Carl Eichhorn (pastor, 1855)

Carl Samuel Maximilian Eichhorn (born July 5, 1855 in Durlach , † January 22, 1934 in Hahnhof ) was a German Protestant pastor and leader of the community movement in Bavaria .

Life

Carl Eichhorn jun. was the son of the Baden pastor Carl Eichhorn , who had resigned from the Uniate Baden regional church in 1850 due to his strict Lutheran stance. At the age of 12, Carl jun. with parents and sister to Korbach in the Principality of Waldeck , where his father had accepted a call as pastor. Eichhorn studied theology in Erlangen and Leipzig . After completing his studies, he worked as a private tutor in the Count's Castle in Castell for two years . From 1880 to 1881 he was parish vicar in the Lutheran parishes in Pyrmont and Elberfeld , then theological teacher at the Mission House in Leipzig . Eichhorn then wrote his doctoral thesis on the philosophical topic “The Personality of Godhead. An examination of the philosophy of religion ”.

Activity as a pastor

In 1883 Eichhorn passed the theological examination and was ordained as a Bavarian pastor in the same year . He then worked as a vicar and pastor administrator in Bayreuth , Kissingen , Marktsteft and Altenschönbach . On October 1, 1884, he was given the parish in Abtswind . In 1893 he was called to Ansbach , where he was first the third pastor at St. Gumbertus Church. In 1899 he took over the second pastorate and in 1902 he moved to the third pastorate in the St. Johannis parish. Eichhorn stayed there until he retired in 1923. Then Eichhorn became director of the "Flensungerhof" bible home in Mücke / Hessen . In 1926 he took over the spiritual care in the " Hahnhof " convalescent home near Altdorf in Bavaria. There he died on January 22, 1934; He was buried in nearby Rummelsberg .

Leader of the community movement in Bavaria

Eichhorn was the co-founder of the community movement in Bavaria. When he came to Ansbach in 1893, he took over the care of the community group set up by his predecessor Ferdinand Herbst. In the following years Eichhorn took on a leading position in the Bavarian community movement. The fact that the Bavarian church leadership declared the regional church communities, which had previously existed without a legal basis, to church institutions and thus legalized them in 1906 , was largely thanks to Eichhorn's commitment. Also in 1906, under Eichhorn's leadership, the “Brethren Council of the Bavarian Communities” was formed. This was the forerunner of the Ansbach community association. Eichhorn was chairman of the Ansbach community association for a long time until he resigned from this office in 1920. At times he also acted as chairman of the Nuremberg community group.

Private

Eichhorn had been married to Franziska (Fanny) Meyer, a daughter of the President of the Upper Consistory in Munich , Matthias Meyer , since 1896 . He had already met her in 1883, but since Senior Consistorial Councilor Meyer was opposed to the connection, he had to wait thirteen years for the marriage.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach: The beginnings of the community movement in Bavaria. At the same time a contribution to the biography of Dr. Carl Eichhorns. In: Journal for Bavarian Church History , Vol. 39 (1970), pp. 184–206.
• Siegfried Wild: Development. The history of the regional church community in Bavaria. Part 1: The Ansbach District. Puschendorf 2006.