Samuel Marot

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Samuel Marot. Graphic by Ernst Hartmann.

Samuel Marot (born December 11, 1770 in Magdeburg , † October 12, 1865 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian and Freemason .

Life

After attending school in Magdeburg, Marot began to study theology at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) . As a student he made contacts with Masonic circles there. After completing his studies, he worked as a private tutor in Rheinsberg for some time .

After working as a teacher in Berlin, Marot was appointed preacher at the Great Orphanage in Berlin with effect from July 1, 1798 . In 1808 he was appointed preacher of the Reformed community at the New Church in Berlin. In 1816 he became a part-time Reformed superintendent of the Friedrichswerder church district . He supported the Union of Lutherans and Reformed in 1817 and in 1827 also took over the office of superintendent of the Lutheran church district. Together with Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher , he was commissioned by the Berlin Synod to edit and publish the Berlin Hymnal. This also included Marot's song From Heaven's Throne .

On the occasion of his 50th service anniversary, Marot was appointed senior consistorial councilor in 1846. On the same occasion, the University of Berlin awarded him the title of Dr. theol. hc On July 1, 1858, Marot was made the 35th honorary citizen of the city of Berlin (quotation from the laudation: No creative spirit of science, but a fine, distinguished preacher of the Gospel). In the same year he received the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd class from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV .

Marot joined a Masonic lodge in Frankfurt as early as 1790. In Berlin, in 1798 he joined the Lodge Zur Schwewiegenheit , a subsidiary of the Grand Lodge Zu den Drei Weltkugeln , and later became its master of the chair .

Honorary grave of Samuel Marot in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Samuel Marot died in Berlin in 1865 at the age of 94. He was buried in the Protestant Cemetery II of the Jerusalem and New Churches in front of the Hallesches Tor . The final resting place of Samuel Marot is dedicated to the State of Berlin as an honor grave . Since Marot was an honorary citizen of Berlin, the dedication - in contrast to the majority of Berlin's honorary graves - is not limited in time.

literature

  • Albert F. Fischer: Kirchenlieder-Lexikon: hymnological-literary records of approx. 4,500 of the most important and most widespread hymns of all times in alphabetical order, along with an overview of the songwriters. Gotha 1878 (Reprint Olms, Hildesheim 1967).
  • Friedrich Gustav Lisco : To the church history of Berlin . Hayn, Berlin 1857.
  • General Manual of Freemasonry . Volume 2. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1865, p. 279 f.
  • lu:  Marot, Samuel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 404 f.
  • Volker Spiess (Ed.): Berliner Biographisches Lexikon. Berlin 2003, p. 295.

Web links

Commons : Samuel Marot  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 234.
  2. ↑ Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) . (PDF, 413 kB) Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, p. 55; Retrieved on March 25, 2019. For non-time limits on honorary graves for honorary citizens, see: Implementing regulations for Section 12, Paragraph 6 of the Cemetery Act (AV Ehrengrabstätten) . (PDF, 24 kB) of August 15, 2007, paragraph 4; accessed on March 25, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Marot, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1865
Place of death Berlin