Marianne Kappeler

Marianne Kappeler (born May 1, 1905 in Frauenfeld , † June 23, 1994 in Basel ; resident in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss theologian and pastor from the canton of Basel-Stadt .

Life

Marianne Kappeler was a daughter of Otto Kappeler, a businessman , and Maria Stierlin. After graduation in 1925 in Frauenfeld studied Kappeler in Basel, Tübingen and Berlin theology . After a vicariate in 1929, she worked as a parish assistant in Zollikon . In 1944 she was appointed to the Leonhard congregation in Basel. There she fought for full parish office . She held it from 1960 to 1969. In 1965 she took over the presidency of the Swiss Association of Women theologians. Kappeler was a member of the German- Swiss Christian Association of Young Women (CVJF). In 1940 she held its presidium. The experiences she made in the girls' association work led her to develop community work ( amateur theater ) and work with women.

Sources and literature

• Estate of Marianne Kappeler in the Gosteli Foundation in Worblaufen
• Calendar for the Protestant churches in Switzerland. Friedrich Reinhardt, Basel 1995.
• Because we women are different. Edited by Christiane Besson, Doris Brodbeck and Margrit Schütz. Swiss National Association of Christian Associations of Young Women, Gutenswil 1996, pp. 40–42.

Web links

• Doris Brodbeck: Marianne Kappeler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 28, 2013 , accessed August 15, 2020 .

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