Friedrich Meyer (theologian, 1832)

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Friedrich Meyer around 1890

Friedrich Meyer (born March 17, 1832 in Darmstadt ; † June 5, 1891 in Neuendettelsau ) was an Evangelical Lutheran pastor and rector of the Neuendettelsau deaconry .

Life

Meyer studied theology at the University of Giessen . In 1850, during his studies, he became a member of the Nassauer Hof fraternity . Together with Otto Zöckler , Jacob Volhard and others, he founded the Giessener Wingolf , a non-beating student association that was particularly committed to Christian values. After his studies he was pastor at the town church Michelstadt .

In 1872 he was elected rector of the Neuendettelsau deaconess institution as successor to Löhe . During his term of office the establishment of an after-work house for old, disabled sisters (1876), the expansion of the industrial school founded by Löhe (1878), the acquisition of the inn "Zum Anker", which also served as a postal expedition (1880), and the construction a separate church ( St. Laurentius ) for the diaconal community (1887). He also initiated the establishment of branches in Bruckberg and Himmelkron , but was unable to complete the negotiations due to serious illness.

Meyer saw himself as a student of Löhe. He took over the time of day services and other liturgical changes he had introduced and recorded them in a book ("Order of the daily house service in the Neuendettelsau deaconess house").

Publications (selection)

  • Confirmation class , Neuendettelsau 1885.
  • Catechism exercise: for church, school, family and cooperatives , Nördlingen: Beck 1888.
  • The résumés of blessed sisters of the Deaconess House Neuendettelsau , Nördlingen: CH Beck 1884.
  • Psalterium: that is: edifying explanation of a number of psalms for the sick and dying , Neuendettelsau approx. 1890.
  • Of the deaconesses and their profession , Neuendettelsau 1878.

Secondary literature

  • Kraus, Emil: Friedrich Meyer: a life picture , Gütersloh: Bertelsmann 1895.
  • Trautwein, Selma: Rector Ms. Meyer: on the 100th birthday , Neuendettelsau: Bookshop of the Diakonissenanstalt 1932.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, P. Nassauer Hof. No. 28.

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