Gustav von Rohden

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Gustav von Rohden family, 1906

Gustav Heinrich von Rohden (born April 22, 1855 in Barmen ; † May 9, 1942 in Ballenstedt ) was a German Protestant theologian , prison chaplain and author .

Map of Helsinki early 20th century. The old and the new Lutheran Church are shown under points 31 and 33.

Life

Gustav von Rohden, son of the mission inspector Georg Ludwig von Rohden (1815–1889) and his wife Luise née Wachsmuth, met his sister Agnes Dörpfeld, who later became his wife, through his school friend Wilhelm Dörpfeld . Agnes spent a few years in Düsseldorf on Goltsteinstrasse, in her aunts boarding school. They got to know each other better at Wilhelm Dörpfeld's wedding, and while Gustav von Rohden served as pastor in Helsingfors for the German congregation , they exchanged letters. In 1883 they got engaged in Gerresheim , where Agnes's father, Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld, lived as rector. On January 4, 1884, the wedding ceremony and wedding took place in Gerresheim and Barmen . After the honeymoon, which led via Saxony to Petersburg, they settled down together in Helsingfors. During this time the couple had various contacts, the rectory in Helsingfors was open to anyone who needed help. By the autumn of 1894 5 children were born, Agnes, Friedrich von Rohden , Hedwig, Karl and Harald.

In 1894 Gustav von Rohden returned to Germany with his family as the owner of a boys' boarding school in Bielefeld . They had overwhelmed themselves with the operation of the same. As early as the end of 1895 he accepted a job as a prison chaplain in Dortmund , and again in autumn 1896 to move to the large penal institution in Werden an der Ruhr . At Easter 1898 he moved to Düsseldorf, which his wife Agnes von Rohden took very seriously. Back in Germany, the family grew again by two children. In 1907 Agnes von Rohden died in Derendorf . Von Rohden was appointed to Berlin as consistorial councilor in 1908 , but in 1912 he moved to Spören near Bitterfeld as pastor . From 1919 until his retirement in 1923 he was head of the women's school of the Inner Mission in Berlin. After the death of his wife, Gustav von Rohden wrote several books. He turned to the issue of women's rights, which his wife had dealt with in previous years.

His brothers were Hermann von Rohden and Paul von Rohden .

Publications

  • The blessed religious uppfostran " , Helsingfors 1887
  • A word on the catechism question , Gotha 1889
  • History of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Prison Society, commemorative publication for the 75th anniversary, Düsseldorf 1901
  • The Morality Question , Plötzensee 1914
  • The question of prostitution , presented in 1916 in Berlin, published in 1917
  • Sexual ethics , Leipzig, Quelle & Meyer 1918
  • Foundations of Christian morality , Leipzig, Quelle & Meyer 1919
  • Marriage and free love. A word on individualism in the women's question , Bad Nassau 1919
  • The new ethics and the war , 1920
  • Jesus and Socialism , Potsdam 1920
  • About love and marriage , Halle 1928
  • Male dignity and morality. A word to German youth , 1929
  • From the gospel of life. A word to young girls , Magdeburg 1931

literature

  • Gustav von Rohden: In memory of Agnes von Rohden born. Dörpfeld , 1907
  • General family history of Rohden by Prof. Dr. phil. Paul von Rohden. Edited by Dr. med. Konrad von Rohden . Self-published, Bremen 1952

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personal data
SURNAME Rohden, Gustav von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rohden, Gustav Heinrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, prison chaplain and book author
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1942
Place of death Ballenstedt