Hermann Behr (theologian)

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Friedrich Hermann Behr (* 1792 in Freiberg ; † December 13, 1848 in New York City ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Live and act

The second son of Johann Bernhard Behr (1754-1827), pastor at the Jakobikirche in Freiberg, studied Protestant theology after attending grammar school in Freiberg . In 1819 he was appointed as a substitute for his father, who had been transferred to the Erzgebirge city ​​of Schwarzenberg in 1804 . After his retirement in 1827, he took over the pastoral position entirely. As a deputy member of the 12th urban constituency, Behr was a member of the second chamber of the first constitutional Saxon state parliament , which took place in 1833/34 .

In order to counter the increasing poverty in the Ore Mountains with the decline of the iron industry, Behr supported the emigration of impoverished families to America. For his vision of a Saxon colony on the west coast of Florida , in 1831/32 he suggested the establishment of an emigration and colonization company financed by the issue of shares and state subsidies , which was supposed to enable the emigration of 2000 impoverished people. In January 1847, Behr was given leave of absence from his church service in order to found an Erzgebirge colony in North America. In 1847/48 closed communities left Saxony, and in particular the Schwarzenberg area, and settled in eastern Tennessee . He published collected letters from colonists in Wartburg (Tennessee) in 1848 with the aim of providing a guide to those wishing to emigrate. After the gloomy experiences in America and disappointed in his expectations, he died of cholera in December of that year on his return trip to Europe in New York.

His brother Johann Heinrich August von Behr (1793–1871) was a politician who u. a. served as finance and justice minister of the Kingdom of Saxony.

Fonts

  • Sermon after the fire accident in the city of Schwarzenberg on May 2nd, 1824 - held on Sundays Cantata and for the benefit of the burned down ed. , Annaberg 1824
  • Plan of an emigration and colonization company to be founded on shares, with invitation and supplements , Dresden, Walthersche Hofbuchhandlung
  • Sermon at Christmas 1831 - in memory of the most excellent benefits of our new state constitution , 3rd A., 1843
  • Friedrich Hermann Behr's collected letters about the German Colonie Wartburg in East Tennessee in North America for instruction for emigrants and those interested in emigration , Leipzig, 1848

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhold Grünberg: Sächsisches Pfarrerbuch - The parishes and pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran. Regional Church of Saxony (1539–1939) , p. 41
  2. ↑ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Saxon State Parliament 2001, p. 91
  3. ^ Andreas Kahl: Pastor Behr pushes colonization plan. In: Freie Presse , Schwarzenberg local edition of August 22, 2002
  4. ↑ a b New Saxon Church Gallery, Ephorie Schneeberg, 1902, column 327 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ Götz Altmann : Erzgebirgisches Eisen . Grün-Weiß series 1999, p. 215
personal data
SURNAME Behr, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Behr, Friedrich Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1848
Place of death New York City