Melchior Heinrich Wolff
Melchior Heinrich Wolff , also Hinrich , Wolf (born January 18, 1727 in Eutin ; † December 7, 1786 ibid) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and from 1772 to 1786 as superintendent the leading clergyman in the Lübeck monastery .
Life
In 1755, Prince-Bishop Friedrich August appointed him court preacher at the Eutin Palace . In 1762 he became the prince-bishop consistorial councilor. After an eleven year vacancy - Hinrich Balemann had died in 1761 - he became senior pastor at St. Michaelis Church (Eutin) and superintendent of the prince-bishopric in 1772 . In 1784 he was co-editor of the new Eutinian hymn book.
He was married to Amelia Juliana, b. Falkenhagen (1735-1804). Of the children of Pares, Friedrich Carl (1766–1845) became a classical philologist and rector of the school of scholars, today's old grammar school in Flensburg ; Anna Elisabeth (1759–1805) married the Kiel professor Jacob Christoph Rudolph Eckermann .
literature
- Peter Christian Heinrich Scholtz: Draft of a church history of the Duchy of Holstein. Schwerin and Wismar: Bödner 1791, p. 287
- Walter Körber (ed.): Churches in Vicelins Land: an Eutinian church study. Eutin: Struve 1977, p. 52
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Alberti: Eckermann, Jakob Christoph Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 611-613.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Melchior Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolff, Melchior Hinrich; wolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, superintendent in the Lübeck Monastery (1772–1786) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1727 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eutin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1786 |
| Place of death | Eutin |