Dorothea Trudel
Dorothea Trudel , called Jungfer Trudel (born October 27, 1813 in Hombrechtikon ; † September 6 or September 20, 1862 in Männedorf ), was a pastor from Switzerland who was close to the sanctification movement. She was the founder of the Zeller institutes in Männedorf.
Life
Dorothea Trudel had a difficult childhood and at an early age fell ill with a condition that led to the crippling of the spine. She was strongly influenced by her devout grandparents and her faithful mother. In the period following the illness she devoted herself entirely to the Christian life of faith.
In Männedorf on Lake Zurich , she founded several houses in which the mentally and physically ill were to be healed through prayer and the laying on of hands . Elias Schrenk and Arnold Bovet , for example, found healing here , Otto Stockmayer received their blessing for his service. A trial for unauthorized medical activity ended in 1861 with an acquittal .
She had a strong influence on the sanctification movement , including on Elias Schrenk and his student Franz Eugen Schlachter and their attitude towards the healing of faith. Elias Schrenk noted that Dorothea Trudel had the gift of healing the sick in an apostolic way. She died in September 1862 after a brief illness (various sources give the date of death as September 6 or September 20). After Dorothea Trudel’s death, the institution that still exists today was continued by her colleague Samuel Zeller (1834–1912). It was expanded to three houses with a chapel and a residential colony, with Betsy Meyer (1831–1912), sister of the writer Conrad Ferdinand Meyer , also running a house.
literature
- Konrad Zeller: Dorothea Trudel von Männedorf. Publishing house of the St. Johannis printing house C. Schweickhardt, Lahr-Dinglingen (Baden) 1971.
- Burkard Krug: Dorothea Trudel. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 624-625.
- J. Jürgen Seidel: Trudel, Dorothea. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- J. Jürgen Seidel : Dorothea Trudel (1813–1862). Head of the "Prayer Sanatorium" in Männedorf. In: Peter Zimmerling (ed.): Evangelical pastors. Biographical sketches, texts and programs. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005, pp. 175–194.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dorothea Trudel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bible home in Männedorf
Individual evidence
- ^ S. Rothenberg: Trudel, Dorothea (1819–1862). In: Helmut Burkhardt, Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation. Vol. 3, p. 2040.
- ^ Sophie Vinet: Dorothea Trudel. A picture of life. Neumünster, S. 5 .
- ^ J. Jürgen Seidel: Trudel, Dorothea. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ About us. Founding. Biblical home in Männedorf, accessed on January 19, 2019 (including a brief outline about Dorothea Trudel ).
- ^ Friedrich Samuel Rothenberg: Trudel Dorothea . In: Evangelisches Gemeindelexikon, R. Brockhaus Wuppertal 1986, ISBN 3-417-24082-4 , p. 511.
- ↑ Verena Bodmer-Gessner: The Zurich women. A brief cultural history of Zurich women. Report House, Zurich 1961, p. 178.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trudel, Dorothea |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jungfer Trudel (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hombrechtikon |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1862 or September 20, 1862 |
| Place of death | Männedorf |