Gottfried Friedrich Raiffeisen

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Gottfried Friedrich Raiffeisen (born February 7, 1782 in Mittelfischach , † January 16, 1849 in Hamm an der Sieg ) was mayor of the Hamm mayor and father of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen .

Life

Gottfried Friedrich Raiffeisen was one of three sons of Johann Karl Ludwig Raiffeisen (* December 15, 1749 - † February 8, 1814) and his wife Juliane Sybilla (née Velel; * February 12, 1755; † October 17, 1820) in Mittelfischbach born. His father was the first academic in the Raiffeisen family and a Protestant pastor at his birthplace . His brothers studied medicine and theology, respectively. He himself completed an agricultural and commercial training in the service of Prince Hohenlohe-Waldenburg .

On January 12, 1806, he married Amalie Susanne Maria Lanzendörffer, the daughter of the mayor of Hamm. He worked there with a small farm and as a merchant. When the Prussian administration reorganized the mayor's offices in 1816 , the responsible district administrator in the Altenkirchen district recommended Gottfried Friedrich to the government as particularly suitable for the post of mayor of the district with thirteen villages. Since the promotion of his predecessor, he had already done the work on a substitute basis, had helped others with tax matters for a long time, had a good reputation and had done the tasks on time and properly in the past. On January 4, 1817 he was appointed mayor.

A short time later there were complaints and reports that he treated applicants badly, insulted them and sent them away again without taking care of their concerns. He had a man arrested for no reason and taken to Altenkirchen prison. After a reprimand, he moved into his "garden house" and came back to the house with a friend to pick up everyday items. When he was not allowed in, he began to throw discs until neighbors prevented him. The local lay judges found that the files were in the greatest disorder and that almost nothing was done. Although the mayor said afterwards that he would never do anything again, the district office did not remove him.

He was only released at the end of 1819 after it had been discovered that he had stolen 26 thalers and 8 groschen from the communal poor fund. He was obliged to repay, but no further prosecution of the offense was made because he suffered from "weakness of mind". The remaining arrears were waived in 1841. There is no information whatsoever about his further life up to his death “from the emaciation”.

Controversies about the year of his death and its significance for Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

In the church book of Hamm an der Sieg his death is given on 16 January 1848th This has long been a matter of dispute, as Martin Faßbender , former colleague and later first biographer of F. W. Raiffeisen, had dated the year Gottfried Friedrich Raiffeisen's death in 1902 to 1821. In the second important biography of Raiffeisen, written by Willy Krebs in 1919, the year of death was given as 1822. The attempt was made to cover up the father's less than ideal life. Fritz H. Lamparter wrote in 1985 that he had been living in a monastery for the last few years due to illness, for which there is also no evidence.

Michael Klein is certain that Gottfried Friedrich Raiffeisen was by no means insane. He suspects that he is suffering from intermittent depression and that, as a father, he has probably hardly been able to take care of the upbringing of the children. From this he sees a stamping of F. W. Raiffeisen by the personal catastrophe of the father. Ingrid Keetman even believes that it was the father's chilling example that motivated F. W. Raiffeisen to never give up and to convince the population of helping people to help themselves.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Walter Arnold, Fritz H. Lamparter: Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen: One for all - all for one , Hänssler Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-7751-1069-0 , p. 194.
  2. ^ Ingrid Bauert-Keetman: Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen - A life for the future , Steinbock Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-921951-22-4 , p. 13.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Ingrid Bauert-Keetman: Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen - A life for the future , pp. 14-16.
  4. ^ A b Michael Klein : Life, work and aftermath of the founder of the cooperative, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen: (1818–1888) , Rheinland-Verlag, Pulheim 1997, ISBN 978-3-7927-1682-3 , p. 8.
  5. ^ Bauert-Keetman, p. 14
  6. ^ Arnold / Lamparter; P. 23.
personal data
SURNAME Raiffeisen, Gottfried Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raiffeisen, Johann Gottfried Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mayor and father of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Mittelfischbach
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1849
Place of death Hamm (victory)