Friedrich Wilhelm Offelsmeyer

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Friedrich Wilhelm Offelsmeyer (born December 27, 1761 in Herford , † August 20, 1834 in Potsdam ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Offelsmeyer was born as the only son of a wealthy citizen.

He attended the Gymnasium Fridericianum in Herford and began studying theology at the University of Halle in 1777 and heard lectures from Johann August Nösselt , Johann Salomo Semler and Georg Christian Knapp .

In 1783 he was called to Wesel as field chaplain of the Landgrave Hessen-Kassel regiment and accompanied the Prussian army in the Dutch campaign in 1787 . After his return in 1788 he was appointed pastor of the Lutheran congregation in Kleve . After French revolutionary troops conquered the city in 1794 , he turned down all offers of employment from the French authorities out of loyalty to his sovereign, the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II , and thus lost his income; he now lived on a waiting fee (a kind of annual fee that someone receives until he can move into a position promised to him) that he owed to the grace of his king.

In 1805 he was called to Münster as a preacher of the united Lutheran civil and military congregation; there he also held the post of consistorial and school council in the government. Because of his work in the administration of poor relief, he also earned the respect and honor of the clergy and officials of the Catholic denomination . After Napoleon's troops took and occupied the city of Munster in 1806 , he again refused the offers of employment from the French authorities and lived again on his waiting allowance.

In the summer of 1809 he received a call to the post of consistorial councilor and clergyman in the royal government in Potsdam. There he was appointed court and garrison preacher in 1810 and soon afterwards field provost of the Prussian army. He accompanied the Guard Corps into the war in 1813 and was so distinguished that he received the Iron Cross for combatants . King Friedrich Wilhelm III. said of him, "... a good, upright man, did his duty in the war, but it is a pity that it is a little violent." And Bishop Rulemann Friedrich Eylert characterized him with the words: "He loved storms and thunderstorms and was gladly in him, wrapped in his prophet's cloak. "

After the end of the campaigns, he returned to his previous position at the Garrison Church in Potsdam in 1815 . He endeavored to reorganize the royal garrison school in Potsdam and devoted himself to working on the new military church regulations.

On May 6, 1785 he married Friederica Henriette Charlotte, b. Brand, with whom he was married for 49 years; together they had eleven children.

Awards

Friedrich Wilhelm Offelsmeyer received the Iron Cross 2nd class with a white ribbon.

He was a bearer of the Red Eagle Order 3rd and 2nd class

Works

  • Sermon held in the presence of the main headquarters in Frankfurt in the St. Katharinenkirche on November 28th . Frankfurt a. M., 1813.
  • Speeches at the funeral of some officers from the Royal. Prussian guards on foot who fell in the glorious attack off Paris on March 30, 1814 . Paris Royal Printing works 1814.
  • Sermon: How can we thank God sufficiently that no people on earth can look to the future with such calm in these times, because we are? Potsdam, 1822.
  • Memorial celebration of the high-soul emperor of Russia Alexander I in the court and garrison church at Potsdam on December 23, 1825: together with the dabey, the field provost Offelmeyer gave a speech . 1825.
  • Two sermons in the great time and in relation to the same, given in the presence of His Royal Majesty at Frankfurt aM in 1813 and at Potsdam in 1822 . Potsdam: Riegel, 1832.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ADB: Offel Meyer, Friedrich Wilhelm - Wikisource. Retrieved February 12, 2018 .
  2. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, Volume 12, 1834, Part 2, pp. 630 ff. BF Voigt., 1836 ( google.de [accessed on August 19, 2018]).
  3. ^ Friedrich Schleiermacher: Church political writings . Walter de Gruyter, 2000, ISBN 978-3-11-016894-5 ( google.de [accessed on August 19, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Robert Ostmann: History of the Royal Court and Garrison Church in Potsdam, p. 108 ff. 1862 ( google.de [accessed on August 20, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Offelsmeyer, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Offelsmeier, Friedrich Wilhelm; Offelsmeyer, FW; Offelsmeier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Herford
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1834
Place of death Potsdam