Anna Thekla von Weling
Anna Thekla von Weling (pseudonym: Hans Tharau ; * March 20, 1837 in Neuwied ; † May 21, 1900 in Bad Blankenburg ) was a German writer , translator and the founder of the Blankenburg Alliance Conference .
Life
As the daughter of a lady-in-waiting from Scotland , Anna von Weling grew up at the court of Prince Hermann zu Wied in Neuwied and was brought up together with Elisabeth zu Wied . In the denominationally diverse residence town of Neuwied, the Moravian Brethren became their first spiritual home. However, she received decisive influences in Scotland, where she had a revival experience at a sermon by Reginald Radcliff .
In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, she headed a hospital in Bonn . She adopted two orphaned twin brothers (Hein and Fritz) and took care of their education.
In 1875 she opened the first toddler school in what was then the Querfurt district in Branderoda , and in 1882 the new building for the children's institution in Branderoda.
In 1886 she moved to Bad Blankenburg in what was then the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . Here she bought the Villa Greifenstein and converted it into the Evangelical Alliance House. She initiated the annual Blankenburg community conferences, one of the germ cells of the German Evangelical Alliance .
It is still unclear whether Anna Thekla von Weling has anything to do with the Bavarian noble family of the Nobles von Weling .
plant
Anna von Weling published about 20 mostly edifying stories and novels under the pseudonym Hans Tharau . Her story Die Studiengenossen , published in 1882, was read as a revelatory novel and caused a scandal around Professor Theodor Christlieb , as a result of which she had to leave Bonn.
Translated many hymns and songs of revival from the English , including The Church's One Foundation (The Church's One Foundation) by Samuel Stone with the melody of Samuel Sebastian Wesley , that the Protestant hymnal (no. 264) and the Catholic hymnbook (No. . 482) was recorded.
Her own hymn poems are now only known to awakening circles.
literature
- Martin Cellarius: The beginnings of the Blankenburg Alliance and its relationship to the Lutheran congregation in Blankenburg. In: "In disciplina Domini" - In the school of the Lord. Thuringian Church Studies. Vol. 1, Berlin 1963, pp. 121-150. Digitized version (PDF; 168 kB)
- Karl Heinz Voigt: Weling, Anna Thekla from. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 710-715.
- Margitta Rosenbaum: How the rainbow stretches: Anna von Weling - founder of Allianzhaus Bad Blankenburg. Brunnen-Verlag, Giessen 2013, ISBN 978-3-7655-4211-4 .
- Werner Beyer: Anna von Weling and the beginnings of the Bad Blankenburg Alliance Conference (PDF, [1] on the website of allianzhaus.de). Bad Blankenburg, undated - with many picture documents
Web links
- Literature by and about Anna Thekla von Weling in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Father's grace shines brightly (Let the coastal fires burn) Example of a song by Anna von Welings
Individual evidence
- ↑ local archive Branderoda
- ^ Werner Beyer: Blankenburg Alliance Conference . In: Helmut Burkhardt and Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 1 . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-417-24641-5 , p. 281 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weling, Anna Thekla from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tharau, Hans (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, translator and the founder of the Blankenburg Alliance Conference |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuwied |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1900 |
| Place of death | Bad Blankenburg |