Eduard von der Goltz

Eduard Freiherr von der Goltz (born July 31, 1870 in Langenbruck , † February 7, 1939 in Greifswald ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Eduard von der Goltz, the son of the theologian Hermann von der Goltz and his wife Anna, b. von Delius, studied from 1889 to 1893 at the universities of Berlin, Halle and Bonn . In 1889 he became a member of the SBV Tuiskonia Halle in the Schwarzburgbund . In Berlin he was licensed in theology in 1893 . From 1894 to 1897 he went on study trips through Europe. In 1898 he became pastor in Deyelsdorf in Western Pomerania . In 1902 he completed his habilitation in Berlin and became a private lecturer. From 1906 he headed the seminary in Wittenburg ( West Prussia ).

Eduard von der Goltz went to the University of Greifswald in 1907 to take up a position as associate professor. From 1912 until his retirement in 1935 he was a full professor of practical theology and in 1927 rector of the university. Here he became honorary philistine of Greifswalder Wingolf in 1913 . In addition, he was consistorial advisor and spiritual member of the Evangelical Pomeranian Consistory in Stettin from 1925 . He was a member of the Synod of the Provincial Church in Pomerania and the Old Prussian General Synod. From 1929 to 1933 he was a member of the Prussian Church Senate.

In 1919 he was one of the founding members of the Society for Church History. He was also a member of the Evangelical Association . In 1927 he became a member of the Academy of Charitable Sciences in Erfurt .

family

Eduard von der Goltz married Marie Bechmann (1869–1946), daughter of the university professor August von Bechmann , a direct descendant of the lawyer and philosopher Christian Thomasius , on July 4, 1898 in Munich . The couple had two daughters.

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 73 No. 921.
↑ Eberhard Oberdörfer: Another 100 days until Hitler. The memories of Reich Commissioner Wilhelm Kähler (= treatises on students and higher education). 1993, pp. 21, 25, 31, 33

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Eduard von der Goltz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 265. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Person lexicon to German Protestantism. 1919-1949. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-525-55761-2 , p. 91 ( Works on contemporary church history. Series A: Sources 12).

Web links

Literature by and about Eduard von der Goltz in the catalog of the German National Library

Literature about Eduard von der Goltz in the state bibliography MV

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich Kruger	Rector of the University of Greifswald in 1927	Konrat Ziegler

personal data
SURNAME	Goltz, Eduard von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Goltz, Eduard Freiherr von der; Goltz, Eduard Alexander von der; Goltz, Eduard Alexander Freiherr von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 31, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Langenbruck
DATE OF DEATH	February 7, 1939
Place of death	Greifswald

[1] Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 73 No. 921.

[2] Eberhard Oberdörfer: Another 100 days until Hitler. The memories of Reich Commissioner Wilhelm Kähler (= treatises on students and higher education). 1993, pp. 21, 25, 31, 33