Georg Heinrich von Merz

Georg Heinrich Merz , from 1874 von Merz , (born August 8, 1816 in Crailsheim , † December 31, 1893 in Stuttgart ) was prelate and general superintendent of Reutlingen .

He studied theology in Tübingen and was a founding member of the Tübingen royal society Roigel . In 1840 the doctorate to Dr. phil. He completed the vicariate in Schwäbisch Hall and then worked in Münchingen , Magstadt , Hochdorf (Riss) , Aalen and Neuenstadt am Kocher before he was appointed pastor of Schwäbisch Hall in 1849 . In 1863 he was appointed Dean of Marbach . In 1868 he was a member of the curriculum commission and from 1869 to 1873 senior consistorial councilor . From 1869 to 1888 he was also a sovereign member of the first to fourth Evangelical regional synods.

In 1873 Merz was appointed prelate and general superintendent of Reutlingen , whereby from 1874 he was also a member of the second chamber of the Württemberg estates . He died in office. He was also chairman of the Christian Art Association of the Protestant Church of Württemberg and editor of the Christian Art Journal .

Honors

• 1871: Knight's Cross 2nd class of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
• Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, which with the personal title of nobility (: 1874 ennoblement was connected)

literature

• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 564 f .
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , p. 78.