Karl Friedrich Werner (Pastor)

Karl Friedrich Werner (born August 14, 1804 in Stuttgart , † April 24, 1872 in Fellbach ) was a Swabian pastor, pietist and author.

The older brother August Hermann Werner , grandson of Israel Hartmann and son-in-law of Christian Heinrich Zeller , was brought up strictly by his father, a teacher in Stuttgart, and suffered from depression and anxiety at an early age. A friendship with Wilhelm Waiblinger quickly fell apart. Werner later described himself as "hypochondriac". A study trip "for literary purposes" through large parts of Germany (1829/1830) showed him the break between the influences of the Enlightenment and the conservatism of circles loyal to the Church, and he now felt called to fight "unbelief". After studying theology, he initially worked as a repetiteur in Blaubeuren and as a teacher at the Basel Mission seminary . From 1834 he was pastor of various parishes. He developed extensive activities, especially in Fellbach (1849 - 1872), a true stronghold of Pietism at the time . However, his old Pietist community was unable to assert itself permanently against the Hahn community . He also worked diligently in favor of the "Gentile Mission"; every year on February 2nd a mission festival took place in Fellbach. His two youngest daughters even had to go overseas as “missionary brides”. On site, Werner, inspired by his brother, looked after neglected children in particular, set up soup establishments and founded a children's rescue organization.

Werner's grave in the old cemetery in Fellbach

He was one of the leaders of the Wuerttemberg revival movement. Between 1839 and 1862 he edited the Basel collections , and from 1858 until his death he was also the editor of Edible Communications . His works also include a three-volume biography of Christian Gottlob Barth . A street and a kindergarten in Fellbach is named after Karl Friedrich Werner, and a biography of the pastor appeared as early as 1880.

Works

• Editing of the collections for lovers of Christian truth and godliness ("Basel Collections") 54 (1839) - 77 (1862)
• Publication u. Editing of the edifying communications. A community newspaper for mutual strengthening in faith in the Lord Jesus 1 (1858) - 15 (1872)
• Participation in the youth newspapers. Monthly for the Promotion of True Education, 1836ff.
• Christian Gottlob Barth, Doctor of Theology, after his life and work, 3 vols. Calw / Stuttgart 1865-1869 (1232 pp.)

literature

• Georg Andreas Werner [Autobiogr.], In: Collections for lovers of Christian truth and godliness 74 (1859), 20-32. 50-64. 80-94. 144-160
• In memory of Karl Friedrich Werner, 1872
• In memory of Karl Friedrich Werner, pastor in Fellbach, who was completed on April 24, 1872, in: Der Christen-Bote 44 (1874), 329-331, 337f, 345f; 46 (1876), 193-195, 201-203, 209-212 and the like. 217-219
• Samuel Werner, Memories from the life of Blessed Karl Friedrich Werner, 1881 (excerpts in: Collections for lovers of Christian truth and godliness, 1880)
• Württembergische Väter, Vol. 4: Pictures from the Christian life of Württemberg in the 19th century. Second half: From the Communities, 1905, 138-148
• Christian Sigel (arrangement), Das ev. Württemberg, Tl. 2: Generalmagisterbuch: Messages from the life of the ev. Clergy from the Reformation to the present, 1931ff., Vol. 17,1, 717 (Masch.)
• Heinrich Hermelink, History of the Ev. Church in Württemberg from the Reformation to the present, 1949, 459
• Hartmut Lehmann, Pietism and Secular Authorities in Württemberg from the 17th to the 20th Century, 1969, 250f. u.ö.
• Werner Raupp , Christian Gottlob Barth. Studies on life and work, 1998, 6f. u.ö.
• Werner Raupp :  Werner, Karl Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 869-870.

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Friedrich Werner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Werner's work