Julius Hardeland
Hermann Emil Julius Hardeland (born January 7, 1828 in Hanover ; † October 11, 1903 there ) was a Lutheran theologian and director of the Leipzig Mission .
life and work
Born the son of a commission agent, Hardeland studied theology at the University of Göttingen from 1847 . In 1850 he became a private teacher in August von Arnswaldt's house in Hanover. Subsequently, in the fall of 1853, he became sub-principal of the Lauenburg School of Academics in Ratzeburg . In 1854 he went to Lassahn as a pastor .
In 1860 he succeeded Karl Graul as director of the Leipzig Mission Society. Hardeland continued the course he had begun for the mission. In both 1867/68 and 1875/76 he went on a trip to the mission field in India . The second trip was triggered by a conflict between several missionaries in which Hardeland tried to mediate. Some Leipzig missionaries, influenced by CFW Walther , represented a stricter Lutheranism than others. As a result of the dispute, four missionaries left the service of the Leipzig Mission and returned to Saxony , where they were subsequently involved in the establishment and consolidation of the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church .
When interest in the missionary profession waned in the 1870s, Hardeland decided to move missionary training from university to its own missionary seminary. All missionary training took place there.
In 1886 Hardeland gave up the Indian mission in North America, in which the Leipzig mission was briefly involved.
In 1891 he passed the post of director of the Leipzig Mission on to Karl von Schwartz and went to work for the Mecklenburg Church , where he became Superintendent in Doberan . In 1894 he retired and moved to Dresden . The University of Copenhagen awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1881 .
Hardeland was married twice: from 1857 to Mathilde Schlettwein (1836–1876), after her death from 1878 to Frieda Cassinone († 1907). The son Karl became a pastor in Hanover.
literature
- Friedrich Hashagen : In memory of Mission Director D. Julius Hardeland. C. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1904.
- Otto Hardeland: Dr. theol. Julius Hardeland. Publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Leipzig 1905.
- Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. With notes on past pastors since the Reformation. Vol. 1. Wismar 1924, p. 26 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Hardeland's biography on the website of the Leipziger Missionswerk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hardeland, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hardeland, Hermann Emil Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and director of the Leipzig Mission |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1903 |
| Place of death | Hanover |