Johann Barthold Jobstharde

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Johann Barthold Jobstharde (* July 17, 1797 in Wüsten ; † June 5, 1858 ibid) was a farmer and one of the important and leading personalities of the Ravensberg - Lippe revival movement .

As a theological layman, he had acquired extensive knowledge of the Bible . For decades he held building hours in his house on Sundays and made his court available for missions, youth and harvest festivals . The hours of rebuilding had a major impact on the shaping of Christian life in his village of Deserts and the wider area. As a loyal, godly, peasant householder, he became a role model for many. His pastoral and spiritual advice was sought after by many of his visitors.

Life

Childhood and youth

Jobstharde was the sixth of eleven children of his parents Johann Dietrich Schemmel (born January 29, 1758, † June 11, 1842) and Anna Sophie Elisabeth Jobst Harde (born August 17, 1765, † December 6, 1842). His father married into the Harde farm, Unterwüsten No. 13, in Pehlen and took the name Jobstharde.

Johann Barthold Jobstharde received a good education from the sexton Friedrich Adolph Knöner and confirmation lessons from Pastor Friedrich Konrad Krüger, who prepared the awakening movement in deserts. At the age of about 20 Jobstharde experienced a penance and conversion, which was initiated by the book "True Christianity" by Johann Arndt . He now sought contact with some older, determined Christians and made a pilgrimage with them on Sundays in the summer to the preachers of the revival movement.

Adulthood

On November 25, 1827 Jobstharde married Luise Wilhelmine Bonnemeier (* July 11, 1799 - † September 7, 1872 from a farm near Vlotho . The marriage had eight children: Johann Dietrich August (* 1828), Anna Marie Wilhelmine ( * 1829), Caroline Louise (* 1831), Louise Wilhelmine (* 1833), Simon Carl (* 1835), Johann Christoph Simon (* 1836), Florentine Wilhelmine Henriette (* 1839) and Louise Wilhelmine Charlotte (* 1841).)

For the first 15 years of his marriage, his father still administered the colonat, so Jobstharde had more time for intellectual work. In winter many gathered at Jobstharde's, where people read edification pamphlets and sang from older hymn books. He had a new Meierhaus built, which is still preserved today with its inscriptions. In his work and on his farm, he attached great importance to precise order and great punctuality and lived a daily routine characterized by prayer times with his housemates in rural simplicity.

Jobstharde was known for his helpfulness towards the poor and widows. Through the Ravensberg Mission Festival he got in contact with many spiritually gifted lay people, preachers and missionaries, who also visited him and whose work he supported. Through annual spa stays in Bad Pyrmont , he came into contact with high-ranking personalities who invited him to join them. Theology students, for example from Berlin, sought contact with Jobstharde.

He was one of the founders of the Grünau children's home near Schötmar and the Bergkirchen parish near Salzuflen . Sometimes he represented Pastor Gustav Meyer of the Wüsten parish at funerals. He avoided denominational issues.

Jobstharde's tombstone in the desert cemetery Jobstharde's tombstone in the desert cemetery
Jobstharde's tombstone in the desert cemetery

Jobstharde died on June 5, 1858 and was buried in the cemetery near the Wüsten church. The inscriptions on his tombstone read:

Here
in God
Johann Barthold
Jobstharde,
born on July 17, 1797
died on June 5, 1858
Corpse text Ps. 92, 13.16

Here,
everyone realize
that you mean
are disciples,
if ye love
for one another.
John 13.25.

But let us do
good
and
not get tired,
because
in due time
we will also harvest
without ceasing.
Gal 6.9.

Who overcomes
should be put on
with white clothes
,
and I will not wipe
his name out of the book of life. Revelation 3.5.


Others

Street sign "Jobsthardestrasse" .png

In Wüsten Jobstharde is named after him in honor of the road connecting Kirchheider Strasse and Vlothoer Strasse.

literature

  • Werner Lohmeyer: The awakening movement in Lippe in the 19th century . Detmold 1931, pp. 48-53
  • Wilhelm Neuser: From the history of the revival movement in Lippe . In: Jobstharde, the father of Christian life in the Lipperland, ed. by Wilhelm Neuser, Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1956, pp. 7–32
  • Gustav Meyer: Memories from the life and death of the blessed father Jobstharde in Wüsten, written down for his relatives and closest friends by Pastor Gustav Meyer. In: Jobstharde, the father of Christian life in the Lipperland , ed. by Wilhelm Neuser, Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1956, pp. 33-139
  • Horst Naber: Witnesses and testimonies from Lippe . Lage 1984, pp. 64-69
  • Heinrich Budde: Jobstharde, the Tersteegen Ravensberg , In: witnesses and testimonials from Minden-Ravensberg , vol. 1, ed. by Wilhelm Heienbrok., Bielefeld 1990, ISBN 3-501-00966-6 , pp. 289-298
  • Jürgen Scheffler: Awakening Movement and Revolution. Religion and political public in Lemgo 1948/1849 , In: Frommes Volk und Patrioten, Awakening Movement and Social Issues in Eastern Westphalia 1800 to 1900 , published. by Josef Mooser, Regine Krull, Bernd Hey, Roland Gießelmann, Bielefeld 1989, ISBN 3-927085-13-8 , pp. 340–367
  • Erwin Schubert: Church and school chronicle of the community of Wüsten , ed. from Evgl. Parish Wüsten, 2nd edition 1994

Web links

Commons : Johann Barthold Jobstharde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Neuser, From the history of the awakening movement in Lippe, p. 31
  2. ^ Wilhelm Neuser, From the history of the awakening movement in Lippe, p. 14
  3. ^ Heinrich Budde, Jobstharde, p. 292
  4. ^ Heinrich Budde, Jobstharde, p. 296
  5. ↑ Jürgen Scheffler, Awakening Movement and Revolution, p. 345
  6. ↑ Erwin Schubert: Churches and School Chronicle of the Wüsten community p. 38
  7. ↑ Horst Naber, Witnesses and Testimonials from Lippe, p. 66
  8. ↑ Deserts, People, and History
  9. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 35.
  10. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 37
  11. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 38
  12. ^ Genealogy of the Jobstharde family at www.woiste.de
  13. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 41
  14. ^ Heinrich Budde, Jobstharde, p. 297
  15. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 44
  16. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 49
  17. ↑ Werner Lohmeyer, Die Aweckungsbewegung, p. 52
  18. ↑ Werner Lohmeyer, Die Aweckungsbewegung, p. 53
  19. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 49
  20. ^ Erwin Schubert: Churches and School Chronicle of the Wüsten community p. 39
  21. ↑ Gustav Meyer, Memories, p. 50
  22. ^ Heinrich Budde, Jobstharde, p. 297
personal data
SURNAME Jobstharde, Johann Barthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German farmer, representative of the Ravensberg-Lippe revival movement
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Deserts
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1858
Place of death Deserts