Albrecht Wolters

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Albrecht Wolters, marble medallion by Albert Küppers in the old cemetery in Bonn

Albrecht Constantin Julius Wolters (born August 25, 1822 in Emmerich , † March 29, 1878 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Protestant-Union theologian .

Life

His parents were the District Court Secretary Johann Jacob Wolters and Maartje van der Beek. He was married to Luise Henriette Theodora Kaempffer (* July 25, 1823 in Neuss , † March 16, 1911 in Bonn ).

He was pastor in Wesel (1857) and Bonn, superintendent in Bonn (1868) and Dr. theol. from the University of Bonn , most recently professor of theology at the University of Halle .

Albrecht Wolters is buried in the old cemetery in Bonn.

His sons were the physician Maximilian Wolters and the archaeologist Paul Wolters .

Services

During his time in Bonn he founded the Groschenverein zur Kirchbau in Bonn, the church ( Kreuzkirche ) was inaugurated on December 18, 1871 at Kaiserplatz in Bonn. In 1841 he founded a. a. together with Albrecht Schöler , Willibald Beyschlag , Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen the Bonner Wingolf . He was also a member of the so-called cockchafer association in Bonn (1841) (a spirited community that existed from 1840 to 1847, its members met once a week and read their poems to each other.) He was a member of the Supreme Court for Spiritual Affairs. Together with Willibald Beyschlag he founded the Deutsch-Evangelischen Blätter, an organ of the middle party in the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union (1876).

Fonts

  • About the principles of the Rhenish-Westphalian church order in relation to more recent attempts at organization by other Protestant regional churches. In: Albrecht Wolters, Heinrich Achenbach : About the principles of the Rhenish-Westphalian church order and about the legal significance of Art. 15 of the Prussian constitutional document. 2 lectures given at the Bonn Pastoral Conference on July 2, 1862. Marcus, Bonn 1862, pp. 1–52.
  • The Heidelberg Catechism. In its original form. Published along with the history of its text in 1563. Marcus, Bonn 1864.
  • Konrad von Heresbach and the Clevische Hof in his time, described according to new sources. A contribution to the history of the Reformation age and its humanism. Lucas, Elberfeld 1867.

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  1. ^ W. Betzler (ed.): Complete directory of Wingolfs , Lichtenberg 1991 p. M15

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SURNAME Wolters, Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolters, Albrecht Constantin Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Emmerich (today: Emmerich am Rhein )
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1878
Place of death Halle on the Saale