Friedrich Lehmus

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Friedrich Theodor Eduard Lehmus (born February 28, 1806 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ; † March 15, 1890 in Fürth ) was the father of Emilie Lehmus and pastor in Fürth as well as the founder of one of the first child detention centers in Germany.

Friedrich Lehmus founded a children's institution and the Carolinenstift. Furthermore, an association for the poor and sick was brought into being on the basis of his suggestion and in the wars of 1866 and 1870 he acted as a board member of the Protestant field diakonia.

Life

Friedrich Lehmus was born in 1806 as the second child of the parish priest of Rothenburg ob der Tauber Gottlieb Albrecht Lehmus and great-grandson of Johann Adam Lehmus . After attending grammar school in Ansbach , he studied theology in Erlangen in 1825 . In 1830 he became Hofmeister to Künzelsau.

After passing the employment test in Ansbach (1834), he was appointed to the decomposition of the finished parish in Fürth in May of the same year . After one and a half years he became the caretaker of the fourth pastor at St. Michael in Fürth, in 1837 pastor, in 1861 district school inspector in Zirndorf and on April 28, 1864 chief pastor in Fürth.

He was particularly active in the charitable field. He set up a children's institution and founded the Carolinenstift, where widows and virgins who had passed the age of 50 could find admission. At his suggestion and under his direction, a poor and sick association for the parish of Fürth came into being. In the wars of 1866 and 1870 he worked restlessly as a board member of the Protestant field diakonia. He himself set the best example by the fact that the wounded and sick were admitted to the rectory during all these times of war. He received the Cross of Merit from Ludwig II in 1871 and the Prussian Order of the Crown from the German Emperor in 1873.

From 1851 to 1865 he worked as a religion teacher at the royal trade and commerce school, in 1861 he was given the district school inspection in Zierndorf and in the following year the school department for the entire municipal elementary school system. In 1879 he received the title of Council of Churches and was awarded the Cross of Honor of the Order of Ludwig by the Prince Regent Luitpold on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in office. In 1888 he retired ( emeritus ).

In Fürth he met his wife Caroline Heinlein (born September 14, 1817, † September 16, 1891). Eight girls emerged from this marriage, one of whom was Emilie Lehmus .

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria 1837, p. 294
  2. ↑ P. 29–34 The Lehmus from Rothenburg oT
personal data
SURNAME Lehmus, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehmus, Friedrich Theodor Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Rothenburg ob der Tauber
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1890
Place of death Fuerth