Clemens Taesler

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Clemens Taesler (born June 26, 1887 in Breslau ; † February 23, 1969 in Beerfelden ) was a German free religious pastor and writer.

Life

Clemens Taesler studied philosophy, cultural and religious history at the Universities of Breslau, Munich and Leipzig. He became known as an author and was a co-founder of the Wroclaw Poetry School . After leaving the Catholic Church in 1911 he was a preacher of the Free Religious Community of Freiburg in Silesia and from 1912 to 1916 of the Görlitz community . Afterwards he was a preacher in the parishes of Danzig, Tilsit and Königsberg and then stayed in the parish of Frankfurt am Main from 1918 to 1962. As a result of his sermons, he was charged several times with blasphemy and insulting the church, but each time he was acquitted.

On May 1, 1933, he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1934 he was banned from lecturing by the National Socialists.

At Taesler's suggestion, the Frankfurt Free Religious Congregation was renamed “ Unitarian Free Religious Congregation ” in 1948 . The German Unitarian Association for Free Religious Culture , which he founded in 1927 and banned in 1933 , was revived in 1949, and Taesler became President of the Federation.

Publications

  • Felix Dahn . February 9, 1834, Hamburg; February 9, 1909, Breslau; Festschrift for the 75th birthday . Edited by d. Clemens Taesler represents the independent student body in Breslau. With Dahn's pictures. ue Orig. Faks. Charlottenburg, Verlag Freistudentischer Schriften, 1909
  • Between the gates of eternity! A book of prayer f. free people in seals. Oldenbourg, Berlin, 1919.
  • The death and the dead - an autumn ue memory of the dead together with 3 poems of temporality and Eternity; For god seekers within u. outside of all creeds. Drei-Rings-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1926.
  • Goethe as a German . Frankfurt, Drei-Rings-Verl., 1926.
  • The classical poets of German idealism and German freemasonry. Lecture given on the 5th community day of the Association of German Freemasons in Dresden, Sept. 26, 1927, Association of German Freemasons, Leipzig, 1928.
  • Religion as a way of life - Religious address at the morning celebration of the Free Religious Community in Frankfurt a. M., Frankfurter Rundfunk on May 28, 1933. Verl. Freie Religion, Mainz, 1934.
  • The good Lord and the Brazen God - A separation of spirits. Free Religion Publishing House, Mainz, 1940.
  • Our German free religion as conviction and deed Confirmation sermon. Verl. Free Religion, Mainz, 1940
  • Ten basic ideas of Unitarian religion. German Unitarian Union, Frankfurt am Main, 1948.
  • From the divine light in us! Religious address at the morning celebration d. Unitarian Free Religious Congregation Frankfurt a. M. (founded 1845) by Radio Frankfurt a. M. on January 11, 1948. Dt. Unitarian Union, Frankfurt am Main, 1948.
  • Religion as a means of life. Parish office of the Unitarian Free Religious Congregation, Frankfurt am Main, 1948.
  • Under the light of the sun! A worldly book. u. religious devotion in poems etc. Sayings. German Unitarian Association, Frankfurt am Main 1958.

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SURNAME Taesler, Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German preacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1969
Place of death Beerfelden