August Loth
August Karl Loth (born June 12, 1869 in Warsaw , † January 9, 1944 in Warsaw) was a Lutheran theologian and, as superintendent and senior pastor, the spiritual head of the Warsaw diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .
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Born as the son of Heinrich August Loth, cashier at Baron L. Kronenberg, and Anna Amalie Korczki, Loth studied theology at the University of Dorpat from 1888 to 1892. His ordination to the clergy took place on November 27, 1892.
After his vicariate, August Loth was pastor in Grodziec (1894–1898) in the Diocese of Kalisch and in Rawa (1898–1899) in the Diocese of Warsaw, then moved to Warsaw as a deacon. From 1910 to 1921 he took over the second and from 1921 to 1944 the first parish office.
In 1923 Loth was appointed consistorial councilor and became superintendent , between 1937 and 1939 also a senior, of the Warsaw diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland.
August Loth was first married to Franziska Sophie Eberlein, secondly to Wanda Gerlach and had six children.
literature
- Eduard Kneifel : The pastors of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland. A biographical pastor's book. Eging, 1968.
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| SURNAME | Loth, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loth, August Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Lutheran theologian and Superintendent of the Warsaw Diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1944 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |