Heinrich Niemöller

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Heinrich Niemöller (around 1930)

Johann Heinrich Niemöller (born November 8, 1859 in Wersen , Westphalia , † March 23, 1941 in Wuppertal ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and author .

Life

Heinrich Niemöller was the son of the Wersen teacher and cantor Gerhard Heinrich Niemöller (1819–1873) and his wife Christina Maria geb. Bäumer (1827-1908). He attended the Pforta state school until he graduated from high school, studied Protestant theology in Leipzig and Halle from 1880 and became assistant preacher at the Great Marienkirche in Lippstadt in 1884 . After his ordination in 1887 he stayed there as a pastor. In his Christ-centered sermons he renounced church politics and polemics and addressed both the common and the educated.

In 1889 he married Paula Müller (1868–1956) from Westerkappeln . He had six children with her, including the well-known theologians Martin and Wilhelm Niemöller .

In 1898 he took part in Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine without an official mandate and was then commissioned to write and edit an official memorial book.

In 1900 he went to the Trinity Church of the Lutheran parish of Elberfeld as a pastor , where he officiated for 34 years until he was 75.

Niemöller wrote several spiritual and church-historical writings and newspaper articles, as well as two autobiographical publications. The University of Bonn awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology in 1925 .

Fonts (selection)

  • Reformation history of Lippstadt, the first Protestant town in Westphalia , Halle / Saale 1906.
  • Justification by Faith , Witten [1918].
  • A pastors mirror , Elberfeld 1927.
  • Witnesses from the history of the Lutheran community of Elberfeld , Elberfeld 1932.
  • From the golden days of youth , Elberfeld 1936.
  • From 56 years in office , Bielefeld 1948.
  • The glory of Jesus Christ. Lippstadt sermons from 1894 , Bielefeld 1948.

literature

  • Wilhelm Niemöller : Father Niemöller , Bielefeld 1946.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bauks: The Protestant pastors in Westphalia from the Reformation to 1945 (= contributions to the Westphalian church history, vol. 4). Bielefeld 1980, No. 4506.
  • Maibritt Gustrau: Orientals or Christians ?: Oriental Christianity in travelogues of German theologians . Göttingen 2016, pp. 289–296 ( partially digitized ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ so Wilhelm Niemöller in Father Niemöller
  2. ^ Heinrich Niemöller (ed.): Up to Jerusalem. Commemorative book of the official festival journey for the dedication of the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. Published on behalf of the commissioned commission. Berlin 1899 ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ Gustrau p. 290
personal data
SURNAME Niemöller, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niemöller, Johann Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Wersen , Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1941
Place of death Wuppertal