Heinrich Dipper (pastor)

Heinrich Gottlob Dipper (born June 2, 1868 in Widdern ; † October 29, 1945 in Stuttgart ) was a German theologian who worked as a Lutheran pastor in Stuttgart and director of the Basel Mission .

family

Dipper came as the son of the teacher Heinrich Dipper and his wife Dorothea, geb. Leonhardt, to the world and grew up in Stuttgart. Among his siblings were Eugen Dipper , teacher at the mission house of the Basel Mission and pastor at the Martinskirche in Stuttgart, as well as Edmund Dipper , doctor and university professor in Beijing .

He married Klara, born in Stuttgart in 1899. Lechler. The couple had three children, including Heinrich Dipper , who later became an administrative lawyer .

resume

After studying theology in Tübingen , where he also worked as a repetiteur , Dipper became the second parish priest in Marbach . He held this office from 1898 to 1902. He then took on the duties of pastor at the Stuttgart collegiate church until 1910 .

In 1910 he succeeded Friedrich Würz as home inspector of the Basel Mission. In 1913 he was additionally entrusted with the inspection department responsible for China and appointed as deputy director to support the sick director Theodor Oehler . The mission committee elected him in 1915 as the successor to the late director Oehler. In 1926 he resigned as director of the Basel Mission. His successor was Karl Wilhelm Hartenstein . The University of Basel awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology in 1927 .

From 1926 to 1934 Dipper was the first parish priest at the Leonhardskirche in Stuttgart. He then retired.

Publications (selection)

with Adolf Schlatter, Ludwig Mühlhäuser: Sixth general south German Christian student conference in Freudenstadt. Pentecost 1908. Verlag der Missionsbuchhandlung, Basel 1908.
Farewell sermon, given on July 24, 1910 in the collegiate church in Stuttgart. Stuttgart 1910.
The hopeful situation of the women's mission in the present. In: Messages from the Basel Women's Mission. Vol. 13, No. 2, March 1913, Verlag der Missionsbuchhandlung, Basel 1913, pp. 21-23.
The war and the Basel mission. Scheufele publishing house, Stuttgart 1915.

Awards

1909: Silver Karl Olga Medal from the Kingdom of Württemberg

literature

In memory of pastor D. Heinrich Dipper, b. in Widdern / Jagst on June 2, 1868, died in Stuttgart on October 29, 1945. Steinkopf publishing house, Stuttgart 1945.
Christian Sigel: Dipper, Heinrich. In: Messages from the life of the evangelical clergy from the Reformation to the present. A reference work in alphabetical order. Vol. 11. Daab-Fussenegger, Gebersheim (undated), p. 827 , accessed on September 9, 2016 (typewritten).

Web links

Dipper, Heinrich in the catalog of the German National Library .
Dipper, Heinrich in the WorldCat catalog .
Inspector H. Dipper, Dr. E. Dipper et al. (Figure) in the catalog of the Basel Mission Archives. September 2, 1912–1. June 1914.
Director H. Dipper (illustration) in the catalog of the Basel Mission Archives. 1926.
Director Dipper and his wife (illustration) in the catalog of the Basel Mission Archives. 1926.
Dipper, Heinrich in the LEO-BW catalog of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives .
Dipper, Heinrich in the catalog of the Baden-Württemberg State Bibliography online. Württemberg State Library Stuttgart / Baden State Library .
Marbach, 2nd parish priest in the catalog of the German digital library .

Individual evidence

↑ Dipper, Heinrich. In: LEO-BW. Baden-Württemberg State Archives , August 16, 1989, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
↑ Dipper, Heinrich. In: Landesbibliographie Baden-Württemberg online. Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart / Badische Landesbibliothek , August 16, 1989, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
^ Wilhelm Schlatter: History of the Basel Mission. With special consideration of the unprinted sources . tape 1 . Verlag der Basler Missionsbuchhandlung, Basel 1916, p. 321 .
↑ Christine Keim: Women's mission and women's emancipation. A discussion in the Basel Mission in the context of the early ecumenical movement (1901–1928) . LIT Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-8258-8348-5 , p. 150 FN 238 .
↑ Thorsten Altena: "A bunch of Christians in the middle of the heathen world of the dark continent". On how Protestant missionaries understand themselves and others in colonial Africa 1884–1918 . Waxmann Verlag, Münster 2003, ISBN 978-3-8309-6199-4 , p. 20 .
^ Christian Sigel: Dipper, Heinrich. In: Messages from the life of the evangelical clergy from the Reformation to the present. A reference work in alphabetical order. Vol. 11. Daab-Fussenegger, Gebersheim (undated), p. 827 , accessed on September 9, 2016 (typewritten).

personal data
SURNAME	Dipper, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dipper, Heinrich Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian, Lutheran pastor in Stuttgart and director of the Basel Mission
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rams
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 1945
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Dipper, Heinrich. In: LEO-BW. Baden-Württemberg State Archives , August 16, 1989, accessed on September 8, 2016 .

[2] Dipper, Heinrich. In: Landesbibliographie Baden-Württemberg online. Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart / Badische Landesbibliothek , August 16, 1989, accessed on September 8, 2016 .

[3] Wilhelm Schlatter: History of the Basel Mission. With special consideration of the unprinted sources . tape 1 . Verlag der Basler Missionsbuchhandlung, Basel 1916, p. 321 .

[4] Christine Keim: Women's mission and women's emancipation. A discussion in the Basel Mission in the context of the early ecumenical movement (1901–1928) . LIT Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-8258-8348-5 , p. 150 FN 238 .

[5] Thorsten Altena: "A bunch of Christians in the middle of the heathen world of the dark continent". On how Protestant missionaries understand themselves and others in colonial Africa 1884–1918 . Waxmann Verlag, Münster 2003, ISBN 978-3-8309-6199-4 , p. 20 .

[6] Christian Sigel: Dipper, Heinrich. In: Messages from the life of the evangelical clergy from the Reformation to the present. A reference work in alphabetical order. Vol. 11. Daab-Fussenegger, Gebersheim (undated), p. 827 , accessed on September 9, 2016 (typewritten).