Franz Friedrich Graeber
Franz Friedrich Graeber (born April 12, 1784 in Wertherbruch , Rhineland ; † August 13, 1857 in Duisburg ) was a Protestant theologian and, as superintendent general, spiritual director of the Westphalia Church Province of the Prussian Evangelical Church in Münster .
Life
Born as the son of pastor Wilhelm Graeber and Euphemia Beyer, Franz Friedrich Graeber attended grammar school in Duisburg and graduated from high school in 1802. He then began studying theology at the University of Duisburg , which he continued at the University of Halle .
In 1808 he took over his first pastoral position in Düssel (Wülfrath) and in 1816 moved to Baerl ( Rhineland ). In 1820 he took over a pastor's position in Barmen-Gemarke and was appointed superintendent of the Elberfeld church district there in 1823 .
In 1828 Graeber was also President of the Jülich-Kleve-Berg Provincial Synod and in 1838 also President of the Rhenish Provincial Synod .
Finally, in 1846, Graeber received - in succession to Wilhelm Ross - the appointment to general superintendent of the ecclesiastical province of Westphalia of the Evangelical Church in Prussia and thus became its spiritual director. On September 30, 1856, Graber retired and handed over the office of general superintendent to Julius Wiesmann .
Franz Friedrich Graeber was married to Henriette Krafft († 1855), a daughter of the Reformed preacher Elias Christoph Krafft , since August 10, 1808 . Her four sons were also theologians. His grandson Friedrich Graeber was a well-known architect.
Honor
The theological faculty of the University of Bonn awarded Franz Friedrich Graeber an honorary doctorate on June 25, 1830 .
Works
- Paradise Lost: Sermons on the Story of the Fall; according to 1. Book of Mosis 3 . - Elberfeld: Hassel, 1830. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- The Passion of the Lord , undated
literature
- Karl August Wortmann: Monument of Love, the General Superintendent Dr. Franz Friedrich Graeber set , Duisburg 1857
- Werner Gerber: General Superintendent D. theol. Franz Friedrich Graeber. Rhenish President and General Superintendent of Westphalia . In: Yearbook for Westphalian Church History 72 (1979), pp. 79–93
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bauks: The Protestant Pastors in Westphalia from the Reformation Period to 1945 (= Contributions to the Westphalian Church History, Volume 4), Bielefeld 1980
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graeber, Franz Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wertherbruch , Rhineland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1857 |
| Place of death | Duisburg |