Gustav Schlosser

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Gustav Schlosser (born January 31, 1826 in Hungen , † January 1, 1890 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Protestant theologian.

Life

Gustav Schlosser was born as the son of the Solms-Braunfels chamber councilor Friedrich Gottlob Schlosser and his wife Henriette, née Scriba. He attended elementary school, then pastor Kleberger's institute in Melbach and then the grammar school in Darmstadt . From 1843 to 1847 he studied theology in Giessen . During his studies in 1844 he became a member of the Allemannia Gießen fraternity and in 1845 the old Gießen fraternity Frankonia . After completing his studies, he attended the preachers' seminary in Friedberg until 1848 . He later wrote the book Die Revolution von 1848 about his experiences at that time , which was published in Gütersloh in 1883 . From autumn 1848 he headed a boys' institute in Darmstadt. He turned to the Inner Mission and was involved in founding the rescue house in Hähnlein and the deaconess house in Darmstadt. He was also busy editing the ecclesiastical political papers that appeared from 1850 onwards. In 1852 he became the first administrator of the newly founded diaspora community of Bensheim . Ludwig von Erbach-Schönberg made him court chaplain in Schönberg in 1854 and pastor in Reichenbach in 1864 . Schlosser fought, among other things, as editor of the Hessian Church Gazette , which appeared from 1855, for the Lutheran creed and wrote several pamphlets on the situation of the Protestant Church in the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

In 1871 Schlosser turned down a call to Bethel ; instead of Schlosser, Friedrich von Bodelschwingh , who was friends with him, took over the management .

In 1873 he resigned from the Hessian church service and became a clergyman of the Evangelical Association for Inner Mission Frankfurt am Main . There he was responsible for the pastoral care of young workers, servants, homeless people and prostitutes, promoted the existing Christian associations and set up new institutions, including the hostel for home, the Magdalenum for prostitutes, the pre-asylum for the temporary accommodation of fallen girls and a city mission, in which professional carers were employed. His commitment to begging homeless people, whom he tried to get back to a regular job, earned him the nickname "Reichsvagabund". The content of his Bible studies and lectures is e.g. Some of them have been handed down in printed form. From 1879 he published the Christian book treasure , from 1880 he was editor of the contemporary issues of Christian popular life ; he also continued to work as a speaker outside of Frankfurt. The outdoor speeches first appeared in six issues in 1881 and 1882, and were later reprinted.

He also published numerous articles in conservative papers such as the Reichsbote , the Kreuzzeitung and the Lutheran Church Newspaper .

Schlosser, who had six children from his first marriage to Emilie Debus , who died in 1872, and who had a daughter Julie Schlosser in his second marriage to Lilla Rehbinder , dealt with questions of upbringing in many of these writings.

Schlosser died of influenza . His estate has been in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt since 1950 .

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  1. ↑ a b c Martina Nutzmann, Eva Haberkorn:  NachLASS SCHLOSSER  (= Repertories Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt ) Dept. O59 Schlosser (PDF; 26 kB). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), status: 2006, accessed on September 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, L. Allemannia. No. 101.
  3. ^ According to the ADB article, according to Vorteilmann / Haberkorn 2006, only from 1850.
  4. ↑ a b Ortrud Wörner-Heil: Noble women as pioneers of vocational training: The rural housekeeping and the Reifensteiner Verband Kassel University Press 2010, ISBN 978-3899589047 , p. 267 ( preview in Google book search)
  5. ↑ bbkl ( Memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Schlosser, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Hunger
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1890
Place of death Frankfurt am Main