4 October and by the Evangelical Church in Germany on 5 October. Selected works Fliedner's writings were almost all of a practical, rather than theological nature. Included were: Kollektenreise nach Holland und England (1831) Liederbuch für Kleinkinderschulen (1842) Kaiserswerther Volkskalender (from 1842), a yearly almanac of Kaiserswerther Armen- und Krankenfreund (from 1849), with information from his various institutions Buch der Märtyrer und anderer Glaubenszeugen der evangelischen Kirche (1850) Kurze Geschichte der Entstehung der ersten evangelischen Liebesanstalten in Kaiserswerth (1856) References Other sources Calder, Jean McKinlay (1971) The Story of Nursing ( Methuen; 5th edition) Kruczek, Dietmar (1999) German Theodor Fliedner: Mein Leben, für das Leben. Eine Biographie über den Gründer der Kaiserswerther Diakonie (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Aussaat) Sticker, Anna (1989) German Theodor und Friederike Fliedner (R. Brockhaus Bildbiographien) Wentz, Abdel Ross (1936) Fliedner the Faithful, Biography of Theodore Fliedner (The Board of Publication of the United Lutheran Church in America) Winkworth, Catherine (2008) Life of Pastor Fliedner of Kaiserwerth (1867) (Kessinger Publishing, LLC.) External links Theodor Fliedner, pastor, founder A Background of the Deaconess Community (The Deaconess Community of the ELCA) Kaiserswerther Diakonie website 1800 births 1864 deaths Clergy from Hesse University of Giessen alumni University of Göttingen alumni 19th-century German Lutheran clergy Prison chaplains School founders People celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar 19th-century German educators 19th-century philanthropists