Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer

Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer (born February 21, 1678 in Schliestedt , † December 7, 1742 in Braunschweig ) was a German historian .

Life

Rehtmeyer's father Rudolf Heinrich (1642–1718) was pastor in Schliestedt and since 1682 at the parish of St. Michaelis in Braunschweig. His mother was the Braunschweig patrician daughter Elisabeth von Kalm.

He attended the Martineum in Braunschweig and then studied theology in Jena . In 1700 he moved to the University of Helmstedt , where he was strongly influenced by the church historian Johann Andreas Schmidt . After he had undertaken a trip to Holland for further training, he dealt with church history work in Braunschweig. At the suggestion of the Chancellor Probst von Wendhausen , who gave him access to the Ratsarchiv, he wrote The Famous City of Braunschweig Church History , which appeared in five volumes between 1707 and 1720. Rehtmeyer dedicated the first volume of this church history to Duke Anton Ulrichwho appointed him in 1708 as an adjunct of the Ministry of Spirituality , i.e. the Association of Preachers of the City of Braunschweig. From 1709 Rehtmeyer worked as an assistant to his father, whose successor he was after his death in 1718 as pastor at St. Michaelis. In 1734 he was promoted to the Ministry of Spiritual Affairs as a sub-senior . Rehtmeyer died in Braunschweig in 1742.

He was married twice and had eight children.

plant

Rehtmeyer's church history is less a critical historical work than a collection and presentation of church documents of the city of Braunschweig. Due to the loss of the original documents during the 18th and 19th centuries, his work is still an important source today. Rehtmeyer's second major work is his Braunschweigisch-Lüneburg Chronica , published in 1722 .

Fonts (selection)

• Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer, Johann A Schmid: Antiquitates Ecclesiasticae Inclytae Urbis Brunsvigae, Or: The famous city of Braunschweig church history.
  • Volume 1: On the external condition of the churches, founders and monasteries located in and near Braunschweig. Zilliger, Braunschweig 1707, OCLC 165182674 ( selected pages ).
  • Volume 2: On the internal condition of the Brunswick churches under the papacy. Zilliger, Braunschweig 1707, OCLC 165182680 ( selected pages ).
• Braunschweig-Lüneburgische Chronica (etc.) Nunmehro ... bit to the present times continued ... by Philipp Julio Rehtmeier ; Publishing house by Detlef Detleffsen, printed by Arnold Jacob Keiteln, Braunschweig 1722
  • Volume 1: Tomus, keeping within himself The origin of the most noble dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, from the Fürstl. Houses in Est and Saxony, including the old house in Braunschweig-Lüneburg , digitized
  • Volume 2: Tomus, keeping within himself Das Mittle Haus Braunschweig-Lüneburg ; Digitized
  • Volume 3: The New House Braunschweig-Lüneburg including the appendix or gleanings and register ; Digitized
• Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer, Heinrich Richard Märtens: Mr. Philipp Julii Rehtmeyer's message about the fate, writings and gifts of the theologian, D. Joachim Lütkemann, who is highly deserved for the Protestant Church…. Schröderische Buchhandlung, Braunschweig 1740, OCLC 24566969 .

literature

• Wolfgang A. Jünke: Rehtmeyer, Philipp Julius , In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Ed.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 190 .
• Paul Zimmermann :  Rehtmeyer, Philipp Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 604-606.

Web links

• Rehtmeyer, Philipp Julius 1678–1742 on worldcat.org (list of publications)