Michael Brüggemann

Michael Brüggeman(n) (; ; ; 1583, Stolp – 1654) was a Lutheran pastor, preacher and translator living in the town of Schmolsin (Smołdzino), Duchy of Pomerania. 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 . After graduating from the city school, he spent many more years studying, first at the theological seminary in Magdeburg, then four years in Wittenberg (1606–10), he deepened his studies in Helmstedt, Jena, and Leipzig, before finally finishing them in Wittenberg.

Acting on the request of the last Griffin duchess, Anna von Croy, Brüggemann translated several liturgical texts, hymnals, prayer books and funeral speeches into Slovincian, a dialect of Kashubian. He also preached regularly in that language.