The influence of Pierre Poiret on the Pietist milieu in Germany is widely divergent. He himself discovered the ideas of Antoinette Bourignon in Frankfurt and was responsible for disseminating her teachings through the Pietistic groups, especially the so-called radical Pietists. The chiliastic ideas of J. W. and J. E. Petersen are rather comparable to those of Poiret. G. Arnold’s Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie helped publicize Poiret’s intention to cross the lines between the religious confessions. Württemberg Pietists such as J. A. Bengel and Chr. F. Oetinger were influenced by the theological aims Poiret described in the Divine Economy. In the orphanage of Halle, Poiret’s writings were published by A. H. Francke and A. W. Böhme. At the same time, Poiret was strongly contradicted by Ph. J. Spener, J. W. Jäger and J. Lange. Ultimately, he promoted mystical piety with his biographies of several mystics living in the late Middle Ages. With the help of G. Tersteegen, these biographies became more famous in Germany. The leaders of the (Catholic) Allgäu awakening movement (early 19th century) and Hedwig von Redern, a writer who was affiliated with the Gemeinschaftsbewegung (late 19th century), took up the mystical biographies in their teachings on piety.