Johannes Wichern

Johannes Wichern 1901

Johannes Wichern (sitting in the center behind the table) with his colleagues

Johannes Wichern (born September 23, 1845 in the Rauhen Haus in Horn near Hamburg , † September 14, 1914 in Bad Kösen ) was a Protestant clergyman and director of the Rauhen Haus.

Life

Johannes Wichern studied theology in Halle (Saale) , Tübingen and Berlin , for some time headed the German school on the Capitol in Rome , became cathedral helper in Berlin and on April 1, 1873, succeeded his father, Johann Hinrich Wichern , director of the Rauhen Haus .

The information courses for theologians on the various areas of the Inner Mission , which he first directed in 1886, became permanent institutions in most of the Prussian provinces. In the same year he founded the “Cooperative of Voluntary Nurses in War” on behalf of the Central Committee of the German Red Cross Associations.

When he had to give up the management of the Rauhe Haus for health reasons, he settled in Bad Kösen , where he particularly campaigned for the deaconess station founded in 1892.

Works

The Rauhe Haus and the fields of work of the Brothers of the Rauhe Haus 1833 to 1883, a jubilee ; Hamburg 1883
The voluntary care of wounded and drowned warriors in the field by the German Red Cross associations ; Hamburg 1887
The Association of Voluntary Nurses in War ; Berlin 1890
Johann Hinrich Wichern and the Brothers Institution of the Rauhe Haus ; Hamburg 1892

literature

Werner Raupp : Johannes Wichern. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1473-1503. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Brockhaus, 14th edition, 1894, volume 16, page 686

Individual evidence

↑ Literarisches Zentralblatt für Deutschland, Volume 65, 1914, p. 11 [1]
↑ Journal for Child Research, Volume 19, J. Springer, 1914, p. 734 [2]
^ Lutz Toepfer: 100 years of the Luther Church Bad Kösen . In: Luther Church and church music in Bad Kösen. 100 years of church life in Bad Kösen, Bad Kösen no year, p. 8

Web links

Literature by and about Johannes Wichern in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Wichern, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant clergyman and director of the Rauhe Haus
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH	Horn near Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1914
Place of death	Bad Kosen

[1] Literarisches Zentralblatt für Deutschland, Volume 65, 1914, p. 11 [1]

[2] Journal for Child Research, Volume 19, J. Springer, 1914, p. 734 [2]

[3] Lutz Toepfer: 100 years of the Luther Church Bad Kösen . In: Luther Church and church music in Bad Kösen. 100 years of church life in Bad Kösen, Bad Kösen no year, p. 8