Adolf Heinrich Grasses

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Adolf Heinrich Gräser (born November 9, 1801 in Eckartsberga ; † April 4, 1879 in Oberheldrungen ) was a German Protestant theologian and politician .

Life

Born as the son of a general excise collector, Gräser studied Protestant theology after attending the Pforta state school in Halle . During his studies in 1820 he became a member of the fraternity source society in Halle . After working for several years as a tutor for the Ludwig von Vinckes family in Münster , he was ordained in Münster in 1828 . Until 1839 he was pastor in Spielberg near Eckartsberga , then until 1879 in Oberheldrungen. From 1850 to 1863 he was a member of the Saxon provincial parliament in Magdeburg , and from 1860 to 1863 also in the Prussian House of Representatives (constituency Merseburg , rights / Grabow, later left center).

Honors

Publications

  • The Roman Catholic liturgy according to its origin and final formation or historical representation of all prayers, chants and customs that occur in the Roman mass. With constant consideration for the liturgy of the Greek and oldest Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hall 1829.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , p. 394.