Timon Walther

Timon Gustav Theodor Walther (born January 20, 1800 in Halle an der Saale , † October 1, 1881 in Bernburg ) was a German teacher , Protestant pastor and politician in the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg .

Timon Walther was the son of the pastor and later Coburg superintendent Johann Wilhelm Walther and his wife a born Gühne. Walther married Louise Dorothee Christiane Rosalie Rudloff († February 2, 1863 in Bernburg) in Sülzhayn , the daughter of the line weaver Hendrick Adam Rudloff. The marriage resulted in the son Gustav Walther (1827–1903), who was President of the Ducal Government in Dessau and a member of the State Parliament of Anhalt .

Walther attended the French School from 1803 and the grammar school in Potsdam from 1806 . In 1812 he received private lessons in Coburg before moving to the grammar school in Zerbst in 1813 . From 1817 to 1820 he studied theology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg and from 1819 to 1820 was also a volunteer with the 2nd Jäger Battalion. From 1820 to 1822 he studied theology in Berlin. In addition, he was also the tutor of the eldest son of the Prussian War Minister Hiob Carl Ernst von Witzleben. In 1821 he passed the exams pro venia and pro seminario in Magdeburg . In 1822 he attended the seminary in Wittenberg and in the same year was awarded a Dr. phil. doctorate (cum laude). In 1823 he passed the examen pro ministerio in Magdeburg with the grade "excellent".

In 1824 he became divisional preacher of the 9th Division in Glogau and was at the same time director of studies and history teacher at the division's school. In 1829 he was a co-founder of the municipal trade school in Glogau. In 1833 he was promoted to military chaplain of the 5th Army Corps, first pastor of the garrison parish, consistorial councilor and member of the provincial school college and advisor for matters transferred ex confidentia in the high presidium in Poznan . In addition, he was Director of Studies of the Division School of the 10th Division. From 1840 to 1877 he was chief preacher at St. Aegidien , state superintendent and consistorial councilor in Bernburg. In 1846 he was promoted to senior consistorial councilor. In 1858 he was general superintendent in Bernburg. After the consistory was dissolved on April 1, 1865, the independent Anhalt-Bernburg church ended.

Walther was Anhalt-Bernburg Plenipotentiary at the Conference of the Allied German Governments from May 10th to 15th, 1850 in Berlin. In 1850 he was a member of the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament . From June 1/12, 1849 to May 31, 1850, he was the ducal Anhalt-Bernburg representative on the administrative board of the Union.

In 1833 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class.

In 1861 he was the editor of the hymn book , which was used in the Altbernburg communities until 1920.

literature

• Detlef Sandern: Parliamentarism in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1821/26 - 1849/52. In: Writings on the history of parliamentarism in Thuringia. Issue 7, ISBN 3-86160-507-4 , p. 176.
• Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual: Members, officials, life data, parliamentary groups (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Large series, Vol. 6). Urban & Fischer , Munich 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , pp. 328-329.