Diethelm Georg Finsler
Diethelm Georg Finsler (born December 24, 1819 in Zurich ; † April 1, 1899 there ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian .
Life
Diethelm Georg Finsler came from a bourgeois family documented in Zurich since the 15th century, who had found wealth and recognition through the silk trade.
He first studied theology and philosophy in Zurich and then continued his studies with Karl Immanuel Nitzsch in Bonn . After joining the Swiss Zofinger Association in Zurich , he also became a member of the Bonn Wingolf in 1842 . In 1844 Finsler became vicar in Zurich. In 1850 he took up his first pastor in Berg am Irchel . In 1867 he moved to Wipkingen , in 1871 he became pastor at Zurich's Grossmünster . He was the last Antistes from 1866 to 1895the Zurich Church. After the introduction of the new church constitution, for which he had fought for years, he became the first president of the council of churches in 1895 . The Evangelical Church Conference in Switzerland is largely due to his initiative. He also played a major role in making Good Friday an important public holiday in Switzerland.
Finsler was one of the representatives of mediating theology . He published a number of theological writings, mainly on church history, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1860 by the theological faculty of the University of Basel .
Finsler was married to Magdalena Elisabeth Zeller since 1849. They had seven children, including the classical philologist Georg Finsler and the pastor Rudolf Finsler (1865–1929).
Fonts
- Church statistics of Reformed Switzerland , 1854–1856.
- Work on Johannes Kaspar Lavater , 1856
- Johann Jakob Füßli , pastor at Neumünster and old Antistes. Memories from his life and work , 1860.
- Georg Geßner, now pastor at the Großmünster and Antistes in Zurich. A life from the Zurich church , 1862.
- Drunkenness as a social evil and a means of remedying it , 1880.
- Ulrich Zwingli, Festschrift to celebrate his 400th birthday , 1884.
literature
- Georg Finsler: Diethelm Georg Finsler. The last antistes of the Zurich church . In: Neujahrsblätter , ed. v. of the Aid Society in Zurich, p. 116, 1916
- Rudolf Finsler: Diethelm Georg Finsler. The last antistes of the Zurich church . In: Neujahrsblätter 117, 1917
- Gerold Meyer von Knonau : Finsler, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 556-559.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : FINSLER, Diethelm Georg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 34-35.
- Kurt Guggisberg : Finsler, Diethelm Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 164 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Andrea Weibel: Finsler, Diethelm Georg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Weibel: Finsler, Diethelm Georg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ Diethelm Georg Finsler in the digital Alfred Escher letter edition . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ Georg Finsler : Genealogy of the Finsler family. Werner-Riehm, Basel 1891, p. 26 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Finsler, Diethelm Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss reformed theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1899 |
| Place of death | Zurich |