Eduard von Pückler

Count Eduard von Pückler

Handwriting of Count Eduard von Pückler with his signature. (Letter of October 6, 1909, addressed to the President of the Association for Community Care and Evangelism , Dr. Walter Michaelis )

Eduard Graf von Pückler (born September 13, 1853 in Rogau near Breslau ; † March 31, 1924 in Schedlau , Upper Silesia ) was a German nobleman and one of the founders of the "modern community movement ".

Life

Eduard Graf von Pückler was the second son of Count Erdmann von Pückler (1810-1897) and his wife Countess Bertha Pückler (1825-1910). He was taught by a tutor on his father's estate . After visiting the Knights Academy in Legnica he did his military service in the Hussars in Bonn , at the same time he studied there Jura . In 1874 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . Due to an accident, he had to interrupt his studies and continued in Leipzig in 1875 . Pückler completed his legal clerkship in Wiesbaden , Muskau, Görlitz and Berlin . After a personal conversion experience in 1878, he became involved as a Christian , teaching in the Sunday school of his parish. In 1883 he was one of the co-founders of the first YMCA in Berlin. In 1885 Pückler traveled to England and the USA . From 1886 to 1924 he was chairman of the Christian Community of St. Michael. In 1886 Pückler left civil service. Together with Jasper von Oertzen and Andreas Graf von Bernstorff , he is considered to be one of the initiators of the first Gnadau Conference (1888). From 1897 to June 8, 1906 he was chairman ( president ) of the association for community care and evangelism , of which he was one of the founders. From 1895 to 1912 he was the chairman of the German Christian Student Association (CSV), which he co-founded in 1895.

Individual evidence

^ Jörg Ohlemacher: Pückler, Count Eduard von (1853-1924) . In: Helmut Burkhardt and Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 3 . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1994, ISBN 3-417-24643-1 , p. 1634 .
↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 484
↑ Michael Diener : Staying on course in stormy times . D. Walter Michaelis - A Life for Church and Community Movement. Brunnen, Giessen 1998, ISBN 3-7655-9422-9 , p. 150 .
^ Martin Haizmann: German Christian Student Association (DCSV) . In: Helmut Burkhardt, Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 1 . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-417-24641-5 , p. 420 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pückler, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pückler, Eduard Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German nobleman and co-founder of the "modern community movement"
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rogau near Breslau
DATE OF DEATH	March 31, 1924
Place of death	Schedlau

[Ohlemacher-1] Jörg Ohlemacher: Pückler, Count Eduard von (1853-1924) . In: Helmut Burkhardt and Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 3 . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1994, ISBN 3-417-24643-1 , p. 1634 .

[2] Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 484

[Diener-3] Michael Diener : Staying on course in stormy times . D. Walter Michaelis - A Life for Church and Community Movement. Brunnen, Giessen 1998, ISBN 3-7655-9422-9 , p. 150 .

[Haizmann-4] Martin Haizmann: German Christian Student Association (DCSV) . In: Helmut Burkhardt, Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 1 . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-417-24641-5 , p. 420 .