Christian Feddersen

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Christian Feddersen (born July 16, 1786 in Wester-Schnatebüll , † January 12, 1874 in Friedrichstadt ) was a German Protestant pastor . Feddersen is considered to be the founder of the " Frisian movement".

Life

Christian Feddersen was born as the son of the educated farmer and village school teacher Harke Feddersen in Wester-Schnatebüll in North Friesland . The painter Hans Peter Feddersen the Elder (* 1788) was his older brother.

Christian Feddersen studied together with his younger brother Frederick, who later became Eiderstedter provost, theology and became a pastor in Fahretoft , Niebüll and later in Nordhackstedt .

Influenced by Romanticism and the writings of the German poet and philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder and the Danish philosopher Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig , he was one of the first to admit his own Frisian identity. On June 10, 1844, at his suggestion, the first “North Frisian Folk Festival” took place in Bredstedt . In 1845 he published Five Words to the North Frisians , in which he encouraged the North Frisians to cultivate and preserve their language and culture. The Frisian coat of arms and the motto Liewer düd aß Slaawe are said to go back to Feddersen's ideas.

In the Schleswig-Holstein War of 1848–1851, Feddersen saw himself on the German side, but demanded that “people's love” should be accompanied by “love for people” and that wars should be replaced by arbitration tribunals. He made contact with peace societies in England, in particular Richard Cobden and Elihu Burritt . To the latter he dedicated a chapter of his 1858 book Historical Leaves for the Promotion of Humanity and Christianity .

Christian Feddersen Prize

Since 2001 the Ute-Karl-Friedrich-und-Carsten-Hagemann-Foundation has been awarding the “Christian Feddersen Prize” annually in cooperation with the Nordfriisk Instituut (North Frisian Institute) . It is to be awarded to pupils of the primary and secondary schools in the district of North Friesland and on the island of Helgoland who have dealt in a special way with the North Frisian language, culture or history. The prize consists of a certificate, a book and a sum of money and is awarded annually to up to five students. Project groups, working groups or classes can also be awarded.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The origin of the North Frisian coat of arms , accessed on June 4, 2016
  2. ^ Website of the Hagemann Foundation , accessed on June 4, 2016
  3. ↑ Elihu Burritt in the English Wikipedia
personal data
SURNAME Feddersen, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and founder of the Frisian movement
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Wester-Schnatebüll , North Frisia
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1874
Place of death Friedrichstadt , North Frisia