Friedrich Evertsbusch

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Stephan Friedrich Evertsbusch (born January 12, 1813 in Barmen (today a district of Wuppertal ), † February 18, 1888 in Lennep ) was a Protestant pastor and politician.

Life

Evertsbusch came from a merchant family and studied theology at the University of Bonn from 1831 to 1834 . In 1835 he became a teacher in Ronsdorf , in 1839 he began as a pastor in Halver , where he headed the craft and journeymen's association . In 1845 he moved to Altena .

From May 18, 1848 to May 20, 1849, Evertsbusch was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly as a member of the 10th Westphalian constituency with Attendorn as its main town . There he was a member of the conservative Café Milani faction and later the casino faction .

His aim was to reconcile “princely law with people's right , royal power with people's freedom”. Although he agreed to the election of Archduke Johann as imperial administrator, he complained that “ I should have shed a tear that the name of a Prussian was not called at this solemn moment. “In the debate on the future municipal constitution in February 1849, Evertsbusch rejected subordination of the municipalities to the central government and insisted on the principle of self-government from top to bottom. At the beginning of 1848, Evertsbusch was still convinced that the counter-revolutionary government of Brandenburg would have saved Prussia from anarchy. Only a few months later, in an address to the constitutional club in Altena in May 1849, he criticized the government and called for its resignation.

In 1852 Evertsbusch moved to a pastor's position in Lüdenscheid and two years later to Lennep. There he was secretary of the Evangelical Women's Association and a large number of other associations. A member of the District Synod since 1854, Evertsbusch became a member of the Rhenish Provincial Synod in 1862 , of which he was President from 1877 to 1888. Evertsbusch was also superintendent from 1876 to 1888.

In 1883 the University of Bonn awarded him a doctorate. Evertsbusch wrote several theological writings, including Consecration of Life for Virgins (1884).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Bobrand: Contributions to the Rhine country and Contemporary History. BoD, 2001. p. 166.
  2. ↑ Wilfried Reininghaus / Axel Eilts: Fifteen months of revolution: the province of Westphalia from March 1848 to May 1849. In: Wilfried Reininghaus / Horst Conrad (eds.): For freedom and law. Westphalia-Lippe in the revolution of 1848/49. Münster: Aschendorff, 1999. p. 48.
  3. ^ Mack Walker: German Home Towns. Cornell University Press, 1971. p. 379.
  4. ↑ Reininghaus, p. 61.

literature

  • Heinrich Best, Wilhelm Weege: Biographical manual of the members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 . Düsseldorf: Droste-Verlag, 1998, p. 137. ISBN 3-7700-0919-3 .
  • Jörg van Norden: Church and Revolution 1848. Pastor Stephan Friedrich Evertsbusch . In: Church in the field of tension between state and society . Festschrift for Günther van Norden. Cologne 1993, pp. 89-106.
  • Karl Reuter: The Altenaer pastor Stephan Friedrich Evertsbusch as a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly . In: Der Märker, 1973.
personal data
SURNAME Evertsbusch, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evertsbusch, Stephan Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1888
Place of death Lennep