August von Dewitz (clergyman)
August Karl Ludwig von Dewitz (born June 3, 1836 in Stargard in Pomerania , † January 4, 1887 in Niesky ) was a German Protestant clergyman of the Moravian Brethren and director of their mission school.
Life
August von Dewitz (No. 245 of the gender census ) came from the Pomeranian noble family von Dewitz ; he was the eldest son of Major General August von Dewitz and his wife Miranda, nee. von Dewitz (1810–1873). Gottfried von Bülow was his brother-in-law.
He grew up in a family shaped by the Pomeranian revival movement and was sent to the pedagogy of the Brethren in Niesky. After graduation, he decided to serve in the Brethren, which for the first time exceeded the circle of traditional and befitting professions for the entire family .
After completing his theology studies, he first worked for a few years as an inspector at the pedagogy in Niesky and then became a preacher in the Gandenfrei colony (now Piława Górna ) in the Reichenbach district (Owl Mountains) .
After the German Provincial Synod of the Brethren decided to establish a mission school in 1868, August von Dewitz opened the training center for missionaries of the Brethren in Niesky, which he successfully ran until his death, on February 1, 1869.
August von Dewitz wrote several reports on the Moravian mission areas, especially in Labrador and the Danish West Indies .
On October 25, 1869 he married in Niesky Alma, b. Gruschwitz (1847-1921). The couple had four sons, one of whom died in infancy, and two daughters.
Fonts
- On the coast of Labrador. Or: Inner Mission in the area of the Gentile Mission. Niesky 1881
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In Danish West Indies: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Brotherly Mission in St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Jan.
- Volume 1: The first fighting time in the Count of Zinzendorf days: from 1732-1760. Niesky: Gnadau 1882 (no more published)
- 2nd edition under the title In Danish West Indies. Beginning of the fraternal mission in St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Jan from 1732–1760. Niesky 1898
- Volume 1: The first fighting time in the Count of Zinzendorf days: from 1732-1760. Niesky: Gnadau 1882 (no more published)
literature
- Ludwig Wegner: Family history of the von Dewitz. Volume 1 [no longer published]. Naugard 1868. ( digitized version , Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ), p. 252
- Gerd Heinrich : civil service and manor. The story of the von Dewitz family in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Pomerania. Bonn, 1990. ISBN 3-416-80647-6 , p. 175
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich (Lit)., P. 175
- ^ Dietrich Meyer: Zinzendorf and the Moravian Brethren. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2009 ISBN 9783525013908 , p. 99
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dewitz, August von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dewitz, August Karl Ludwig von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant clergyman of the Moravian Brethren and its mission director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stargard in Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1887 |
| Place of death | Niesky |