Friedrich Ludwig Weidig

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Friedrich Ludwig Weidig
Weidig
Born	15 February 1791 Oberkleen district, Langgöns, northwest Wetterau
Died	23 February 1837
Nationality	German
Occupation(s)	Protestant theologian, pastor, activist, teacher and journalist

Friedrich Ludwig Weidig (15 February 1791 – 23 February 1837) was a German Protestant theologian, pastor, activist, teacher and journalist. Initially working as a teacher in Butzbach, he then spent a short time as a pastor in Ober-Gleen, a district of Giessen. In what is now Hesse and the Middle Rhine, he was one of the main figures of the Vormärz and a pioneer of the 1848 Revolution.