Oskar von Sydow
Oskar von Sydow , also Oscar , (born January 28, 1811 in Freiberg , Saxony ; † July 13, 1886 in Altenkirchen (Rügen) ; full name: Friedrich Bernhard Oskar von Sydow ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, teacher and writer.
Life
Oskar was the son of the writer couple Friedrich von Sydow (1780–1845) and Wilhelmine von Sydow , born von Criegern (1789–1867). From 1816 he grew up in Erfurt , where his father had been transferred as captain . There he attended grammar school from 1821 to 1830 and then studied in Berlin . He heard theology from Friedrich Schleiermacher and Daniel Amadeus Neander .
In 1836 Oskar von Sydow became the first teacher at the royal daughter's school in Berlin-Friedrichstadt and the associated teachers' seminar . In 1839 he went to Annaburg , where he became a preacher and school inspector at the military boy education institute. In Erfurt he became divisional preacher in 1843 and in 1847 in Stettin military chaplain of the 2nd Army Corps. In October 1857 he went to Altenkirchen on Rügen as superintendent and pastor.
The University of Greifswald honored him with the award of the title Doctor theologiae in 1868 . Already in Annaburg he had the story “Tancred. A Life Picture from the Times of the Crusades ”, which he published in 1880. Several of his speeches and sermons were also published in print. He was a bearer of the Red Eagle Order, 4th class.
From Oskar von Sydow's first marriage with a born von Bülow there was a son and a daughter. With his second wife Ida von Hagen he had three sons and three daughters, including the future writer Clara von Sydow (1854–1928).
literature
- Max Mendheim : Sydow, Oskar von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 281 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Provincial calendar for New Western Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen on the common year 1863. Stralsund 1863, p. 160 ( Google books ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sydow, Oskar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sydow, Oscar von; Sydow, Friedrich Bernhard Oskar von (full name); Sydow, Friedrich Bernhard Oscar von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiberg , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1886 |
| Place of death | Altenkirchen (Ruegen) |