Gustav von Bodelschwingh
Gustav von Bodelschwingh (born November 3, 1872 in Gadderbaum , today Bielefeld , † February 26, 1944 ) was a German Protestant pastor and missionary .
Life
He was born the son of Friedrich von Bodelschwingh (1831-1910) and Ida von Bodelschwingh.
He was assistant preacher in Bethel and Dünne , later mission secretary of the Bethel mission. In the years 1912–1916 he worked as a missionary in Mlalo ( German East Africa ) and on the island of Idschwi in Lake Kiwu on the border of the Congo state .
After the First World War he worked as a pastor in Ahle near Bünde ( Westphalia ) and in Dünne. Bodelschwingh is known as his father's biographer and promoter of building his own homes based on the clay construction method customary in East Africa , the thin clay bread method . He is the founder of Heimstätte Dünne GmbH, which to this day propagates and operates the idea of building as a social process.
literature
- Wolfgang Belitz: Gustav von Bodelschwingh - The "earth building pastor" from Dünne . Lit-Verlag, Münster 2007, ISBN 3-8258-0469-0 , p. 219 pages .
See also
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- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Gustav von Bodelschwingh. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 651.
Web links
- Homepage of Heimstätte Dünne gGmbH
- Literature by and about Gustav von Bodelschwingh in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bodelschwingh, Gustav von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German missionary and pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bethel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1944 |