Wilhelm Posselt
Wilhelm Posselt (born June 20, 1815 in Diekow in the Neumark , † May 12, 1885 in Christianenburg in South Africa ) was a missionary for the Berlin Mission Society in South Africa.
Life
His father was a village school teacher in Diekow, where he was born in 1815. His mother came from a Pomeranian farming family. He had five siblings. His wish to study theology could not be fulfilled due to lack of money on the part of his parents. Therefore, at the age of seventeen, he became an assistant teacher and cantor in a Brandenburg village. He made up his mind to become a missionary after attending the teachers' college in Neuzelle for training. He was accepted into the Berlin Mission House and, after five years, sent to South Africa in 1839 .
literature
- Pfitzner, E. & Wangemann, D .: Wilhelm Posselt, the Kaffir missionary. A picture of life from the South African mission, described by the missionary himself and supplemented, continued and published according to his reports. Berlin 1895.
- Excerpt from it with a short biography: Wilhelm Posselt: The foundation of the Emmaus station in Kaffernland. In: From Greenland to Lambarene. Travel descriptions by Christian missionaries from three centuries. Edited by John Paul . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Berlin 1951, 1952, 1953 (pp. 63–73) = Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart 1958 (pp. 60–69).
- Gurr .: Posselt, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 99-102.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Posselt in the catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Posselt in the catalog of the German National Library
- The foundation of the Emmaus station in the Kaffirland
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| SURNAME | Posselt, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Missionary for the Berlin Mission in South Africa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Diekow , Neumark |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1885 |
| Place of death | Christianenburg , South Africa |