Petrus Georg Bartels

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Petrus Georg Bartels (born February 19, 1832 in Emden , † October 21, 1907 in Aurich ) was a German Reformed theologian, consistorial councilor and general superintendent of Aurich.

Life

Bartels was the son of a master tailor. After graduating from high school in 1852, he studied Protestant theology at the University of Göttingen. During his studies he became a member of the Schwarzburgbund - student association Burschenschaft Germania Göttingen . In 1857 he became pastor in Mitling-Mark , in 1862 in Pilsum , in 1865 in Emden . In 1866 he was commissioned by King George V to the General Superintendent and the consistory in Aurich appointed. At the same time, until his own pastor was appointed (1886), he was the pastor of the Reformed community in Aurich , which had belonged to the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Province of Hanover since 1882 . In 1903 he retired.

In addition, Bartels published numerous articles on East Frisian history. He played a major role in the founding of the yearbook of the "Society for Fine Art and Patriotic Antiquities", for which he also wrote several articles. The society later awarded him honorary membership.

Bartel's estate and library came to the Aurich State Archives before his death (today: Lower Saxony State Archives (Aurich location)).

Works

  • Calvin's little book on the life of a Christian (Aurich 1857)
  • Johannes a Lasco (Elberfeld 1860)
  • Outline of a history of elementary schools in East Frisia (Aurich 1870)
  • On the history of the East Frisian Consistory (Aurich 1885)
  • Laurentius Michaelis and the oldest maps of East Friesland , in: Deutsche Geographische Blätter, Volume 10, Issue 2, Bremen: Geographische Gesellschaft 1887, pp. 101–122
  • Contributions to the East Frisian Reformation, Church and Literature History (Aurich around 1890)
  • East Frisian students at the University of Basel (Aurich 1894)
  • Notes from the time of the plague. 1664-1666 (Aurich 1894)
  • Borkum and the Greenland Voyage (Aurich 1897)
  • The older East Frisian chroniclers and their time (Aurich 1905/07)

Awards

  • Honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Göttingen (1887)
  • Order of the Red Eagle 2nd class

literature

  • Philipp Meyer : The pastors of the regional churches of Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippes since the Reformation . Göttingen 1941/42
  • Albrecht Saathoff: Obituary . In: Yearbook of the Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities in Emden 37 (1957), pp. 113–118
  • Walter Hollweg: Petrus Georg Bartels 1832-1907 . In: Otto Heinrich May (ed.): Niedersächsische Lebensbilder, Vol. 3, Hildesheim: Lax 1957, pp. 1-10.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold Petri (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. Fourth edition, Bremerhaven 1908, p. 4, No. 80.
personal data
SURNAME Bartels, Petrus Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Reformed theologian, consistorial councilor and general superintendent von Aurich
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Emden
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1907
Place of death Aurich