Neocorus

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Johann Adolfi Köster , called Neocorus (* around 1550, † 1630 ) was a chronicler of the state of Dithmarschen and pastor of the Büsum community from 1590 to 1624 .

Bronze sculpture with the handwriting of Neocorus

Chronicler activity

Neocorus was an important chronicler of the history of Dithmarschen; For the introduction to history he also edited the text of Tacitus' Germania in Middle Low German . It was almost certain that he had access to the writings of his "predecessors" in the country. The following are known: the Lunden clergyman Nicolaus Milde around 1480, author of some notes about the country, Johann Erp around 1520, Henning Swyn up to 1533, Nicolaus Dyck around 1500, and Jacob Boie around 1540, on contemporary history and local things.

"Neocorus" - bronze sculpture by Jens Rusch on Neocorus-Platz in Büsum .

Further "predecessors" were Johann Russe (approx. 1506–1555), who used the records of Henning Swyn (see above), Carsten Schröder (1531–1615), the access to Russes records and the Petersens (1599) about the battle at Hemmingstedt with the names of the fallen knights that he had from his father.

Neocorus wrote his historical work Chronik des Landes Dithmarschen by hand in Middle Low German, but was unable to complete it, even his "successor" Hans Detleff tho Windtbergen (1634/43) could only continue the work by hand. It was not until Kiel professor Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann published the chronicle from the original in Kiel in 1827 and supplemented it with the involvement of continuous chroniclers such as Johann Adrian Bolten (1781–1788) and the contemporary witness of the battle of Hemmingstedt (1500) Albert Krantz (1504) (whose extensive works were not accessible to previous chroniclers).

Information board at Neocorus-Platz in Büsum

Works

literature

Honors

The term neōcorus (Greek: νεωκόρος) comes from the Greek and describes a temple overseer who is also responsible for cleaning.

  • A school in Büsum was named after him.
  • The Neocorus Square in front of the St. Clement's Church in Büsum.
  • The H. & W. Schmidt-Engels-Stiftung donated a life-size Neocorus bronze sculpture to the St. Clemens parish .
Small Neocorus sculpture in bronze.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A. Lüdke, synopsis on the text of the Germania des Tacitus, Latin. (Tacitus) - High German (Fuhrmann) - Middle Low German (Neocorus), in excerpts from Volume I of the "Chronik des Landes Dithmarschen" by Prof. Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, pages 209-224. Boyens, Heath
  2. ^ A. Lüdke, page 143, R. Hansen, 1899: "The Dithmarian chronicler Johann Russe and his predecessors". In: ZSHG , Vol. 29, pp. 1-86.
  3. ↑ Kolster 1878, 201
  4. ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Georges-1913/A/neocorus
personal data
SURNAME Neocorus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Köster, Johann Adolfi (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, chronicler Dithmarschens
DATE OF BIRTH around 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH Büsum
DATE OF DEATH 1630