Johannes Kessler (pastor)

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Johannes Kessler , also Keßler , (born May 8, 1865 in Köstritz , † August 24, 1944 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Protestant pastor and author of several patriotic works.

Life

Kessler came from Reuss-Köstritz and went to the Kingdom of Prussia , where he initially worked as a division pastor and court preacher at the Friedenskirche in Potsdam . For four years he was the tutor of the two eldest sons of Emperor Wilhelm II. From 1893 to 1907 he was a garrison pastor in Potsdam and then went to the Kingdom of Saxony in Dresden , where in 1908 he took over the office of pastor at the Lukaskirche . He lived in the house at Lukasplatz 4, which was destroyed in the bombing raid in 1945.

After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 he put his office for reasons of age and later moved to Freiburg, where he died in the summer 1944th

family

On July 8, 1893, in Bornstedt near Potsdam, he married Anna Maria Frommel from Barmen , the daughter of the pastor and folk writer Emil Frommel . His wife died in Dresden in 1929, so that he lived as a widower for the last few years.

Works

  • Hail To Thee, Emperor! , Dresden, 1913
  • God bless the emperor! In memory of the anniversary of the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II (June 15, 1913) , Dresden, 1913
  • Bell ring and sword song. Two patriotic speeches , Dresden, 1914
  • Fearless and loyal , Dresden, 1914
  • Victory through God , Dresden, 1914
  • The most important duty against our warriors , Dresden, 1914
  • Bury your dead deep in your heart. Speech at the war prayer hour (Sept. 11, 1914). In memory of our fallen warriors , Dresden, 1914
  • Sermons and addresses in the days of the war in 1914, given by J. Keßler , Dresden 1914
  • Cross and sword , Dresden, 1915
  • German women - German loyalty. A call to women and thanks to the front , Dresden, [1915]
  • The land trembles, but I hold onto its pillars. Sermon on the Kaiser's birthday (Jan. 27, 1916) , Dresden, 1916
  • I swear to myself eternal youth. With a portrait . List, Leipzig v 1936.

He supported his father-in-law Emil Frommel in his publication Ernstes und Heiteres. Stories for the German people that appeared in several editions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Gender Book. Genealogical Handbook of Bürgerlicher Familien , Volume 120, 1955, p. 384
personal data
SURNAME Kessler, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kessler, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Köstritz
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1944
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau