Friedrich Benesch (1907-1991) studied science, anthropology and theology at Marburg, Halle and Klausenburg (now Cluj in Romania). From 1929 to 1932 he worked at the zoological institute of Cluj, and from 1934 to 1944 he was a Lutheran minister in Transylvania. In 1947 he was ordained in The Christian Community, where from 1957 until his death in 1991 he was director of the priest seminary in Stuttgart.
