Martin Clasen

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Martin Carl Clasen (born August 10, 1882 in Reinfeld (Holstein) ; † November 9, 1962 there ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, genealogist and local researcher.

Life

Martin Clasen was a son of the Reinfeld doctor Ernst Clasen (1849–1931) and his wife Adele, born. Nobbe (1848-1921). He attended the Christianeum until his Abitur in 1900 and studied Protestant theology , German and history at the universities of Leipzig , Marburg and Kiel . In Leipzig he joined the Association of German Students .

After his theological examination in Kiel he was vicar in Hanerau-Hademarschen . In 1908 he was ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Schleswig-Holstein ; he received his first pastor in Neustadt (Holstein) . On June 1, 1924, he returned to Reinfeld, where he held office at the Reinfeld Church , which he named Matthias Claudius Church in 1940 , until his retirement in 1947. Within the church, he was committed to the Gustav Adolf Work .

Clasen was a member of the board of the Reinfeld tourist office and author of numerous articles on the history of Reinfeld and his monastery .

He was a descendant of Martin Luther and from 1920 to 1960 chairman of the Lutherid Association .

Since 1910 he was with Anna, geb. Meyer (1890–1980) married. The couple had a daughter and four sons, including the educator Adolf Clasen .

The collection he left behind on the history of Schleswig-Holstein , the Stormarn district , Lower Saxony , Lübeck , Hamburg and Zarpen, as well as material on Zarpen, is kept in the Schleswig-Holstein State Archives .

Awards

Fonts

  • The significance of the religious experience of our soldiers at the front for the Christian community, Dresden-A .: Unartikel 1916
  • The Neustadt institution. Neustadt i. Holst .: Provinzial-Heil- u. Nursing home in 1918
  • (Ed.) From 750 years of German culture and history: Reinfeld memorial sheets for the commemorative celebrations of 1936. Reinfeld i. Holst .: H. Garbe 1936
  • Between Lübeck and the Limes: Nordstormarnsches Heimatbuch. Rendsburg: Möller 1952
  • (Ed.) The new Luther descendant book. Limburg ad Lahn: Strong 1960s
  • 775 years of Reinfeld: Cistercian monastery, ducal castle, carp town. Reinfeld i. Holstein: Garbe 1962

literature

  • Walter Frahm: Where does Pastor Martin Clasen live beyond his grave? In: Yearbook of the Alsterverein e. V. 42 (1963) ( digitized version )
  • Marc Zirlewagen: Biographical Lexicon of the Associations of German Students: Volume 1 - Members AL. BoD 2014 ISBN 978-3-7357-2288-1 , p. 125

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personal data
SURNAME Clasen, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clasen, Martin Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, genealogist and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Reinfeld (Holstein)
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1962
Place of death Reinfeld (Holstein)