Ernst Pauer (theologian)

Ernst Pauer, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber (1853)

Ernst Pauer (also: Paur ; * December 14, 1791 in Bratislava ; † February 13, 1861 in Vienna ) was an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian .

Life

Ernst Pauer came to Vienna in 1819 and became the first preacher in the Lutheran City Church . In 1845 he succeeded Christian Heyser as Superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of Vienna , which at that time also included Lower Austria and Inner Austria . He held this office until his death. In addition, Pauer was director of the Protestant theological institute, the later Protestant theological faculty of the University of Vienna , as well as the City Council of Vienna. In recognition of his services, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order in 1851 .

Ernst Pauer was married to Sophie Pauer, a daughter of the piano maker and pianist Andreas Streicher . Their son Ernst Pauer and his son Max von Pauer also became famous pianists.

Ernst Pauer's grave is in the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery in Vienna, which he opened in 1858 together with the Evangelical Reformed superintendent Gottfried Franz .

Fonts

• Speech at the coffin by the time Sr. Reverend Johann Wächter , 1st ecclesiastical councilor of the Imperial and Royal Consistory Augsb. Confession, held on April 28, 1827 in the prayer house of the above-mentioned parish . Ch. F. Schade, Vienna 1827.
• Inauguration of the cemetery of the two Protestant parishes AC. and HC. at Vienna, April 7, 1858 . K. Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1858 - with Gottfried Franz.

See also

• List of Protestant superintendents in Austria

Web links

• Ernst Pauer . Website of the Evangelical Museum Austria.

Individual evidence

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