Johanne Wienholt
Johanne Wienholt (* 1761 in Hamburg ; † May 3, 1818 in Bremen ) was co-founder of the religious Lavater circle in Bremen.
Life
Wienholt was the daughter of the lawyer Johann Gottfried Misler (1720–1789) and his wife Maria (1734–1777). She had ten siblings, including the theologian Johann Gottfried Misler (1679–1748).
In 1780 she married the Bremen physician and city physician (from 1777) Arnold Wienholt . Both had five children, including Marianne (1786–1856), the mother of the orientalist Johann Gustav Gildemeister (1812–1890). The family lived at the Unser Lieben Frauen Kirchhof in the center of Bremen. In 1804 she moved to the Ansgarikirchhof as a widow .
Johann Caspar Lavater was appointed to the St. Ansgarii Church in 1786 , but remained pastor in Zurich. He visited Bremen and inspired the Wienholts for "animal magnetism", a treatment method related to hypnosis. The two Wienholts in Bremen formed a Lavater circle , supported by other middle class women (including Sophie Kulenkamp, Meinerzhagen, Meta Post), who supported the religious interpretation of the idea of a Christianity aimed at the subjective experience of the transcendent . In 1802 Wienholt published his main work The Healing Power of Animal Magnetism in two volumes based on his own experience based on 50 medical histories .
After the death of her husband, Johanne Wienholt published a biographical essay in 1805 with a description of her husband's character traits in Arnold Wienholt's history of education as a person, doctor and Christian in Verlag Seyffert, Bremen.
There is an oil painting by Johanne Wienholt (1789) by Jacob Fehrmann in the Focke Museum in Bremen.
Fonts
- Henrich Nicolaus Achelis (Ed.), Johanne Wienholt: Dr. A. Wienholt's educational history as a person, doctor and Christian. Written in part by himself . Seyffert, 1805 ( digitized version )
literature
- Edith Laudowicz : Wienholt, Johanne, b. Misler. In: Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). : Women's story (s). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .
Web links
- Johanne Wienholt ( memento from 23 August 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Bremen Women's Museum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wienholt, Johanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German co-founder of the religious Lavater circle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1818 |
| Place of death | Bremen |