Heinrich Müller (theologian, 1880)

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Heinrich Müller (born July 6, 1880 in Groß-Rechtenbach , † May 23, 1970 in Hamminkeln ) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian .

Life

Origin and education

As the son of the teacher Friedrich Müller and his wife Henriette geb. Brück Heinrich Müller spent his childhood and youth in Groß-Rechtenbach near Wetzlar and passed his Abitur in 1899 at the Giessen high school. After studying theology in Tübingen (1899), Halle (1899–1900), Kiel (1900–1901) and Bonn (1901–1902), he passed the first theological exam in 1902. This was followed by military service and the vicariate at the teachers' college in Rheydt and in the Lintorf drinking sanctuary ("Evangelical asylum for drunkards from educated classes"). After taking the second theological exam in 1904, Müller first became synodal vicar in Rees (Wesel parish), then in Wiehl ( An der Agger parish ), where he was ordained on December 28, 1905 by Superintendent Johannes Petersen.

Professional background

In 1906 Heinrich Müller took over the second pastorate of the Emmerich parish , where he held office until 1926 , interrupted by his work as a divisional pastor in France and Russia during the First World War . In 1927 he took over the pastor's position in Diersfordt and at the same time became the owner of the provincial church office for the care of Rhenish church history, which was connected to this position and founded on July 1, 1927 on the initiative of President Walther Wolff . On May 15, 1933, the Wesel district synod elected him to the office of superintendent , which he held until 1950. In November 1937 Müller took over the second pastorate in Wesel , but returned to Diersfordt in November 1939 and served there until his retirement in 1960.