Nikolaus Vismar

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Nikolaus Vismar (born June 13, 1592 in Prenzlau , † January 15, 1651 in Oldenburg ) was a German Lutheran theologian , court preacher and superintendent of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the county of Oldenburg .

Life

Vismar's origin and family background is unknown. It is certain that he attended the grammar schools in Prenzlau and Küstrin as well as the Joachimsthaler grammar school in Berlin . He then studied at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt an der Oder theology and received his in 1613 the master's degree . From 1615 he went to the University of Greifswald as court master with a young nobleman and was able to deepen his theological knowledge there. From 1618 worked as rector and later as second pastor in his native city of Prenzlau. In 1621 he became court chaplain to the widowed Queen Sophie of Denmark . After her death he returned to Germany. In 1632 he became second pastor at the St. Marien Church in Greifswald and at the same time taught practical theology at the university. His particular concerns were the importance of conscience for the acquisition of faith and scientifically based sermons. Vismar subsequently published a book on these concerns, which he dedicated to Count Anton Günther . To this he owed his appointment as superintendent and court preacher in Oldenburg in 1640.

Since the death of Gottfried Schlueter the Elder in 1637, Vismar had been the first official superintendent of the County of Oldenburg, his two predecessors in office had only temporarily led the office.

His certificate of appointment is dated August 1, 1640 and contains a list of his duties, such as visiting churches and schools, maintaining the Lutheran creed, overseeing poor relief and charitable foundations. Vismar took a significant part in the Poor Ordinance , which was passed in autumn 1640 . The ordinance had become necessary in Oldenburg because of the large number of refugees from the war zones of the Thirty Years' War . Begging was forbidden and refugees only received temporary help after careful scrutiny, while those in need and beggars from the county were only to be cared for in the town or parish in which they lived. According to a protocol about Vismar's activities in his first years in office, he was committed to church staff and the care of the bereaved in the event of death and tried to find jobs for teachers and pastors who had fled to Oldenburg. Lutheran piety was evidently a concern of his, but he was also tolerant and advised Anton Günther to keep a Reformed pastor in Accum in order not to convert the rule of Kniphausen acquired by the Count for Oldenburg in 1623 to Lutheranism.

He also had an influence on politics after Vismar, in 1646 he justifiably accused the Oldenburg Chancellor Johann Philipp Bohn of bribery and thus ensured his resignation.

Vismar died in 1651, his successor in office was Martin Strackerjan , who did not take office until 1655.

Works

  • Penitential sermons. Rostock, 1623.
  • Regina Sophia laudata, deplorata et vere demum felix aestimata. Rostock, 1632.
  • Delineatio concionum in pericopas totius anni epistolicos. Oldenburg 1641. 2nd edition: Lübeck, 1645.
  • Oratio in introductione Jac. Stephani Reet. Oldenburg cum oratione Stephani. Oldenburg, 1649.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bohn, Johann Philipp. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg. Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , pp. 82-83 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Vismar, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, court preacher and superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1592
PLACE OF BIRTH Prenzlau
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1651
Place of death Oldenburg