Gottfried Christian Rothe

Gottfried Christian Rothe (* 1708 in Bombeck in the Altmark ; † April 25, 1776 in Salzwedel ) was a Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of Pomerania .

The life and work of Gottfried Christian Rothe is - in comparison with the other general superintendents of Pomerania - somewhat in the dark. He first studied theology at the University of Halle an der Saale, then medicine and finally theology again.

Rothe received his first pastor in his home town of Bombeck. In 1750 he became an inspector and pastor at the Church of St. Katharinen in the Neustadt of Salzwedel. In 1756 he took over the office of general superintendent of Altmark and Prignitz and also became inspector of the diocese of Stendal and chief preacher at the St. Nikolaus cathedral in Stendal.

On February 8, 1758, Gottfried Christian Rothe was appointed general superintendent in Western and Western Pomerania, and in 1759 he took office in Stettin as the successor to Johann Gottfried Hornejus . During his 16-year tenure in 1769, he became known beyond the borders of Pomerania for the publication of a manual for preachers.

In 1775 Rothe retired and died a year later at the age of 68. He was succeeded by Friedrich Christian Göring .

Rothe was married to Margarete Elisabeth Windhorn.

literature

• Ernst Müller: The Protestant clergy in Pomerania from the Reformation to the present , Part II: The administrative district of Köslin. The reformed parishes of Pomerania. The general superintendents , Szczecin 1912.
• Hellmuth Heyden : Church history of Pomerania . In: Eastern Europe and the German East . Series III, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster, book 5, 2 volumes, Cologne-Braunsfeld 1957.
• Uwe Czubatynski: Evangelical pastor book for the Altmark. Rühstädt 2006, p. 199 ( PDF file ).

See also

• Pomeranian Evangelical Church

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Gottfried Hornejus	General Superintendent of Pomerania-Stettin 1759–1775	Friedrich Christian Goering