Wilhelm Rothert

Friedrich Wilhelm Rothert (born April 28, 1842 in Lingen , † October 6, 1915 in Hanover ) was a German Protestant clergyman and local researcher.

Life

He was the youngest of five children of the grammar school director Moritz Rothert (1802–1886) and Friederike Wilhelmine Dorette, née. Long. He spent his youth in Aurich . His brother Carl Anton Eduard Hermann (1839–1916) later became the editor of a historical map series .

From 1860 Rothert studied Protestant theology at the University of Erlangen . He became a member of the Erlanger Wingolf . In 1862 he moved to the Georg-August University in Göttingen and became a member of the Germania Göttingen Association, which at that time also belonged to Wingolf . After graduating, he initially worked as a private tutor. In 1869 he became assistant preacher in Hameln , 1871 in Bardowick , 1873 pastor in Heisede and in 1878 collegiate preacher in Loccum monastery , where he was involved in leading the seminary. From August 11, 1889 to 1902, he worked as superintendent in Clausthal . In 1902 he moved to Nienburg / Weser , where he was in charge of the church until 1908. He then spent his retirement in Hanover.

Rothert was married to Antonie Kisker, with whom he had four children. In addition to his work as a clergyman, he was active in journalism and writing; The Inner Mission as well as the local and regional history were of particular concern to him . He showed great commitment in the field of church music : from 1897 to 1915 he was chairman of the Hanoverian, from 1898 to 1915 also of the Lower Saxony Church Choir Association.

The Wilhelm-Rothert Street in Nienburg / Weser is named after him.

Publications (selection)

• From the old days in Hameln. Four contributions to the history of Hameln . Niemeyer, Hameln 1871 (collection of old house inscriptions; sketch of the Stiftsherrenhaus in Osterstrasse, which since then has been mistakenly given this name; investigation into the founding of the monastery after him before or early Carolingian)
• The Gothic style and the Protestant church building with a special relationship to the Christ Church in Hanover . Lecture ... at the same time a guide through the Christ Church . Meyer, Hanover 1873
• The Protestant church building and the acoustics . In: Christian art paper for church, school and home. Volume 10, 1874, pp. 145-152.
• The inner mission in Hanover . Oemler, Hamburg 1878
• The senior officials in the mining town of Clausthal, from the earliest times to the present . Clausthal 1898 ( digitized version )
• The inner mission in Hanover in connection with the social and provincial welfare work . 3rd, completely reworked edition. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Feesche, Hanover 1909
• with Adolf Helmkampf, Hans Gehrig: Herd and Scholle. Reading book for rural advanced training schools in the province of Hanover . 1911.
• Church leader through Hannover-Linden. Festschrift, the conference for Protestant community work for the fifth meeting from April 20 to 24, 1914 . 1914
• General Hanoverian biography , 3 volumes
  • Hanoverian men and women since 1866 . Sponholtz, Hanover 1912
  • In the Old Kingdom of Hanover 1814–1866 . Sponholtz, Hanover 1914
  • Hanover under the electoral hat 1646–1815 . Sponholtz, Hannover 1916 (published posthumously by his wife A. Rothert and M. Peters)

literature

• Christian Drömann: Wilhelm Rothert . In: Monthly for worship and church art. Vol. 21, 1916, pp. 28-29.
• Ida Doeltz: Wilhelm Rothert. In: Wilhelm Rothert: General Hannoversche Biographie. Volume 3: Hanover under the electoral hat 1646-1815. Adolf Sponholtz, Hanover 1916, pp. VII – X.
• Anneliese von Merkl-Zeppenfeldt: Wilhelm Rothert (1842–1915), a creative picture . In: home country. Issue 6, 1966, p. 288 ff.

Web links

Wikisource: Wilhelm Rothert  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lingen local family book , with picture.
2. ↑ Complete directory of Wingolf . Lichtenberg 1991, p.
3. ↑ J. Drews: Bargfelder Bote , issues 100-131, 1986, p. 21.