Adolf Schimmelpfennig (historian)
Adolf Schimmelpfennig (born November 14, 1815 in Oels , Province of Silesia , † September 2, 1887 in Breslau ) was a German pastor and librarian.
Life
Adolf Schimmelpfennig was a child of very poor parents and grew up in the Oels children's hospital after their early death. Because of his hard work and his skills, he came to the Oelser Gymnasium , graduated from high school and began to study Protestant theology at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Breslau . He passed the exams in 1838/39 and became pastor in Arnsdorf in the district of Strehlen in 1843 . In 1862 he received his doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Wroclaw. In 1879 he had to give up his pastoral work for health reasons. He moved to Wroclaw, where he was employed as the librarian of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culturereceived. He delivered u. a. for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie many descriptions of the lives of Silesian theologians and scholars.
Fonts (selection)
- The Evangelical Church of Silesia in the XVI. Century . 1877
- Strehlen and the Rummelsberg . 1878
- About the Altranstädter Convention and its implementation in the Principality of Brzeg. In: Annual reports of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture. Volume 62, 1884, pp. 352-368.
literature
- Colmar Grünhagen : Schimmelpfennig, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 271 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: Gregorii Nazianzeni Carmen LIV .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schimmelpfennig, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor and librarian in Silesia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oels , Province of Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1887 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |