Wolrad Wolff

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Wolrad Wolff, detail from a painting in the castle church (Schwerin)

Wolrad Ludwig Moritz Friedrich Wolff (born November 15, 1842 in Pyrmont , † July 18, 1934 in Schwerin ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and chief preacher at the grand ducal court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

Life

Wolff was a son of the Pyrmont superintendent Adam Wolff (1810-1854) and his wife Johanna, geb. Freybe (1814-1896). After attending grammar school in Gütersloh, he studied Protestant theology at the universities of Erlangen , Greifswald and Rostock from 1862 . At Michaelis 1865 he was the first theological Exmen in Arolsen . During his studies in 1862 he became a member of the C. St. V. Uttenruthia Erlangen . In 1868 he was a private tutor in Teschow (today part of Teterow ) and in the same year was appointed deputy principal to Bad Doberan . In 1870 he passed his second theological exam and was ordained pastor in Güstrow Cathedral .

He became an instructor with Duke Johann Albrecht and accompanied him to Dresden to the Vitzthumsche Gymnasium . From 1874 to 1882 he worked as a pastor in Slate (today part of Parchim ) and from 1882 to 1892 as the second pastor at the city ​​and court church in Ludwigslust . From 1882 he was a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology .

In 1892 he was appointed court preacher at the castle church in Schwerin. Here he was responsible for the casualia of the grand ducal house. Among other things, he held the funeral service for Duke Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg , the wedding of Christian X. and Alexandrine zu Mecklenburg and the confirmation of Duchess Cecilie zu Mecklenburg . In 1898 he rose to senior court preacher; in 1910 he became consistorial councilor and in 1912 secret consistorial councilor. In 1919 he retired.

In 1899 the Theological Faculty of the University of Rostock awarded him an honorary doctorate .

The teacher and politician Friedrich Franz Wolff was his son.

Awards

Works

In keeping with his position, Wolrad Wolff has received mainly casual sermons.

  • Enjoy the Lord! Baptism speech at the baptism of Duke Friedrich Franz Michael of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, go to Palermo on May 26, 1882. 1882
  • Speeches held at the funeral for the Oberkirchenrath President D. Kliefoth on January 31, 1895. 1895
  • Speech at the coffin of Mrs. Minister Leopoldine von Bülow, b. of gaps. 1896
  • Speech given at the coffin of the director of the chamber singer to Ernst von Witzendorff on February 19, 1896. 1896
  • I want to bless you and you should be a blessing! : Wedding speech for the wedding celebration ... of Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich August von Oldenburg with ... the Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg on October 24th, 1896 held in the castle church of Schwerin. 1896
  • Speech at the coffin of His Highness the Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg… At the burial in the cathedral in Schwerin on October 5th, 1897. 1897
  • Speech at the wedding ... of Prince Christian of Denmark with ... the Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg held in Cannes ... on April 26, 1898. 1898
  • Commit your ways to the Lord: Speech at confirmation ... by Duchess Cecilie zu Mecklenburg held in the Castle Church of Schwerin on July 3, 1903. 1903
  • Speech in memory of the solemn entry of the SKG of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II a. his wife Auguste in the restored castle in Schwerin. 1907
  • Speech at the coffin of Her Highness the Duchess Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg, Elisabeth Princess v. Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach… held in the Castle Church of Schwerin on July 15, 1908. 1908
  • Speech at the wedding ceremony of Sr. H. of Duke Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg ... with I. Pass. Princess Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Roßla on December 15, 1909, held in the Cathedral of Braunschweig. 1909

literature

  • Friedrich Walter: Our regional clergy from 1810 to 1888: biographical sketches of all Mecklenburg-Schwerin clergy. Self-published, Penzlin 1889, p. 163
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 11030 .

Web links

Commons : Wolrad Wolff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Registered in Rostock on October 31, 1864, see his entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 150 No. 3569.
  3. ^ All according to Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Handbook 1916. P. 40.
personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Wolrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolff, Wolrad Ludwig Moritz Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and court preacher at the grand ducal court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyrmont
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1934
Place of death Schwerin