Johann Ehrenfried Wagner

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Johann Ehrenfried Wagner (born May 3, 1724 in Neuhausen / Erzgeb. , † March 1, 1807 in Marienberg ) was an Erzgebirge pastor, author and orphanage founder.

Life

Against his father's wishes, he attended grammar school in Freiberg at the age of 12 , where, as a highly gifted student, he skipped several classes and graduated from high school at the age of 17. He finished his theology studies in Leipzig in 1745 with a master's degree, which he was awarded in Wittenberg .

After initially working as a private tutor, he came to Marienberg in 1752 as the principal of the Latin School .

In 1759 he became a deacon in this city, in 1776 a pastor and later - on an honorary basis - ducal consistorial councilor for the distant Sachsen-Meiningen .

Wagner column (Marienberg)

After setting up a spinning mill for poor adults in Marienberg in 1771 , he founded an orphanage there the following year. He raised the necessary capital through the Carolinenstiftung orphanage office, which still exists today. Through his contacts in Berlin, Frankfurt, Basel, Amsterdam and London, he found wealthy patrons who supported him in his project. In 1771–1772 a great famine raged in the Ore Mountains , which he experienced very closely in the Pobershau district of Hinterer Grund, which was then administered from Marienberg. Wagner thereupon published his indictment "The Erzgebirge, which has been languishing in hunger (...)" (1773). The plight of the children prompted him to found the Marienberg orphanage. He also wrote several theological works.

In 1802 he handed over the management of the orphanage to his son Christian Ehrenfried Wilhelm Wagner .

legacy

In his honor, a Gothic pillar was erected in Marienberg on Lutherplatz next to the church in 1871 , and Johann-Ehrenfried-Wagner-Strasse in Marienberg is named after him.

The special school for mentally handicapped Johann Ehrenfried Wagner was named after his socio-educational work .

The foundation, expropriated during GDR times, was reinstated as a church foundation in 1993. She now operates the reconstructed second orphanage, built in 1881, as a kindergarten and advice center for the Diakonie and the district.

Wagner's grave is still preserved today in the Marienberg cemetery.

literature

  • New Saxon Church Gallery, Volume Ephorie Marienberg, Leipzig, undated (around 1900), pp. 41–43
  • Grünberg, Reinhold: Saxon Pastors' Book, II. Part, 2nd section, p. 983

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personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Johann Ehrenfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Konsistorialrat
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuhausen / Erzgeb.
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1807
Place of death Marienberg