Friedrich von Wattenwyl (Bishop)
Friedrich von Wattenwyl (born February 7, 1700 in Bern , † April 24, 1777 in Herrnhut ) was a Swiss estate administrator and later bishop of the Moravian Brethren .
Life
Baron Friedrich von Wattenwyl comes from the Wattenwyl patrician family . His father of the same name had renounced an official career in Bern because of his pietistic attitude. Instead, he bought the Montmirail estate. After his death, the castle there was given to a Herrnhuter as an educational institution. Today it is known as Communauté Don Camillo .
His brother was the banker and pietist Niklaus von Wattenwyl .
Friedrich von Wattenwyl made friends with Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf at the pedagogy in Halle . Together they founded the Mustard Seed Order when they were fifteen. From 1716 until the Bernese banking crisis of 1720 he worked for the Malacrida & Cie. and was partly responsible for their collapse.
From 1722 Friedrich von Wattenwyl worked as the estate manager of the manor of Zinzendorf in Berthelsdorf . He helped to settle fellow believers expelled from Moravia there and to found the Moravian Brethren Church. During Zinzendorf's exile from Saxony (1737–1747) Wattenwyl was the leader of the community in Herrnhut, but also went on trips, sometimes together with Zinzendorf. In 1743 he was appointed bishop.
In 1723 Wattenwyl married Fräulein von Zetzschwitz. The marriage remained childless. In 1744 he adopted the candidate Michael Langguth, who took the name Johannes von Wattenwyl and continued his work as the bishop and missionary of the Moravians.
From 1762 he lived withdrawn due to illness in Herrnhut, where he died on April 24, 1777.
literature
- Emil Blösch : Wattenwyl, Friedrich von (Herrnhuter) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 248 f.
- Claus Bernet : Watteville, Friedrich von. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 29, Bautz, Nordhausen 2008, ISBN 978-3-88309-452-6 , Sp. 1542-1545.
Web links
- Hans Braun: Wattenwyl, Friedrich von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 11, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Emil Blösch : Wattenwyl, Friedrich von (Herrnhuter) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 248 f.
- ^ Paul Tschackert : Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 344-353.
- ↑ Watteville . Pierer's Universal Lexicon , Volume 18. Altenburg. 1864. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wattenwyl, Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wattenwyl, Friedrich Freiherr von; Watteville, Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss estate manager and later bishop of the Moravian Brethren |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1777 |
| Place of death | Herrnhut |