to the three palms in Leipzig and in 1780 joined the Lübeck Masonic Lodge Zur Weltkugel, founded the year before . In 1789 he became master of the chair in her. In 1802 the lodge joined the Great State Lodge of Hamburg and Lower Saxony under his leadership.
End of 1788 belonged Suhl together with Johann Julius Walbaum and Christian Adolph Overbeck to the founders of a literary society from which a little later (1793), the Society for the promotion of community service emerged that exists to this day under this name, abbreviated in everyday life as the " Non-profit ". Suhl was its director several times in the following years, edited the Lübeckische Gemeinnützige Wochenblatt and was actively involved in the establishment of projects of the company such as the Lübeck teachers' seminar (1807) and the navigation school (1808).
Ludwig Suhl Prize
In 2003, in memory of Suhl, the non-profit organization donated the Dr. Ludwig Suhl Prize, which is endowed with 2500 euros. The prize, which is awarded every two years, honors teachers for their voluntary work.
Works
- List of the writings printed before 1500, in the Lübeck public library / first collected and edited by Johann Georg Gesner, compared again with the originals, with some changes, additions and a preface for printing promoted by Ludwig Suhl. Lübeck: Donatius 1782 ( digitized copy from the Austrian National Library )
- List of the writings printed from 1500 to 1520 in the Lübeck public library / first collected and edited by Johann Georg Gesner, compared with the originals, with some changes and additions to the print promoted by Ludwig Suhl. Lübeck: Donatius 1783
- The historie vā reynaert de vos . Based on the Delft edition of 1485. Promoted for accurate printing by Ludwig Suhl, city librarian and subrector at the grammar school. in Lübeck. Lübeck and Leipzig, 1783 ( digitized version )
- Short message from the Lübeckisches Todtentanze . Lübeck 1783 ( digitized version )
- Sermons. Lübeck and Leipzig 1792
- Real representation of the real and only cause of my change of office. An open letter first to the community of St. Petri and then to all residents of Lübeck. Lübeck 1793 ( digitized Göttingen )
literature
- HH von der Hude: Dedicated to your unforgettable teacher Mr. Ludwig Suhl on the day of the introduction to his new teaching post by the members of the first class of the grammar school: Lübeck, June 29th 1783. Lübeck: Green 1783 ( digitized from Kiel University Library )
- Björn R. Kommer : Ludwig Suhl: Collection of some self-biographical remarks. In: ZVLGA 69, 1989, pp 121-150
- Franklin Kopitzsch : Suhl, Ludwig. In: Alken Bruns (Ed.): Lübeck resumes. Neumünster: Wachholtz 1993, ISBN 3-529-02729-4 , pp. 386-390
- Otto Werner Förster: Register of the Freemason Lodge Minerva to the three palms 1741-1932. Leipzig: Taurus 2004
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suhl, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Suhl, Ludewig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1753 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1819 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |