Benedikt Hartmann

Benedikt Hartmann (born May 24, 1873 in Reute ; † March 20, 1955 in Schiers ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor .

Life

Benedikt Hartmann was born in Reute on May 24, 1873. His parents were Rudolf Hartmann and Marie Hartmann, née Schiess. He was their fifth child and spent his childhood with one of his sisters with an uncle in Chur . They were later taken to the children's homes of the Basel Mission , where they received a strict upbringing. Then Hartmann attended grammar school in Basel . Then studied at the Universities of Basel and Göttingen Theology .

In Davos he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod on June 28, 1896 and shortly afterwards took over the pastor's position in Serneus . Here he met Mathilde Bühler, whom he married in 1898. In connection with this he moved to the communities Thusis and Masein . In 1905 he was called to Chur. In addition to his parish work there, he was a member of the city school council and also president of the poor association.

With three other people, Hartmann also founded the magazine Neue Wege . Later, however, he distanced himself from the magazine. In 1910 he turned his back on Chur and took over the parish of Malans and Jenins . The Evangelical School in Schiers asked Hartmann at this time to teach philosophy and religion, which he then did; In 1918 he was appointed school director.

In 1926 he was also employed as a teacher at the Bündner Kantonsschule in Chur. There he was assigned to teach religion, philosophy, history and German . This activity kept him busy until he retired in 1938, when he returned to Schiers. In 1937, the University of Zurich awarded him an honorary doctorate for his educational activities .

Works

• Open eyes! 1. From our cities, villages and homes; 2. Grisons cemeteries; 4. Richard Campell's Engadin Museum (Chur 1906–1909)
• Old Graubünden architecture and folk art (Chur 1914)

literature

• Martin Bundi: Hartmann, Benedikt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Erich Wenneker :  Hartmann, Benedikt. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 627-633.