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Barbara Heinemann

American religious leader
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Born:
Jan. 11, 1795, Leitersweiler, Alsace, Fr.
Died:
May 21, 1883, Amana, Iowa, U.S. (aged 88)

Barbara Heinemann (born Jan. 11, 1795, Leitersweiler, Alsace, Fr.—died May 21, 1883, Amana, Iowa, U.S.) was a French-born U.S. spiritual leader of the Community of True Inspiration, also known as the Amana Colony. The Community of True Inspiration had been founded in 1714 by Pietistic mystics and was revived later by Michael Krausert and Christian Metz. In 1818 Heinemann was “illuminated” with a sense of religious calling. She subsequently became known in the Community as an “inspired instrument”—a prophet and orator. In 1823 Heinemann married George Landmann, a schoolteacher, and the couple emigrated with 800 other Inspirationists to the United ...(100 of 162 words)

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