Johann Heinrich Wiesmann
Johann Heinrich Wiesmann (born June 20, 1799 in Hattingen , † August 10, 1862 in Koblenz ) was a Protestant theologian and as general superintendent of the spiritual director of the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Rhine Province in Koblenz.
Career
Johann Heinrich Wiesmann was born as the son of the businessman Johann Heinrich Wiesmann and Johanna Löber, first attended school in his hometown, then the grammar school in Duisburg. Here he graduated from high school in the fall of 1817 and then studied theology at the universities of Halle (Saale) , where he became a member of the fraternity, and Berlin , where Friedrich Schleiermacher and August Neander shaped him. While attending the seminary in Wittenberg from 1820 to 1821, he passed the first theological exam before the consistory in Magdeburg on February 6, 1821 ; the second was remitted to him.
Wiesmann's ordination to the clergy took place on May 17, 1822 in Blankenstein near Hattingen , where he also took over the parish priesthood. In 1825 he moved to Lennep in the Rhineland , where in 1844 he was also appointed superintendent of the Synod of Lennep.
In 1851 Wiesmann was also appointed President of the Rhenish Provincial Synod. In 1853 he moved to Bonn as a pastor , where in 1860 he was appointed general superintendent of the Evangelical Church of the Rhine Province based in Koblenz . He held this office until his death just two years later.
Wiesmann was married to Nora Schröter from Lennep on July 7, 1826, who died a few weeks after the wedding. On May 6, 1829, he married Henriette Waldthausen from Essen († 1857).
Honor
The Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn awarded Johann Heinrich Wiesmann an honorary doctorate on July 22, 1859 .
Fonts
- From his Excellency the former Royal Prussian State Minister Karl Freiherrn vom und zum Stein retirement: also as a contribution to his possible future biography . Regensberg, Münster 1831. ( Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
literature
- In memory of the general superintendent Dr. Wiesmann , Koblenz, 1862
- Albert Rosenkranz (Ed.), The Evangelical Rhineland. A Rhenish parish and pastor's book , Volume 2: The Pastors , Düsseldorf, 1958
Web links
- Short biography in the Rheinische Geschichte portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiesmann, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Protestant theologian and general superintendent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hattingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1862 |
| Place of death | Koblenz |