Carl Ninck

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Carl Wilhelm Theodor Ninck , also Karl Wilhelm Theodor Ninck, (born May 28, 1834 in Staffel ; † September 17, 1887 in Hamburg ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and writer .

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Carl Ninck was the son of a pastor. After graduating from high school, he studied Protestant theology at the University of Halle and the University of Erlangen from 1854 to 1856 . His teachers August Tholuck and Julius Müller in particular had a strong pietistic influence on him during his time in Halle . But the denominational Lutherans von Hofmann and Delitzsch in Erlangen also shaped him. After he had passed the second theological exam in 1857 and had been ordained , Ninck took over a pastorate in Westerburg . Here he started a children's school that he taught. He also founded a "Kolportageverein" which published Christian works that were to be used for school purposes. In 1862 he married Anna Klein, with whom he had five children.

In 1865 Ninck moved to Frücht , where he looked after a community. During the wars of 1866 and 1870/71 he worked as a hospital and field preacher. In his pastoral care area, Ninck took care of unemployed and homeless craftsmen, for whom he set up a “workers' colony”. Particularly noteworthy is the work as an honorary board member of the diaconal institution Scheuen near Nassau. Ninck suggested expanding the facility for the disabled. During the planning phase, Ninck made extensive use of the methods of disabled care that were used at the time. For this purpose he traveled through Germany and visited several homes such as the Alsterdorfer Anstalten in Hamburg.

In 1873 Ninck took over a pastor's position at the St. Anschar Chapel in Hamburg, which, as a staff congregation, was a kind of branch of the Michaeliskirche . In particular, the congregation followed the ideas of Inner Mission and the community movement and stood up for social issues. Ninck initially worked extremely successfully as a writer. From 1873 he was the successor to Gustav Heinrich Behn, the paper The neighbor Hamburg. A Christian people's paper for town and country , which wanted to publicize the theses of the Inner Mission in particular. The circulation rose to 89,000 by 1887. From 1874 he also edited the writings of the Lower Saxony Society for the Dissemination of Christian Scriptures, which published 135 works in 1886. He also took over the editing of the magazine Der Deutsche Kinderfreund . The sheet, with editions of up to 16,000 copies, contained articles dealing with fiction, historical and geographical subjects, as well as fairy tales and puzzles.

Ninck founded several diaconal and social institutions in Hamburg. In the beginning he worked in a rather disorganized manner, mostly in the field of nursing. Volunteers helped him with this. His goal in the sense of "From the community - for the community" was to set up a comprehensive network of neighborhood help. In 1881 the Bethlehem Deaconess House was opened, and a year later a hospital ward was added. Donors covered the costs for the facility on the Anscharplatz near the church. After Ninck's death in 1891, this resulted in an independent deaconess mother house with almost 100 deaconesses.

Ninck started numerous charities. In 1882 he set up the “Asylum for Drunkards” at Gut Soltow in Mecklenburg . It was the second such institution in Germany. Emilie Jenisch donated a piece of land on Martinistraße in Hamburg-Eppendorf , on which several homes were built in 1886. In addition to a home for “girls at risk”, a “Kastanienhof” for neglected girls between the ages of six and fourteen, an old people's and nursing home with 60 beds for older women, the “Bethanien” home for 15 sisters was built. From 1885 he worked in a facility founded by Wilhelm Baur that offered help to prostitutes. In 1885 he made a trip through Scandinavia, during which he also visited Norway . It was there that the idea occurred to him to set up auxiliary facilities for seafarers in German port cities. Shortly before his death, a seaman's home opened on May 1, 1887 on Hamburg's Pinnasberg.

From February to April 1884 Ninck traveled with friends through the Orient. For this he wrote the travelogue On Biblical Paths. Travel pictures from Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece and Turkey . The work, published in 1885, appeared in eight editions by 1926. The total of 42,000 copies made Ninck widely known.

Works

  • On biblical paths. Travel pictures from Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece and Turkey . 1885
  • Sermons. Hamburg: Verlag der Evangelische Buchhandlung der Niedersächsische Gesellschaft 1888

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personal data
SURNAME Ninck, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ninck, Carl Wilhelm Theodor; Ninck, Karl Wilhelm Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Season
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1887
Place of death Hamburg