Johannes Vogel (court preacher)

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Court preacher Johannes Vogel and Oskar Prince of Prussia (1923)

Johannes Gustav Martin Vogel (born November 30, 1873 in Sandow , Pomerania, † February 19, 1933 in Potsdam ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Live and act

Vogel came from a pastor's family. In 1901 he became rector in Woldenberg in der Neumark and in 1903 military assistant pastor in Frankfurt an der Oder . In 1904 he came to Flensburg as a division pastor and was then pastor at the cadet house and the prince house in the Plön cadet institution . In 1910 he became the clerk of the Protestant field provosts in Berlin .

In 1912 Vogel became the garrison pastor of the garrison church in Potsdam . At the same time he was awarded the title of court preacher .

Vogel initially participated in the First World War as a field division pastor of the Guard Cavalry Division . About his experiences during this time he published the book Bis Pinsk with the Guard Cavalry in 1918 . Vogel later came to Great Headquarters as a clergyman .

Shortly after the end of the war, Vogel was appointed to the Friedenskirche in Potsdam , where he worked as a pastor until his death. Even after the establishment of the Weimar Republic , he remained closely connected to the House of Hohenzollern and was strictly monarchist : He visited Wilhelm II several times in his exile in Doorn and performed his wedding with Princess Hermine . He also gave the sermon for the ex-emperor's seventieth birthday. Politically, he was also considered " militaristic , anti-Semitic , anti-Bolshevik ".

Vogel died of a heart attack in February 1933 after having to break off a children's service due to a faint attack.

Fonts

  • 3000 kilometers with the Guard Cavalry , 1916.
  • To Pinsk with the Guards Cavalry , 1918.
  • Address for the marriage of his majesty the emperor and king Wilhelm II and your high princely highness the wife of princess Hermine von Schönaich-Carolath princess Reuss elder line. Doorn House, November 4, 1922 , 1922.
  • Strength and longing. Sermons , 1931.

literature

  • Hartmut Fritz: Otto Dibelius. A cleric in the period between monarchy and dictatorship , 1998.

Web links

Commons : Johannes Vogel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Quoted description according to the characterization of Vogel's basic attitude in the explanatory commentary in: Peter Schweinhardt / International Hanns-Eisler-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Höllenangst. Music for the farce with singing by Johann Nepomuk Nestroy in the text version of the Theater in der Scala, Vienna 1948 , (= Hanns Eisler. Complete edition , series 5 ["Bühnenmusik"], vol. 5), Wiesbaden 2006, note 95.5.
personal data
SURNAME Vogel, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vogel, Johannes Gustav Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandow
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1933
Place of death Potsdam