Adolf Fauth

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Adolf Ludwig Fauth (born February 15, 1836 in Schauren ; † January 26, 1912 in Gersweiler ) was a German pastor , homeopath and home writer.

Life

Adolf Fauth was the son of pastor Heinrich Ludwig Fauth (1804–1844) with Luise Freiin von Meckel and came from an old merchant family in Saarbrücken . His grandfather was the chamber councilor, banker and co-owner of a colonial goods wholesaler Johann Philipp Fauth (1754–1836). After the death of his father, Adolf moved with his mother and four siblings to Saarbrücken, where he attended the royal high school. After graduating from high school in 1857, he studied theology in Heidelberg, Berlin and Bonn. As a student he became a member of the Heidelberg , Berlin and Bonn Wingolf . After completing his studies, he started working as a vicar at the Diakonissenanstalt in Duisburg. In 1863 he was appointed pastor of Ludweiler . He married Martha von Emster († 1899) and lived with her, his two sons Franz (1868-1931) and Carl (1870-1932) and his mother in the parsonage of Ludweiler.

In 1868, Fauth founded a credit association in Ludweiler to help workers with social problems. In 1872 he moved from Ludweiler to Gersweiler, where he worked as a pastor, homeopath and writer for thirty years. The family grew with the birth of two other sons, Adolf (1873–1959) and Heinrich Florentin (1877–1963). There he was very active as a co-editor of the “Evangelical weekly paper”, which was very critical of the Saarland patriarchalism and triggered a “patriot war” there. In 1889 the newspaper was banned because it was "dangerous to the state".

With his work as a homeopath, doctor and pharmacist, he not only served the common people of his community; people came to Fauth from outside too. He summarized his findings on diseases and their treatments in the book The Little Homeopathic House Friend . He also put together two medicine boxes. In another book, Pregnancy , he described homeopathic remedies for alleviating pregnancy symptoms. Other works were The feeding and care of young children in healthy and sick days , Three enemies of our children's world: Diphtheria, larynx and whooping cough and Anemia and bleaching (in which he explained that a dissolute life weakens the immune system and thus makes syphilis possible, which is why he recommended homeopathic remedies as well as air and sun baths to counteract this) and nervous diseases […]. Their treatment presented in a folk way .

As a collaborator and editor of the Evangelisches Wochenblatt, he wrote numerous homeland stories from the milieu of Saarland miners.

Publications (selection)

  • Nervous diseases. I. Nervous weakness, hysteria, nervous asthma, nervous facial pain. Their treatment is presented in a folk way by the author of the little homeopath. House friend. Leipzig 1890.
  • Anemia and anemia. Their best treatment and quick healing presented in a popular way by the author of the little homeopath. House friend. Leipzig without a year.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Complete directory of Wingolf 1991

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personal data
SURNAME Fauth, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fauth, Adolf Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, homeopath and folk writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Showers
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1912
Place of death Gersweiler