Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Biefer

Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Biefer (born July 19, 1706 in Bergen near Frankfurt am Main , † July 26, 1779 in Berlin ) was a German Moravian .

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Biefer was the son of a wig maker .

He joined the separatist group around Andreas Gross (1678–1757) in Frankfurt am Main and was won over in 1736 by a sermon given by Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf on Christ as the "sole reconciler and sanctifier" for Pietism . He got to know the Moravian Brethren and shortly afterwards came to the settlement founded by Count von Zinzendorf in Herrnhaag near Büdingen .

In the period from 1738 to 1739 he was sent to Basel , Schaffhausen , Stein am Rhein , Bern and Geneva in Switzerland and promoted the ecclesiastical integration of Pietists and Separatists. He came into contact with Samuel Werenfels , Hieronymus Annoni and Samuel Lutz ; in Basel and Bern he laid the foundation for the brother societies that still exist today .

From 1740 until his retirement in 1760, Biefer worked in the Baltic States , in Silesia and under the Sorbs in Saxony .

Web links

Hellmut Reichel : Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Biefer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Moravian Brethren. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
↑ Sara Aebi: Upbringing and Mission: The Daughter Pension of the Moravian Brethren in Montmirail in the 18th century . P. 16 and p. 180. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50358-1 ( google.de [accessed on October 31, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Biefer, Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pietist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bergen near Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1779
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Moravian Brethren. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .

[2] Sara Aebi: Upbringing and Mission: The Daughter Pension of the Moravian Brethren in Montmirail in the 18th century . P. 16 and p. 180. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50358-1 ( google.de [accessed on October 31, 2019]).