Johann Heinrich Weisgerber

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Johann Heinrich Weisgerber , also known as Weißgerber , (born March 29, 1798 in Trupbach (now part of Siegen ), † October 12, 1868 in Eisern (now part of Siegen)) was a German revival preacher, known as "Tersteegen des Siegerland".

Life

Johann Heinrich Weisgerber, son of a family with eight children, was a shoemaker from Trupbach near Siegen. From 1825 to 1829 he worked in the Düsseltal rescue facility for orphans , the later Graf Recke Foundation , from Adalbert von der Recke-Volmerstein . After his return to Siegerland, he worked as a so-called “hour keeper” and “soul carer” from 1832. In 1838, as a lay preacher in Eisern near Siegen, he founded a Christian household, a so-called “pilgrim hut” based on the model of Gerhard Tersteegen , which existed until 1854. Its content is based on the text The Necessity of Rebirth or the sure and unmistakable path to happiness according to Joh. 3,34 .

Alongside Tillmann Siebel , he was considered one of the fathers of the revival movement in Siegerland. The ecclesiastical and secular authorities in Westphalia and Nassau accused him of "sectarianism". In order to curb his preaching activity, he was required not to spend more than two hours in one place to preach.

Fonts

  • The necessity of rebirth or the sure and unmistakable path to bliss according to Joh. 3,34 , Friedrichs Buchhandlung Siegen 1834
  • New Year's Eve poem by Heinrich Weisgerber (1798–1868); in: 7NL 019, No. 301

literature

  • Gustav Adolf Benrath : The awakening within the German regional churches 1815–1888. An overview. In: Ulrich Gäbler (Ed.): The Pietism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, p. 199 f.
  • Heinrich Steitz : History of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau. Third part: unions, developments, church constitutions. Trautvetter & Fischer, Marburg 1965, pp. 365–368.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gustav Adolf Benrath : The revival within the German regional churches 1815–1888. An overview. In: Ulrich Gäbler (Ed.): The Pietism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, p. 199 f.
  2. ↑ Rolf Henrichs: “Streifzug durch Glaube und Kirche” on siegener-zeitung.de from June 9, 2019, accessed on June 24, 2020
  3. ^ New Year's Eve poem by Heinrich Weisgerber , archive of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, accessed on June 24, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Weisgerber, Johann Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weissgerber, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German revival preacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Trupbach (now part of Siegen)
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1868
Place of death Eisern (now part of Siegen)