Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt (Lazarist)
Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt (born April 8, 1833 in Fürstenberg , Westphalia , † November 30, 1907 in Cologne ) was a Catholic priest , religious of the Lazarist order and educator . He worked in Palestine , where he headed the German Association of the Holy Land and founded the Schmidt School named after him in Jerusalem .
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt was the son of the farrier Franz Schmidt and his wife Franziska Wessel. After studying theology, he was ordained a priest in Paderborn on August 17, 1857 . He worked in Netphen as a chaplain and as a missionary in Freudenberg and finally joined the Lazarists in 1861 . He became head of the Episcopal Konvikt in Hildesheim and studied oriental languages with Rabbi Meyer Landsberg , the father of Max Landsberg . In the course of the Kulturkampf he emigrated to Tripoli . In 1890 he was appointed rector of the institutions of the German Association of the Holy Land in Jerusalem. There he continued to build up the Schmidt School, which had recently been founded and named after him . He died on November 30, 1907 as a result of a tram accident in Cologne.
literature
- Alban Haas : The Lazarists in the Electoral Palatinate. Pilgrim print shop, Speyer 1960.
Web links
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt Westphalian biographies
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic priest, religious and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenberg (Westphalia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1907 |
| Place of death | Cologne |