Emil Veesenmeyer

Emil Veesenmeyer (born July 29, 1857 in Stuttgart , † March 5, 1944 in Wiesbaden ) was a Protestant pastor at the Bergkirche in Wiesbaden and later dean .

Life

After taking the theological exam in Mannheim from 1877 to 1878 , Veesenmeyer first became vicar in Schwetzingen and Mannheim. In 1881 he was appointed pastor to Holzen in the Black Forest and then took over a pastor's position at the Wiesbaden market church in 1885 . Finally, in 1892, he became the first pastor of the Bergkirche in Wiesbaden, where he remained until his retirement in 1927.

As of 1918 he was appointed dean on a voluntary basis, and in 1925 he was appointed regional church councilor. In 1918 he received an honorary doctorate from the Philipps University of Marburg . Veesenmeyer also founded Wiesbaden's first community hall and was elected chairman of the Nassau Gustav Adolf Association in 1921 . He found his final resting place in the north cemetery in Wiesbaden.

plant

In 1891 , Veesenmeyer, together with the architect and master builder Johannes Otzen, developed the so-called Wiesbadener program , a Protestant church building program that was supposed to bring together the three elements of the church service , pulpit ( sermon ), altar ( last supper ) and organ (music). In this context he was instrumental in the construction of the Wiesbaden Ring Church (1892-1894), in which the Wiesbaden program was first implemented.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Journal für Religionskultur, p.117 , uni-frankfurt.de, accessed on July 27, 2019.
2. ^ Emil Veesenmeyer: Dean and Freemason. In: Ralf-Andreas Gmelin: God, nature and ink fingers . limited preview in Google Book search