Wilhelm Eichhorn (theologian)

Wilhelm Eichhorn

Wilhelm Eichhorn (born October 30, 1846 in Bofsheim , † January 16, 1923 in Neuendettelsau ) was an Evangelical Lutheran pastor and rector of the Diakonie Neuendettelsau .

Eichhorn was born as the second of the three sons of Pastor Carl Eichhorn in Bofsheim. After studying theology in Erlangen and Leipzig, he worked as a pastor, including at the Old Town Church in Erlangen. From 1909 to 1918 he was rector of the deaconess institution.

Together with Hans Meiser , he founded the auxiliary sisterhood (today: Diakonische Schwestern- und Brotherhood), to which women should belong who were active in diakonia, but without belonging to the diaconal community like the deaconesses . His other main areas of work were pastoral care, especially of the mentally ill, and administration.

Publications (selection)

• Consecration class 1912: The sources of grace and strength for the Christian class and for the deaconess profession , Neuendettelsau 1914.
• Consecration hours 1916: the most important points of the doctrine of salvation from the point of view of holy love , Neuendettelsau 1919.
• Consecration lessons 1917: the Reformation of the Church and the Church of the Reformation , Neuendettelsau 1919.

Secondary literature

• Schmuhl, Hans-Walter / Winkler, Ulrike: On the way into the 20th century. The Neuendettelsau deaconess institution under the rectors Hermann Bezzel and Wilhelm Eichhorn. Neuendettelsau, 2009. ISBN 978-3-9809431-3-0

Web links

Wikisource: Wilhelm Eichhorn  - Sources and full texts

Commons : Wilhelm Eichhorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Wilhelm Eichhorn in the catalog of the German National Library