Ernst Kohlmeyer

Ernst Kohlmeyer (born March 27, 1882 in Hänigsen ; † March 6, 1959 in Berchtesgaden ) was a German theologian.

Life

After graduating from high school in Celle , he studied theology and humanities at the universities of Freiburg im Breisgau , Erlangen , Greifswald and Göttingen from 1901 to 1906 . From 1907 to 1909 he attended the Loccum seminary. In 1911 he completed his habilitation for church history at the University of Göttingen , where he also worked as a private lecturer . During the First World War he was a naval chaplain , where he served at the front for a year and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class . In 1916 he was made a permanent professor at the University of Kiel , and in 1920 he became a full professor of church history there. In 1926 he followed a call to Breslau , in 1930 he came to Halle an der Saale . In 1935 he accepted a position in Bonn (in exchange for Ernst Wolf ). Kohlmeyer retired due to illness in 1944 , and in 1946 he returned to Bonn University for a semester .

Fonts (selection)

• Cosmos and cosmonomy with Christian Wolff. A contribution to the history of philosophy and theology of the Age of Enlightenment . Goettingen 1911.
• The origin of Luther's writing “To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation” . Gütersloh 1922, OCLC 469157499 .
• From Augsburg to Wittenberg. Speech given at the Augustana celebration on July 4, 1930 in the castle church in Wittenberg . Halle an der Saale 1930, OCLC 245795538 .
• Gustav Adolf and the view of the ancient Lutheran state. Speech on the occasion of the Reformation celebration on October 31, 1932, given in the auditorium of the United Friedrichs University in Halle-Wittenberg . Halle on the Saale in 1933.

Web links

• Entry on Ernst Kohlmeyer in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
• cau.gelehrtenverzeichnis.de