Christoph Möhrlen
Christoph Möhrlen (born January 20, 1800 in Baiersbronn ( Württemberg ); † February 28, 1871 in Daillens ( Canton of Vaud ), pseudonym: Christoph Irenius) was a teacher, pastor and author who emigrated to western Switzerland, particularly of books for children and young people.
Life
Möhrlen was a teacher at the seminar in Schiers as well as at the poor institution Calame in Le Locle Möhrlen was also "for a time a teacher and educator at the short-lived" Greek institution "in Beuggen , which was founded in 1827 on the initiative of Spittler , for Greek boys who were ransomed from Turkish slavery to educate Christian ". He then became a pastor in Payerne (Peterlingen, Canton of Vaud), where he was the founder and director of a boys' education institution, and most recently he was pastor in Daillens (Vaud), where he also died.
In addition to some educational works and translations, he published the autobiographical book A True Story in 1839 under the pseudonym Christoph Irenius , in which he also masked his place of birth Baiersbronn with the name "Baierquell".
Möhrlen was married to Rosine Friedenauer (1800–1879) and had eight children with her, including Ernestine, Otto Sutermeister's wife .
His great-grandson Hans Martin Sutermeister borrowed his family name ("Moehrlen") for the pseudonym "Hans Moehrlen", under which Sutermeister published his own autobiographical novella Between Two Worlds in 1942.
literature
- Memory of Professor Ernestine Sutermeister-Moehrlen: Born October 18, 1832 / Died July 18, 1900 (PDF) 1900.
- Marie Dedie-Moehrlen: Une belle vie: la vie de mon grand-père, le pasteur Christophe Moehrlen, 1800-1871. Impr. P. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1936, 199 pp.
- Olivier Dedie (Ed.): Le dernier journal du pasteur Christophe Moehrlen. (Covers the years 1866 to 1869.) Roll: Société d'histoire de la Côte, 1987. 32 pages.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Möhrlen in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Issues 43–45. Historical and Antiquarian Society of Basel , Pro Augusta Raurica Foundation, R. Reich, 1944. p. 131
- ↑ Life data at Société Genevoise de Généalogie
- ^ Heinrich Wilhelm Josias Thiersch : Christian Heinrich Zeller 's life. Volume 1. Felix Schneider, 1876, p. 308
- ↑ Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Issues 43–45. Historical and Antiquarian Society of Basel, Pro Augusta Raurica Foundation, R. Reich, 1944. P. 132 .
- ^ Heidy Margrit Müller : Poetic freedom and educational utopia: Studies on Swiss youth literature. Lang, 1998, ISBN 978-3-906757-56-8 , p. 33 .
- ^ Advertisement of a boys' educational institution in the second volume of his work The Book of Truth Witnesses . Basel 1846, p. 829
- ↑ Christoph Irenius: A true story. Autobiography. Basel 1839.
- ↑ Rosine Fridenauer in the genealogical database of the Société de Généalogie Genevoise
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Möhrlen, Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Möhrlen, Johann Christof; Moehrlen, Christophe; Irenius, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Teacher, pastor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baiersbronn |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1871 |
| Place of death | Daillens |