Hugo Woldemar Hickmann

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Hugo Woldemar Hickmann (born March 9, 1841 in Radeberg , † February 27, 1922 in Langebrück ) was an Evangelical Lutheran pastor, author, clergyman of the Inner Mission in Dresden and field preacher during the Franco-German War . In 1875 he founded Germany's first children's recreation home in Augustusbad near Radeberg.

family

Hickmann's parents were the Radeberg doctor Heinrich Woldemar Hickmann and the teacher Johanna Wilhelmine Hickmann, geb. King. He had three siblings, among them the Dresden senior teacher and author Johannes Woldemar Hickmann. In 1870 he married Margarete Dirnberg. Hickmann had six children with her. One of his sons was Hugo Hickmann (1877–1955), a politician and co-founder of the Saxon CDU after the Second World War.

Life

Hickmann attended St. Augustin's grammar school in Grimma from 1854 to 1860 , after which he studied theology at the University of Leipzig . The Inner Mission associations founded in the middle of the 19th century aroused his interest. When the main association for internal mission at the Diakonissenanstalt Dresden was founded in 1867 , Hickmann took up the post of secretary and secretary. From 1868 to 1878 he published the official club magazine " Baussteine" . The association appointed him its first clergyman in 1870 . The expansion and networking of the Saxon associations of the Inner Mission were decisive aspects of his work.

When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 , Hickmann set up a voluntary Saxon field diaconate, which he headed as a division pastor.

The children's recreation home in Augustusbad on a postcard from 1910

After the war, church child labor moved into the focus of his work. Hickmann organized the first children's church service in Dresden in 1871. When he was staying at the Augustusbad near Radeberg for a spa stay in 1872 , he was particularly struck by the healthy and vital-looking children of the rural population. The city children, who lacked movement and fresh air, seemed like “pale, weak little plants” and he came up with the idea of ​​building a rest home especially for children. In collaboration with doctors from Dresden and the Inner Mission, he opened Germany's first children's recreation home, known as the Bethlehemstift , on July 1, 1875, in the former mountain house of the Augustusbad. Hickmann headed the Bethlehemstift until 1879. The model of the children's recreation home was significantly expanded in the following decades, and other facilities at several locations followed Hickmann's example. Bethlehemstifte opened in Hohenstein-Ernstthal , Berggießhübel , Neundorf and Zwönitz .

From 1879 to 1909 Hickmann took over the position of pastor in Cölln b. Meissen . During his time as pastor, the Cöllner Johanneskirche was consecrated in 1898 , which replaced the St. Urbanskirche as the parish church of the village. Hickmann founded an evangelical workers' association and a parochial women's association during his tenure. The women's association established a children's institution and a community diaconia. This station was renamed Johannesstift in 1899 and has been the seat of the Diakonisches Werk of the Meissen church district since 1991. From 1878 to 1915, Hickmann was the editor of the Saxon People's Calendar .

The University of Leipzig made Hickmann an honorary doctorate in theology in 1908 . Appointed to the church council in 1909 , Hickmann retired a year later because of an eye condition that gradually led to his blindness, and spent the rest of his life in Langebrück. He died on February 27, 1922 and was buried in the local cemetery.

Fonts

  • Building blocks. Illustrated monthly paper for inner mission. Verlag Dörfling and Franke, Leipzig 1868–1879.
  • The consecration of the bell in Cölln a. Elbe. Verlag der Schriften-Niederlage von Franz Bienenstock, Cölln-Vorbrücke 1888.
  • Three speeches on Sedan Day 1895 / Weihrede, celebratory sermon, field sermon. Louis Mosche Publishing House, Meißen 1895.
  • The new Johanneskirche in Cölln ad Elbe. Self-published by the church council, Cölln 1898.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Kirchliche Nachrichten der Parochie Radeberg cites June 1, 1875 as the opening date of the children's recreation home.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hugo Woldemar Hickmann. ISGV , accessed on September 20, 2013 .
  2. ^ A b Klaus Menzel: Berghaus became Bethlehemstift. Germany's first children's recreation home is in Liegau-Augustusbad. In: Dresdner Latest News , edition November 12, 2007. ( PDF; 2.2 MB ).
  3. ↑ German Biographical Archive, Part I, Fiche 534, Entry 324.
  4. ↑ The consecration of the bell in Cölln a. Elbe. Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library , accessed on September 20, 2013 (digitized version of the book).
  5. ↑ Three speeches on Sedantage 1895. Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Dresden State and University Library , accessed on September 20, 2013 (digitized version of the book).
  6. ^ The new Johanneskirche in Cölln ad Elbe. Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library , accessed on September 20, 2013 (digitized version of the book).
personal data
SURNAME Hickmann, Hugo Woldemar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Evangelical Lutheran pastor
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Radeberg , Germany
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1922
Place of death Langebrueck , Germany