Christoph Heinrich Otto Girgensohn
Christoph Heinrich Otto Girgensohn (born November 12, 1796 in Past. Neu-Pebalg ( Livonia ), † November 23, 1869 in Reval ) was a German-Baltic Protestant theologian .
Girgensohn was provost of Walkschen Sprengels and spiritual assessor of the Livonian Evangelical Lutheran Provincial Consistory.
He worked on the creation of the new German hymnbook as well as the revived Latvian hymnbook.
Awards
- 1849: Golden preacher pectoral cross
- 1869: Order of St. Vladimir
literature
- Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 469 f .
- N. Girgensohn .: Girgensohn, Christoph Heinrich Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 187-189.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Christoph Heinrich Otto Girgensohn. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Literature by and about Christoph Heinrich Otto Girgensohn in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- http://lgdb.lnb.lv/index/person/1150/
Individual evidence
- ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Christoph Heinrich Otto Girgensohn. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- ↑ Theodor Beise (ed.): Das Inland. A weekly for Liv, Esth and Curland history, geography, statistics and literature . Kluge, 1844 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girgensohn, Christoph Heinrich Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Past. New Pebalg ( Livonia ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1869 |
| Place of death | Reval |