Tillmann Siebel

Tillmann Siebel (born 1804 in Freudenberg (Siegerland); died 1875 in Freudenberg) was a German revival preacher who is regarded as the “father of Christian life in the Siegerland.”[1]

Life and work

Tillmann Siebel, born in 1804 in Freudenberg (Siegerland), was a tannery-owner.[2]

In the Siegen church district, a revival movement emerged during his youth, supported by laypeople and for a long time opposed by pastors and the authorities. The leading figures were the shoemaker Johann Heinrich Weisgerber and Tillmann Siebel. Those who were awakened remained within the regional church but additionally organized themselves into free congregations that belonged to the Evangelical Alliance (Evangelische Allianz).[3]

According to Thomas Ijewski, Tillmann Siebel was “the unrivaled leader of the Siegerland Awakening. With him the town of Freudenberg became the center of this movement.”[4]

By the 19th century at the latest, distinct structures had emerged within the pietistic movement in the Siegerland, originating from revivalist influences of Pietism in the Wuppertal region. This led to the founding of the Evangelische Gemeinschaftsverband Siegerland-Wittgenstein in 1853[5] as Verein für Reisepredigt (an association for itinerant preaching) in Weidenau near Siegen. In 1853, Tillmann Siebel was elected as the first Präses (presiding officer) of the association, exerting a decisive influence on the movement.

The gravestone of Tillmann Siebel in the Freudenberg cemetery is listed on the list of architectural monuments of Freudenberg.

The Tillmann-Siebel-Haus of the Evangelical parish of Freudenberg is named after him.

See also

References

  1. ^ cf. Walter Alfred Siebel: Tillmann Siebel: Der Vater des christlichen Lebens im Siegerland. Verlag der Rheinischen Missionsgesellschaft, 1947
  2. ^ hsozkult.de: Revival Movements as conflict agendas of the popular
  3. ^ Gustav Adolf Benrath: Die Erweckung innerhalb der deutschen Landeskirchen 1815–1888. Ein Überblick. In: Ulrich Gäbler (Hrsg.): Der Pietismus im neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert (= Geschichte des Pietismus, Bd. 3). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, S. 198–201.
  4. ^ sfb1472.uni-siegen.de: Revival Movements as conflict agendas of the popular – Thomas Ijewski
  5. ^ pastoerchen.de: Tillmann Siebel

Bibliography

  • Evangelical Christendom 1880, Band 21 (p. 218: “Revival in Westphalia”)

Further reading

  • Wolfgang Heinrichs (1995). "SIEBEL, Tillmann[us]". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 10. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 36–39. ISBN 3-88309-062-X.
  • Rudolf Vandre: Ein empfindlicher Dämpfer für Tillmann Siebel und die Versammlung in Freudenberg- Studien zu Tillmann Siebel und der Frühzeit der Erweckung im Siegerland II, in: Jahrbuch für Westfälische Kirchengeschichte. Band 88. 1994. Brinkmann, Ernst (Hrsg.) und Bernd (Hrsg.) Hey. Lengerich, Klinker, 1994
  • Matthias Plaga-Verse: Neupietismus im Nationalsozialismus: Eine Quellenstudie zu neupietistischen Printmedien am Beispiel von »Der Evangelist aus dem Siegerland«. Luther-Verlag, Bielefeld 2020
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