Moritz von Egidy (father)

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Moritz von Egidy
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Christoph Moritz von Egidy (born August 29, 1847 in Mainz , †  December 29, 1898 in Potsdam ) was a Saxon officer , pacifist , moral philosopher and Christian reformer .

Life

origin

Moritz came from the originally probably Dutch Egidy family , who, according to family tradition, emigrated to Elbing towards the end of the 16th century and were raised to the nobility in 1687. He was the son of the Prussian captain Ferdinand von Egidy (1811-1852) and Alexandrine geb. Siegmund (1813–1887) from Berlin .

Act

Egidy was educated in the Cadet Corps in Potsdam and Berlin and in 1865 was second lieutenant in the Infantry Regiment No. 35 of the Prussian Army , with which he took part in the German War in 1866. In 1868 he joined the Saxon Army out of family considerations . In 1875 he became Rittmeister , and in 1884 Major in the 1st Hussar Regiment "King Albert" No. 18 . In the autumn of 1890, at the request of the Saxon king, he had to take his leave with the rank of lieutenant colonel and regular staff officer in the hussar regiment in Grossenhain due to his book "Serious thoughts" .

Egidy lived in Berlin from 1891 to 1897. There a street in the housing association “ Freie Scholle ” in Tegel was named after him.

His work “Ernstehlen”, published in Leipzig in October 1890, caused a great sensation , in which he emphasized the undogmatic character of Christianity as the religion of love against the dogmatic narrowing and ossification of the Evangelical Church and called for a religious revival with great seriousness. The work was at the same time a call for a reformed unified Christianity. The work was distributed in 50,000 copies in five months. His socio-ethical thoughts made him known and pushed him into a pioneering role, also in various political camps. As a result of his publication, his marked military career ended, he was dismissed from the service and was under the surveillance of the secret police until his death.

He died on December 29, 1898 as a result of illness on one of his lecture tours. Several commemorations were held in his honor, for example on January 29, 1899 in the Concerthaus on Leipziger Strasse in Berlin. The “Comité of the Memorial Celebration” had invited to the event, which included around 100 people, including Adolf Damaschke , Wilhelm Foerster , Gustav Landauer , Wilhelm Liebknecht , Gustav Lilienthal , Franz Oppenheimer , Bertha von Petersenn and Bertha von Suttner .

family

Moritz von Egidy married Luise von Götz in Zwickau in 1869 . From this marriage the captain at sea and after 1933 SS-Hauptsturmführer Moritz von Egidy (1870-1937), the writer Emmy von Egidy (1872-1946) and the captain at sea Ferdinand von Egidy (1877-1958) emerged.

Publications

  • More about serious thoughts. Berlin 1890.
  • Expansion of Serious Thoughts. 8 booklets, Berlin 1891.
  • Report on the Pentecost meeting. Berlin 1891.
  • The one Christianity. Berlin 1891.
  • Serious want. Berlin 1891.
  • Interview with MvE in: Hermann Bahr ; Hermann Greive (ed.): The anti-Semitism . An international interview. Jüdischer, Königstein 1979 (first 1894, new edition 2005) ISBN 3761080433 , pp. 38–42.

literature

  • Berndt von Egidy: 300 years of the Egidy family 1687–1987, Egidy, Tübingen 1987.
  • Emmy von Egidy : Christoph Moritz von Egidy: Becoming, being and working. Dedicated to the grandchildren for their grandfather's 90th birthday. Self-published (manuscript), Weimar 1937.
  • Engelbert Lorenz Fischer : The modern substitute attempts for the abandoned Christianity. A contribution to the philosophy of religion and apologetics. Manz, Regensburg 1903.
  • Heinz Herz : Going it alone against the mighty. A picture of the life and struggles of Moritz von Egidys. Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1970.
  • Karl Holl: Moritz von Egidy (1847-1898) - an unusual officer, Christian and war opponent in the Wilhelmine Empire . In: Wolfram Wette (Ed.): Pacifist officers in Germany 1871–1933, Donat Verlag, Bremen 1999 (History and Peace Series, Volume 10), pp. 41–61, ISBN 3-931737-85-3 .
  • Klaus Hugler: Moritz von Egidy, “I dared!” From Prussian-Saxon officer to militant pacifist. Märkischer Verlag, Wilhelmshorst 2001. ISBN 3-931329-31-3 .
  • George L. Mosse : One people, one empire, one leader. The Volkish Origins of National Socialism. Athenaeum, Königstein (Taunus) 1979 ISBN 3761080565 pp. 56-61.
  • Ernst Christian Achelis:  Egidy, Moritz von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 272 ​​f.
  • Martin Elze:  Egidy, Christoph Moritz von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 337 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Wikiquote: Moritz von Egidy  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detailed article with genealogy in Stadtwiki Dresden
  2. ↑ on It's world of thought, especially on education, and its ideological environment and further work
personal data
SURNAME Egidy, Moritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egidy, Christoph Moritz von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German moral philosopher and Christian reformer
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1898
Place of death Potsdam