Theodor Fliedner, German Lutheran minister (died 1864)

Theodor Fliedner

German Lutheran minister (1800–1864)

Theodor Fliedner was a German Lutheran minister and founder of Lutheran deaconess training. In 1836, he founded Kaiserswerther Diakonie, a hospital and deaconess training center. Together with his wives Friederike Münster and Caroline Bertheau, he is regarded as the renewer of…