Karl Buchrucker

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Karl Buchrucker

Johann Karl Christoph Wilhelm Buchrucker , from 1890 Knight von Buchrucker , (born November 19, 1827 in Kleinweisach , † January 29, 1899 in Munich ) was a Lutheran clergyman and theologian , related to Bruno Ernst Buchrucker , a German military and putschist. Karl Buchrucker became famous above all as the founder of the Inner Mission in Munich .

Life

Karl Buchrucker was born as the son of a pastor and his wife in Kleinweisach in Upper Franconia . He attended high school in Erlangen , where he studied as a pupil of Johann Christian Konrad von Hofmann . During his studies in Erlangen in the winter semester of 1846/47 he became a member of the Bubenreuther fraternity . He became a private tutor in Schwabach , then a private vicar in Burgfarrnbach (Middle Franconia) and in what is now Gersfeld in Hesse . In 1854 he became pastor in Oberlaimbach ( Middle Franconia ), then in 1863 pastor in Nördlingen and in 1873 first pastor and dean in Munich .

Karl-Buchrucker-Haus at Landshuter Allee 40 , office of
the Inner Mission Munich and Upper Bavaria

On March 23, 1884, he founded the Local Committee of the Inner Mission . In 1885 the first official general meeting of the Association for Inner Mission Munich took place. In the same year Buchrucker was appointed senior consistorial advisor.

In 1890, Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria awarded him the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown , whereby Buchrucker was elevated to the personal nobility . In 1897 he received the title of Royal Privy Council awarded

Karl Ritter von Buchrucker acted as a religion teacher, known for his catechetical works , organizational talent and an important figure of integration in the Bavarian regional church . He succeeded in uniting the locally begun works of various traditions and conceptions within the Inner Mission in order to "save souls from destruction as many as we can."

In 1899 he was the founder of the New Church Journal and remained co-editor until his death on January 29, 1899 in Munich.

The Inner Mission Munich awards him the Karl Buchrucker Prize annually in his honor .

Works

  • Christian religious instruction in elementary school :
    • I: The biblical history lesson or: How did the fellowship of God and mankind come about ?, 1859 (1899-3);
    • II: The Catechism Lesson or: What is the Christian Communion with God ?, 1861 (1899-3);
    • III: Hymnal Lessons or: How Does the Church Exercise Communion with God ?, 1862 (1887-2);
  • The Biblical Story , 1864 (1919–96);
  • Dr. Martin Luther's little catechism with explanatory questions and answers and explanatory and proving sayings of the Holy Scriptures including the Augsburg Confession , 1867 (published as a "revision proposal"; published in 1877 for optional use; 1898-67 by the general synod as "state catechism" for exclusive use Use in all elementary and middle schools; 1919-129);
  • The Path of Peace, a Confession and Communion Book, 1865 (1876-3);
  • The Great Works of God and Our Faith (20 sermons), 1883;
  • Basic Lines of Church Catechetics , 1889;
  • Scripture Evidence in Catechism Class , 1893.
  • Participation in the Declared German People's Bible in a commonly understood interpretation and application with an apologetic tendency, ed. by Eduard Rupprecht , Hanover 1897, 3rd edition 1913.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Höhne: The Bubenreuther. History of a German fraternity. II., Erlangen 1936, p. 164.

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personal data
SURNAME Buchrucker, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buchrucker, Johann Karl Christoph Wilhelm von (full name); Buchrucker, Karl Ritter von; Buchrucker, Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran clergyman and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleinweisach
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1899
Place of death Munich