Petrus Scheele
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Petrus Scheele (born June 7, 1623 in Preetz , † December 4, 1700 in Hamburg ) was a North German clergyman.
Life
Petrus Schele studied at the University of Rostock . He is also proven as a respondent in Königsberg / East Prussia and Wittenberg. Scheele was archdeacon at the Marienkirche in Rendsburg , from 1676 to 1681 pastor in Giekau and from 1681 until his death pastor at the church of St. Maria Magdalena in Hamburg-Moorburg and at the same time preached in the penitentiary . Scheele bequeathed a library of 2,500 volumes to the Preetz pastors and the interest on a capital of 2,000 Reichstalers to maintain and expand them.
In the Preetz Monastery , the remter of the cloister was rebuilt to accommodate these books. This library formed the basis of the preacher's library , which is one of the greatest cultural treasures of the city of Preetz.
literature
- Dieter Lohmeyer: Petrus Scheele , in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck , Volume 11, p. 327
Web links
- Publications by and about Petrus Scheele in VD 17 .
- Entry on the Preetz preacher's library in the manual for historical book holdings
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
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SURNAME | Scheele, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1623 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Preetz |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1700 |
Place of death | Hamburg |