Nicolai von Ruckteschell

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Nicolai Karl Sergius Ruckteschell (* December 21, 1853 . Jul / 2. January  1854 greg. In Simferopol ; † 19th October 1910 in Hamburg ) was a Russian-German Lutheran pastor .

Nicolai von Ruckteschell grave, Ohlsdorf cemetery

Life

Nicolai von Ruckteschell was born in the Crimea in 1854 . He was the son of Alwill Eduard Reinhold von Ruckteschell and Marie Juliane Luise geb. Sellheim. His mother arranged for him to be taught and confirmed by Wilhelm Löhe in Neuendettelsau . Under the impression of Löhe's personality, he decided to study theology , which he completed in Dorpat .

Eilbeck parish hall (1908–1943)

After graduation von Ruckteschell became pastor of the German Lutheran congregation in St. Petersburg . Since he had accepted an Orthodox Russian into the Lutheran Church, he was sentenced to be exiled to Siberia . He was pardoned but had to leave Russia immediately. So he was first substitute assistant preacher , then in 1890 pastor of the Friedenskirche in Eilbek . He earned a reputation as a "mighty preacher ". Von Ruckteschell deviated from the conventional. For example, he introduced an annual “community outing”. He also founded the so-called Friday evening, a weekly meeting place for workers and other population groups. Von Ruckteschell and those interested read classical literature together as part of the “Classical Evenings” in the Friedenskirche . At the instigation of Ruckteschells, a new parish hall was also built, which should be a meeting point for everyone. It was inaugurated in 1908 and destroyed in Allied air raids in 1943 . After the Second World War, the community decided to build a retirement home instead of the community center.

Nicolai von Ruckteschell was the “spiritual father” of the Primus Foundation , which financially supported the relatives of the victims of the “ Primus disaster ” in 1902.

Von Ruckteschell was married to Baroness Catherina Helene von Engelhardt . The couple had fourteen children. These included Walter and Hellmuth von Ruckteschell .

On October 19, 1910, von Ruckteschell died of cancer in Hamburg . His tomb is located in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg, grid square AD 19 (southwest of Chapel 7).

Honors

Ruckteschell home in Hamburg-Eilbek
Information board at the Ruckteschell home

In 1908 the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel honored von Ruckteschell with the award of an honorary doctorate . This was awarded to him because he had theoretically and practically emphasized the importance of the individual congregation for the church .

The Ruckteschell home in Eilbek was named after him, a retirement and nursing home that also offers short-term care. The house is from the diaconal Foundation Eilbeker meetinghouse out that was once based on Ruckteschell operate.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 125 years of the Evangelical Lutheran Peace Church Eilbek 1885–2010 . Festschrift, p. 6 , accessed on August 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Rainer Hering : Christianity, Volkstum and Working Youth. Walter Classen 1874–1954 . In: Norbert Friedrich / Traugott Jähnichen (ed.): Social Protestantism in the Empire: Problem constellations - Solution perspectives - Action profiles (Bochum Forum on the History of Social Protestantism 6). LIT Verlag , Münster 2005, ISBN 978-3-825-88559-5 , pp. 231-256, here: pp. 232-233.
  3. ↑ 125 years of the Evangelical Lutheran Peace Church Eilbek 1885–2010 . Festschrift, p. 6 , accessed on August 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ Walter von Ruckteschell , accessed on August 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ 125 years of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Peace Eilbek 1885–2010 . Festschrift, page 5 , accessed on August 31, 2018.
  6. ^ Günther Severin: Who was Nicolai v. Ruckteschell? , accessed August 30, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Ruckteschell, Nicolai von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruckteschell, Nicolai Karl Sergius von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran pastor
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Simferopol
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1910
Place of death Hamburg