Wilhelm Heydorn
Heinrich Wilhelm Karl Eduard Heydorn (born September 4, 1873 in Neustadt / Holstein , † December 27, 1958 in Hamburg ) was a Protestant theologian , naturopath and teacher.
Live and act
Wilhelm Heydorn was the son of the district architect and later secret building officer Wilhelm Peter Carl Heydorn (1839–1910) and his wife Elise Maria Antoinette, née. Feldmann (1848-1927). His father belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran Church , his mother was a devout Catholic and aspired to a Catholic spiritual career for her son. Wilhelm Heydorn, the third of the couple's seven children, was baptized as a Protestant, but was not confirmed , but converted to the Catholic Church at the age of 15 and received communion in January 1891 .
In December 1890 he left school and prepared - according to his father's wishes - in Berlin for the career of an officer. In January 1891 he joined the infantry regiment "Herzog von Holstein" (Holsteinisches) No. 85 , attended the war school in Anklam , took part in several maneuvers in Schleswig-Holstein and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1898. In 1894/1895 he fell seriously ill and, since he was not subject to compulsory attendance in its changed, easier assignment, was able to prepare for the Abitur examination. which he took off in March 1897 in Kiel. From 1898 to 1901 he attended the War Academy in Berlin, but was not subsequently accepted into the General Staff. In 1902 he resigned from the army as a "semi-invalid" for health reasons.
On January 4, 1900, he converted again to the Protestant church in Horst . After leaving the army, he began studying Protestant theology at the University of Kiel . His ordination as pastor took place on October 29, 1905 in Schönkirchen / Holstein.
After the publication of his 100 theses in 1911, he came under pressure from his superiors. Among other things, Heydorn rejected the dispensation of the sacraments because, in his opinion, people cannot appear supernatural. He also saw the Bible as a man-made work and advocated the idea of a further development of the faith. In 1913 he joined the Monistenbund . In 1915 he was reprimanded and in 1918 a sharp reprimand by the church leadership. In 1921 he was impeached.
From 1921 to 1923 he studied medicine at the University of Hamburg and worked as a naturopath until 1926 . From 1926 to 1928 he studied for the teaching post at elementary schools and taught from 1928 to 1933 as an assistant teacher. He continued this activity after 1933. In 1939 Heydorn was sentenced to a fine for distributing subversive writings. After the end of the Second World War and the Nazi dictatorship, he founded the Humanities Association in 1946, which, however, had no political significance.
Wilhelm Heydorn and his wife Dagmar Huesmann (1883–1982) had three sons, Richard Huesmann Wilhelm (1910–1943), Uwe Jens Theseus (1912–1973) and the painter Volker Detlef (1920–2004). From 1934 to 1939 Dagmar and Wilhelm Heydorn were foster parents for Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), who later became known as a mathematician.
literature
- Wilhelm Heydorn: Just be human. Memoirs 1873–1958. Dölling & Galitz 2002, ISBN 3-93337423-5 .
- Rainer Hering: Wilhelm Heydorn. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 679-715.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Heydorn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography in the list of Hamburg personalities
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heydorn, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heydorn, Heinrich Wilhelm Karl Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Protestant theologian, naturopath and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustadt / Holstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1958 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |