Georg Haccius (theologian)
Georg Haccius (born July 22, 1847 in Lüneburg , † June 4, 1926 in Hermannsburg ) was a German theologian and director of the Hermannsburg Mission from 1890 to 1926 , initially together with Egmont Harms . After his death on December 4, 1916, he led the mission alone.
Life
Haccius was born in Lüneburg in 1847 as the son of a teacher. He attended the Johanneum in Lüneburg and since 1862 the high school in Hanover . In 1868 he began studying theology in Erlangen and continued in Göttingen in 1870. In Göttingen he became a member of the Lunaburgia student union (today in Miltenberger Ring ). During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, Haccius served as a nurse off Metz for a while . In 1871 he worked as a private tutor in Wichtringhausen for the Hanoverian Reichstag member Baron Langwerth von Simmern. In 1873 Haccius was called to the preacher's seminary in Hanover for one year , followed by ordination in autumn 1874. In autumn 1875 he became pastor in Meinerdingen near Walsrode and in spring 1879 in Dorfmark in the Lüneburg Heath . In the autumn of 1887, Haccius gave up his pastoral office in Dorfmark to go on a mission trip to South Africa with Egmont Harms, the director of the Hermannsburg Mission Society . In the summer of 1889 he was the parish in Debstedt transmitted. At the beginning of 1890, the mission committee elected him to the position of director of the Hermannsburg mission. From October 2, 1890, he led the mission together with Egmont Harms. When Egmont Harms died in Natal on December 4, 1916 , Haccius became sole mission director.
Haccius actively promoted the school system of the mission institution. He founded the secondary school for girls and in 1919 the Lower Saxony Lutheran Heimvolkshochschule Hermannsburg , the oldest Protestant Heimvolkshochschule (HVHS) in Germany. The University of Göttingen awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology in 1904 .
Georg Haccius wrote several writings about the Hermannsburg Mission. He also recorded his experiences on mission trips to South Africa in books and writings.
Under the administration of the Ev.-luth. Missionswerk in Lower Saxony (ELM) there is a Georg Haccius Foundation . The purpose of the foundation is to promote the implementation of the further development of the educational idea of the Lower Saxony Lutheran Folk High Schools.
After Haccius' death in 1926, Christoph Bernhard Schomerus (born November 23, 1871 - † August 8, 1944) was his successor as mission director, who held this office until April 1, 1944.
Haccius is buried in the Hermannsburg cemetery. His grave is preserved.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Haccius, Georg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 420-421.
Individual evidence
- ^ Semester report of the Lunaburgia in Göttingen. 1885/86. P. 5.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Haccius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical Bibliographical Church Lexicon - Georg Haccius ( Memento from June 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haccius, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1926 |
| Place of death | Hermannsburg |