Wilhelm Friedrich Bion

Wilhelm Friedrich Bion (born January 15, 1797 in Bürglen ; † September 27, 1862 in Schönholzerswilen ; resident in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss pastor and writer from the canton of Thurgau .

Life

Wilhelm Friedrich Bion was a son of the pastor Peter Bion. In 1820 he married Susanne Keller, daughter of the carer Konrad Keller. He attended the St. Gallen college, where he was particularly influenced by Professor Johann Michael Fels. In 1817 he passed the exam . From 1817 to 1818 he worked as a vicar in Wattwil and Sulgen . From 1818 to 1823 he was pastor in Henau - Niederglatt and from 1823 to 1837 in Affeltrangen - Märwil . From 1837 to 1843 he was the pastor in Rehetobel and from 1843 to 1862 in Schönholzerswilen.

Bion campaigned in all parishes for the expansion of schools and the leisure activities of young people. In 1831 he founded the radical liberal newspaper Der Wächter . Until 1834 he was their editor . From 1839 to 1843 he worked for the Appenzeller Zeitung . Together with his brother he founded the left-wing radical newspaper Der Volksmann and was its editor from 1847 to 1850. He was a pioneer and outstanding figure of political regeneration in Thurgau with a strong sense of mission, celebrated public speaker and friend of Thomas Bornhauser . In 1849 he was a member of the Thurgau Constitutional Council. After 1850 he withdrew from the public. He wrote popular folk plays on topics from Swiss history . As early as 1832, Bion campaigned for women's suffrage in the church .

literature

• Ernst Gerhard Rüsch: Wilhelm Friedrich Bion 1797–1862. In: Thurgauische contributions to patriotic history, 1951, issue 87, pp. 1–82.
• The Appenzell reformed pastors: compiled from the existence of every reformed parish until 1977 and provided with biographical notes. Edited by the Evangelical Reformed Church Council, edited by Hans-Martin Stückelberger. Herisau: Schläpfer 1977, p. 107f.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Wilhelm Friedrich Bion. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 3, 2004 , accessed July 31, 2020 .

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