Michael Brüggeman(n) (; ; 1583, Stolp – 1654) was a German

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pastor, preacher and translator living in the town of Schmolsin (Smołdzino),

Duchy of Pomerania The Duchy of Pomerania (; ; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country existed in the Middle Ages between years 1121–11 ...

. He was born in Stolp (now Słupsk).

History

Brüggemann was born in Stolp in 1583, as the son of a Kashubian carpenter, Jan, and Elizabeth née Wurst. After graduating from the city school, he spent many more years studying, first at the theological seminary in

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, then four years in

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(1606–10), he deepened his studies in

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, Jena, and

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, before finally finishing them in Wittenberg. Acting on the request of the last

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duchess,

Anna von Croy Anna of Pomerania (also known as ''Anne de Croy et Aerschot'', ''Anna von Croy und Aerschot, Anna von Pommern'') (3 October 1590, Barth, Germany, Barth - 7 July 1660, Słupsk, Stolp) was Duchess-Consort of Croy and Havré, and allodial heiress of ...

, Brüggemann translated several liturgical texts, hymnals, prayer books and funeral speeches into

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, a dialect of Kashubian. He also preached regularly in that language.

References

1583 births 1654 deaths People from Słupsk 17th-century German Lutheran clergy People from the Duchy of Pomerania German male non-fiction writers 17th-century German translators {{Germany-translator-stub