Eduard von Pückler
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 .
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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 |