Adolph Wilhelm von Gohren

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Adolph Wilhelm von Gohren (also: Johann Adolf Wilhelm von Goehren ; * May 13, 1685 in Copenhagen ; † July 24, 1734 in Hamburg ) was a Danish Protestant theologian.

Life

Gohren grew up in Lübeck , studied from Easter 1702 at the University of Kiel , then at the University of Jena , where he also lectured as a private lecturer. This was followed by appointments as consistorial councilor at the court of the Duke of Saxony-Eisenach , as the first pastor in Glaucha , as superintendent and consistorial councilor to the imperial count of Schönburg. In 1731 he became the main pastor of the St. Michaeliskirche in Hamburg , but died after only two years because of the anger caused by a schoolmaster.

literature

  • Wilhelm Jensen: The Hamburg Church and its clergy since the Reformation ; Hamburg: JJ Augustin , 1958; P. 159
  • Johann Heinrich Höck: Pictures from the history of the Hamburg Church since the Reformation ; 1900; P. 158

Web links

Community pages of the Hamburg Michel

predecessor Office successor
Peter Theodor Seelmann Chief Pastor to St. Michaelis
1731–1734
Friedrich Wagner