Otto Frommel (theologian, 1871)

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Otto Frommel (born May 14, 1871 in Heidelberg ; † July 31, 1951 there ) was a Protestant theologian and religious writer.

genealogy

Otto Frommel was a son of the high school teacher and pastor Wilhelm Frommel and his wife Lina Frommel, daughter of the Württemberg economic politician Ferdinand von Steinbeis (1807-1893). The theologian Wilhelm Ludwig Frommel was a grandfather of Otto Frommel. The theologian Emil Frommel (1828–1896) was Otto Frommel's uncle.

In 1899 Otto Frommel and Helene Helbing (1872-1959), daughter of the prelate (church president) Albert Helbing, married . From the marriage came:

Life

Otto Frommel grew up in Heidelberg and studied theology , history and musicology at the universities of Erlangen , Heidelberg and Berlin from 1891 to 1895 . After the theological exams, Frommel was assistant chaplain at the Reformed Church in Leipzig from 1895 and then in 1897 court vicar at the court of the Grand Duke of Baden in Karlsruhe. In 1898, Otto Frommel by the historian Dietrich Schafer Dr. phil. PhD. The research topic of his dissertation was The Papal Legate Power in the German Empire during the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries .

In 1901 Frommel was appointed court deacon and in 1906 court preacher. As Adolf Schmitthenner's successor , he took over the pastoral office at the Christ Church in Heidelberg in 1907. At the same time he received a teaching position at the practical theological seminar of the Heidelberg Theological Faculty. In 1909 the faculty awarded him the degree of Lic. Theol. honorary. On July 17, 1912, Frommel completed his habilitation and became an associate professor and in 1918 a full honorary professor for practical theology . The title of Dr. theol. hc gave him the faculty in 1915. In 1928 Frommel became a member of the Baden church leadership as a church councilor . His office ended on September 30, 1937.

position

Otto Frommel received inspiration for literary work from his family environment at an early age. In his theological publications, Frommel devoted himself to the history of Protestant preaching as well as local church history topics. His lyrical poems show natural-mystical features; the language was musically emphasized and broke away from a rational-cognitive understanding. In his epic works Frommel eschewed a contemporary edifying tone. Otto Frommel concentrated in his sermons on the representation of the religious content of the biblical tradition. His understanding of a sermon was based on Friedrich Schleiermacher : Strengthening religious awareness from a clear and lively language of the Bible.

At the same time, Frommel expressed himself in his sermons on political issues of the day. His sermons can therefore serve as source material for a reconstruction of his political position. Accordingly Otto represented a Frommel pacific and understanding aligned position. Nevertheless, he stayed away from political and ideological organizations. He was only a member of the Association of Like-Minded People , which was founded in spring 1917 in response to the ban on the New Fatherland Federation . He recognized the November Revolution of 1918/19 as a necessary consequence of Wilhelminism and the First World War . Therefore Frommel campaigned for the democracy of the Weimar Republic and criticized the Protestant church leaders because of their nationalistic attitudes. The Nazis refused Frommel and he joined the anti-Semitic tendencies opposed in politics and society. During the church struggle Otto Frommel joined the Confessing Church .

Publications

  • Hiking and spending time . Poems, 2nd edition, Kassel 1899
  • Tidal waves . New poems, Heidelberg 1900
  • Newer German poets in their religious position . Eight essays. Paetel, Berlin 1902.
  • The poetry of the gospel of Jesus. One try. Paetel, Berlin 1906.
  • Novellas and fairy tales . Berlin 1907
  • Theobald Hüglin . Novel from Swabia, 2nd edition, Berlin 1908
  • Emil Frommel. A picture of life. The Frommel Memorial. Volume 1: On the home floor . Volume 2: From Wupperthal to the Imperial City . Mittler, Berlin 1908.
  • Luther and the Evangelical Confession, Church and History . A picture of life. Mittler, Berlin 1908.
  • Ferdinand Steinbeis . A memorial sheet. In: Deutsche Rundschau 136 (1908) 7–9, pp. 419–430
  • In the colorful dance . Poems. Paetel, Berlin 1909.
  • Mannelin . The shadow play of a youth, 2nd edition, Berlin 1910
  • The religious in modern poetry . Tubingen 1911
  • A heavy heart Stories, Hagen i. W. 1917
  • The silent Christian and the soul . A dialogue, 3rd edition, Darmstadt 1916
  • Pilgram man. Novel. Reuss & Itta, Constance 1920.
  • President Helbing . A contribution to the history of the Evangelical Protestant Church in Baden . Ehrig, Frankfurt am Main a. Heidelberg 1922.
  • Destiny , New Novellas, Karlsruhe 1925
  • The silverfish. Legends and fairy tales. Müller, Karlsruhe 1926.
  • The sacrifice of Hermocrates . A legend. Weißbach, Heidelberg 1937.
  • Emil Frommel. Citizen of two worlds . Brunnen, Gießen and Basel 1938.
  • Robert Schumann in Heidelberg . A memory. Müller, Karlsruhe 1948.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Archives Ludwigsburg: Signature PL 3 Bü 193.
  2. ^ Karl-Heinz Fix: University Theology and Politics. The Heidelberg Theological Faculty in the Weimar Republic. Heidelberg 1994, pp. 85-92.
personal data
SURNAME Frommel, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and religious writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1951
Place of death Heidelberg