Marie Charlotte Neviandt

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Marie Charlotte Neviandt (born October 4, 1826 Vaals , Netherlands; † March 3, 1889 in Elberfeld ) was the wife of the free church theologian Heinrich Neviandt .

biography

Born Charlotte Binterim, she married Heinrich Neviandt on May 12, 1857, pastor of the first Free Evangelical Congregation in Germany and later President of the Federation of Free Evangelical Congregations . Due to her talent for languages ​​she was able to translate the works of Auguste Rochat, Adolphe Monod and Alexandre Vinet into German. Through these books, the ideas of the Free Church became widely known in Germany. She remained childless with her husband Heinrich Neviandt, but was considered the “mother of the community” in the Barmen-Elberfeld community.

Works (selection)

  • Auguste Rochat: Comments after the Word of God about the nature, constitution and goal of the congregation or church of Christ. From the French by A. Rochat, former head and preacher of the free evangelical congregation in Rolle near Geneva , Elberfeld 1855. (translation)

literature

  • Richard Schmitz: Heinrich Neviandt. A picture of life . Witten n.d. (1927).
  • Hartmut Weyel: The future needs a past. Lively portraits from the history of the Free Evangelical Churches . Volume 5.5 / 1. SCM Bundes-Verlag, Witten 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Neviandt, Marie Charlotte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German translator, wife of the free church theologian Heinrich Neviandt
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Vaals , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1889
Place of death Elberfeld