Friedrich Hufnagel

Friedrich Hufnagel (born January 1, 1840 in Ravolzhausen ; † February 6, 1916 in Hanau-Kesselstadt ) was a Protestant pastor in the area of ​​the Hanau Union .

Life

Friedrich Hufnagel was born as the son of the teacher Heinrich Hufnagel and his wife, Maria Margarethe, née Kuhl, and attended the High State School (Hanau) and studied Protestant theology at the Philipps University in Marburg from 1861 . 1865–1867 he was a parish assistant in Steinau an der Straße , where he was also the rector of a private school. On March 8, 1867, he was ordained and took up a pastorate in Kirchbracht . 1870-1884 he moved to Langenselbold as pastor . On October 1, 1884, he became pastor in Kesselstadt, later also the “Royal District School Inspector” for the Bergen district . He was married to Julie Zorn, daughter of the owner of a brewery .

In Kesselstadt he played a major role in the whole range of civic association life in the region, including the Hanau district association of the Gustav-Adolf-Werks , the Hanau animal protection association , the bird protection association and the beekeeping association , often also in board functions .

From 1884 he built a children's sanatorium in Bad Orb , as well as the construction of the Protestant church in Kesselstadt, the Friedenskirche , which was inaugurated in 1904.

Honors

A street in the Hanau district of Kesselstadt is named after Friedrich Hufnagel .

literature

• Max Aschkewitz: Pastor history of the Hanau district ("Hanauer Union") until 1986 , part 1 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 33. Marburg 1984, p. 91.
• Karl Siebert: Hanauer biographies from three centuries. Hanauer Geschichtsverein , Hanau 1919 (= Hanauer Geschichtsblätter NF 3/4 ), p. 84f.
• W.-A. Nagel-Stiftung, Hanauer Geschichtsverein u. Magistrate of the City of Hanau (Ed.): Buried - but not forgotten. Well-known personalities at Hanau cemeteries. 2008, p. 174.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Martin Hoppe: Hanauer street names . Hanau 1991, pp. 187f.