Hermann Alexander Ferdinand Pistorius (1811 - 1877)

Born 27 Aug 1811 in Walbeck bei Eisleben, Hettstedt, Mansfeld-Südharz, Sachsen-Anhalt

Ancestors

Husband of Luise Friederike Marie (Bollman) Pistorius — married 19 Apr 1843 in Ampfurth, Wenddorf u Wolmirstedt, Oschersleben, Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1877 at age 65 in Basedow, Stavenhagen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire

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Biography

Hermann Alexander (1811–77); b. Walbeck, near Elsieben, Germany.; educated at Halle; Lutheran pastor at Süpplingen; opposed Prussian Union and Lichtfreunde ((Ger. “friends of light”). Popular name of Protestantische Freunde, organized 1841 at Gnadau, Germany, by liberal theologians; gained support of many schoolteachers; objective: to defend the Enlightenment); joined Breslau Syndicate; active in Wernigerode, Wollin, Breslau, and in Basedow, Mecklenburg.

Birth

27 AUG 1811

Walbeck bei Eisleben, Mansfelder Gebirgskreis, Merseburg, Sachsen^[1]

1831 Military Recruitment

Name: Herrmann Alexander Pistorius

Birth Date: 27. Aug 1811 (27 Aug 1811)

Birth Place: Walbeck

Military Service Number: 887

Enlistment Place: Deutschland (Germany)

Father: Ferd Gottlob Pistorius

Mother: Johanne Vogel^[2]

Marriage

Name: Hermann Alexander Pistorius

Age: 31

Birth Year (Estimated): 1812

Father's Name: Ernst Ferdinand Gottlob Pistorius

Mother's Name: Johanne Christiane Pistorius

Mother's Alias: Vogel

Spouse's Name: Luise Friederike Maria Bollmann

Spouse's Age: 28

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1815

Spouse's Father's Name: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Bollmann

Spouse's Mother's Name: Dorothee Friederike

Spouse's Mother's Alias: Bröder

Event Date: 19 Apr 1843

Event Place: Ampfurth, Wanzleben, Sachsen, Preußen, Deutschland^[3][4]

Death

24 APR 1877

Basedow, Mecklenburg, Germany^[5]

Occupation

29.03.1843 Mittwoch nach Laetare ordiniert

1843 Pastor in Süpplingen/Prov. Sachsen

1848 Aufnahme in die luth. Kirche

1848-1850 Pastor in Veckenstedt und Wernigerode

1851 Pastor in Wollin

26.01.1851 Sup. Pistorius wird in Wollin als Pastor dieser Parochie von Sup. Julius Nagel eingeführt

1858 Kirchenrat und Superintendent in Breslau; 1.ter besoldeter Kirchenrat (ohne Gemeinde)

1863 Pastor in Basedow bei Malchow/Mecklenburg Präpositus in Basedow^[6]

Footnotes

Prussian Union

September 27, 1817, Frederick William III announced the union of the Lutherans and Reformed into 1 evangelical Christian congregation at the court and among the military in Potsdam in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Reformation and appealed for voluntary union of Lutherans and Reformed in all of Prussia and elsewhere. Several smaller German states followed suit. But Lutherans, led by C. Harms, objected. In the resulting controversy the issues were muddied and compulsory measures adopted: in 1821 candidates were required at their examination to pledge loyalty to the union; the Kirchenagende für die Hofund Domkirche in Berlin (drawn up 1821, pub. 1822 on personal initiative of the king) gave rise to the Agenda Controversy (F. D. E. Schleiermacher was among those who challenged the right of the king to act with authority in the area of liturgics); in 1823 ministers were pledged to the confessional writings of the united evangelical church insofar as these confessions were in harmony; in 1830 it was decreed that “Evangelical” be substituted for the distinctive names “Lutheran” and “Reformed”; in 1832 the union was enforced in the army and the Bonn faculty; the new agenda was prescribed 1834.

Reaction against the union had found practical expression beginning 1830 in formation of the Evangelical Lutheran (Old Lutheran) Church, which led to an 1834 cabinet order recognizing both Lutheran and Reformed confessions and to Frederick William IV's “Generalkonzession” 1845; an 1852 cabinet order said the union was not doctrinal but administrative. But enactments 1853 and later re-enforced the Prussian Union so as to make it practically also doctrinal.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Germany, Lutheran Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1564-1938
2. ↑ Stadtarchiv Halle (Saale); Halle (Saale), Deutschland; Militärpflichtigenliste; Reference Number: H B_B_16_4. Ancestry.com. Halle(Saale), Germany, Military Recruitment Lists, 1828-1888 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017
3. ↑ Saxony, Prussia, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1890
4. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6K-6BR4 : 28 March 2023), Ernst Ferdinand Gottlob Pistorius in entry for Hermann Alexander Pistorius, 19 Apr 1843; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Ampfurth, Wanzleben, Sachsen, Preußen, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
5. ↑ Mecklenburg, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1740-1918
6. ↑ Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Hamburg; Lutherische Pastoren vor 1945; Informationen über Pastoren und andere aktive Personen der Evangelisch Lutherischen Kirche in Preußen sowie Vorgängerkirchen der SELK im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, ordiniert vor 1945.
7. ↑ http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=p&word=PRUSSIANUNION

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