Ernst Wilhelm Bursche

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Ernst Wilhelm Bursche
Evangelical Church in Zgierz

Ernst Wilhelm Bursche (born May 9, 1831 in Turek ; † April 6, 1904 in Zgierz ) was pastor of the Evangelical Augsburg denomination, pastor in Zgierz. He was the eldest son of the weaver Joachim Gotthelf Bursche (* 1803), who immigrated to Turek from Oppach .

Ernst Wilhelm Bursche attended elementary school in Niesky in Saxony . His parents died in 1852 and 1853. In 1854 he began his studies at the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Dorpat , which he finished in 1858. During his studies he was a member of Konwent Polonia .

He was married twice: with Mathilde Müller († 1875) and in 1879 with Mathilde Harmel. He became the father of nine sons and three daughters.

Ernst Wilhelm Bursche was ordained on August 15, 1865 and began his vicariate in Lipno , on December 1, 1858 in Kalisz , and in June 1863 in the Trinity congregation in Łódź .

On September 4, 1865 he became administrator and on October 7, 1866 pastor of the Evangelical Augsburg congregation in Zgierz; he held this post until the end of his life.

From 1897 he was also superintendent of the diocese of Płock .

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