Gustav Baist

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Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Baist (born January 6, 1824 in Grünberg in Hesse ; † February 2, 1914 in Westheim in Middle Franconia ) was an Evangelical Lutheran pastor , author and founder of many Raiffeisenkassen in Franconia . His brother was the chemist and entrepreneur Ludwig Baist ; his son was the Romance scholar Gottfried Baist .

Life

Gustav Baist was born as the son of District Administrator Johann Caspar Baist. From 1832, Baist lived with his family on the family estate in Altenstadt . In 1841 he moved to the Hessian State Domain Baiersrode in Hanau . The Graduate put Baist 1842 Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium in Büdingen from. From 1842 to 1846 he studied Protestant theology at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . During an educational trip, he studies French language and Reformed theology at the University of Geneva . His first pastor's position was in Ulfa near Nidda in 1850 . On April 14, 1852, Baist and Adelheid von Baumer (1821–1898) married. The couple had eight children. Due to his faithful Lutheranism , he was an opponent of the church union in Hessen-Darmstadt . Therefore he was deposed in 1875 and could not form an independent Lutheran congregation. In 1877 he came to Bavaria and was first pastor of Döckingen , then from 1883 pastor of the neighboring village of Westheim. There he became aware of the terrible situation of the farmers . Driven by the initiative of Johann Friedrich Oberlin and the idea of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen , he founded the first cooperative banks in Central Franconia in 1881, the Raiffeisenkassen in Polsingen and Ursheim . Hechlingen followed in 1883, and the Raiffeisenkassen Westheim and Hüssingen were added in 1884 . Other pastors in the region followed suit and founded further banks to provide financial support for the farmers. However, Baist did not want any centralization with the other Raiffeisenkassen and therefore founded the Central Franconian District Association of Loan Association with its headquarters in Dittenheim and later in Ansbach . Gustav Baist died at the age of ninety in Westheim, where he was buried with his wife and four of his children.

Appreciations

Because of his services, Gustav Baist was awarded the Order of Merit of St. Michael, 4th grade with the crown . A stone tablet at Baist's grave keeps the memory of him alive. In 1992 a bronze statue of the artist Ernst Steinacker was erected in front of the Westheim church .

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He also wrote under the pseudonym Friedrich Traugott , including several volumes for the series of the Calwer family library .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d text on Protestant theology. (PDF; 762 kB) Retrieved October 1, 2011 .
  2. ↑ gv-bayern.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gv-bayern.de  
  3. ↑ a b 130 years of history. (No longer available online.) Raiffeisenbank Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen , formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 1, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rb-wug.de  
personal data
SURNAME Baist, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor, author, anti-Semitist and founder of many Raiffeisenkassen in Franconia
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünberg, Hesse
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1914
Place of death Westheim, Middle Franconia