Melchior Cramer

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Melchior Cramer , also Cramerus , (* 1599 in Herford ; † February 24, 1645 in Lauenburg / Elbe ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and general superintendent for the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg from 1638 to 1645.

Live and act

Cramer came from Westphalia . He was pastor at the Marienkirche in Parchim for eleven years until he was driven into exile by the war riots and went to Lüneburg . There he was unexpectedly appointed General Superintendent for the Duchy of Lauenburg in the autumn of 1638 by Duke August von Sachsen-Lauenburg , because his signature on the church ordinance "dated October 17, 1638".

“Because he had not had time to say goodbye to his parish in Parchim, he added to a declaration he had published by the prophet Joel in 19 sermons, his farewell speech to his former parish and at the same time his inaugural address to the Lauenburgers under the title: Vale Parchimicum et Salve Leoburgicum . "

After he died in 1645 at the age of 46, his widow had an epitaph set for him, which is still in the Maria Magdalenen Church in Lauenburg / Elbe.

See also

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Burmester : Contributions to the church history of the Duchy of Lauenburg , Ratzeburg: self-published 1832, p. 80 ( online ); 2nd ed. 1882.
  • Wichmann von Meding : Lauenburg. On the history of the place, office, duchy. Around 600 house stories, lists of officials, epidemic and weather data from the high Middle Ages. Private libraries, all catechisms and hymn books. Women's rights in everyday life. A good 7,000 personal data before the church registers were inserted , Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Bern; Bruxelles; New York, NY; Oxford; Vienna: Lang, 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57193-4 ; Table of contents .
  • Eckardt Opitz (Ed.): Biografisches Lexikon Herzogtum Lauenburg , Husum 2015, p. 118.
  • Benjamin Hein: Die Propsteien / Kirchenkreise in Nordelbien (Writings of the Landeskirchlichen Archiv der Nordkirche, Volume 2) , Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kiel 2016, p. 18 ( PDF - online ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wichmann von Meding 2008, p. 291.
  2. ↑ Claudia Tanck in Opitz 2015, p. 118.
  3. ↑ Burmester 1832, p. 80.
predecessor Office successor
Johannes Burmeister General Superintendent of the
Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg
1638 - 1645 		Zacharias Vogelius
personal data
SURNAME Cramer, Melchior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cramerus, Melchior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and general superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH 1599
PLACE OF BIRTH Herford
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1645
Place of death Lauenburg / Elbe