Emil Engelhardt

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Emil Adolf Engelhardt (born April 10, 1887 in Neudorf ; † November 9, 1961 in Dötlingen ) was a German pastor, philosopher and writer .

Life

Engelhardt studied Protestant theology after graduating from high school and dealt in particular with people and texts from religious and contemporary history . During his studies he traveled to England with some childhood friends.

In 1911 Engelhardt was city vicar in Regensburg. During this time he worked as a religion teacher with religious child and youth psychology .

In the 1920s he dealt primarily with new, religious currents, taking a stand specifically against Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy . He emerged with books on Indian thought, especially from Tagore's pen , and on yoga, and as a translator of Swedish folk songs .

In 1939 he declared his collaboration with the Institute for Research and Elimination of the Jewish Influence on German Church Life .

In the years 1941–1948 Engelhardt lived in Allensbach on Lake Constance. There he lived with his wife and son in a house that was converted according to his plans so that it was given a large study that could also be used as a meeting room. Engelhardt hardly took part in public life in Allensbach and did not work as a pastor on site. In official documents he referred to himself as a writer. Even before the French army marched in on April 26, 1945, Engelhardt burned large quantities of books and documents stored in the house. His property was confiscated in May 1945; Engelhardt had previously been interned by the French armed forces.

Emil Engelhardt had a son who attended school in Konstanz, was drafted in 1944 and has been missing in Russia since January 1945.

Works

  • The success of religious education. A contribution to religious youth psychology. In monthly sheets for Protestant religious instruction , ed. by Heinrich Spanuth, fourth year, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1911. ( online )
  • The Fichte University in Hamburg: structure, administration and work 1917 to 1919 . German Volkstum, Hamburg 1919.
  • The adult education center in Germany. Criticism and structure . Vogel, Hamburg 1919.
  • Against Muck and Muckertum: an argument about the higher free love with Muck-Lamberty and Gertrud Prellwitz . Greifenverlag, Hartenstein i. Sat. 1921.
  • Marriage diplomacy: From everyday life to two . Lebensweiser, Gelnhausen-Gettenbach 1949.
  • Pontiac: According to contemporary records . Voggenreiter, Bad Godesberg 1943.

As translator

  • Rabindranath Tagore: The Religion of Man . Hyperion, Freiburg i. Br. 1962.

literature

  • Richard Welschinger: Emil Adolf Engelhardt, writer and Protestant pastor . In Allensbacher Almanach 2009, annual issue No. 59, ed. from Arbeitsgemeinschaft Allensbach eV (AGA) Heimatgeschichtsverein, pp. 22-25.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allensbacher Almanach 2009, p. 23
  2. ^ Monthly sheets for Protestant religious instruction, 1911, pp. 11-18 u. 338f.
  3. ↑ http://www.deutscheslied.com/de/search.cgi?cmd=search&srch_Titel=D*&start=20250
  4. ↑ Hans Prolingheuer, We went astray, Cologne 1987, p. 150
  5. ↑ Allensbacher Almanach 2009, pp. 22-25
  6. ↑ Allensbacher Almanach 2009, pp. 22-23
personal data
SURNAME Engelhardt, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelhardt, Emil Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, philosopher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Neudorf
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1961
Place of death Dotlingen