Johann Heinrich Gadow

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Johann Heinrich Gadow (* 1815 ; † 1895 ) was a German Lutheran pastor and explorer.

Life

Gadow studied Protestant theology at the University of Breslau . During his studies he became a member of the Corps Silesia Breslau in 1831 or 1832 . After completing his training, he was certified by ordinance of the Pomeranian Consistory in 1841 that he was eligible for the preaching office. In 1846/1847 Gadow went on a ten-month trip to Palestine (region) with Philipp Wolff . Gadow produced the drawings and statistics for Wolff's book on Palestine and a new city map of Jerusalem . But he also wrote his own travel diary and much-cited essays at the time. From 1849 to 1856 he was a regional church pastor in Trieglaff - despite violent protests from Old Lutheran believers against his appointment . Then he was pastor in Krummin and pastor in Lietzen .

Works

  • Excursion from Jerusalem via Jericho to the Jordan, the Dead Sea and Mar Saba, March 1847 , in: Journal of the German Oriental Society, Vol. II, 1848, 1, pp. 52-65 Digitized
  • Communications on the current terrain in and around Jerusalem , in: Journal of the German Oriental Society, Vol. III, 1849, pp. 35 ff.
  • About the current taxation of some districts of the Paschaliks Jerusalem according to authentic sources , in: Monthly reports on the negotiations of the Society for Geography in Berlin, Vol. 5, 1847/48, pp. 2-7 digitized
  • Communications about Jerusalem from the diary of an eyewitness , Königsberg i. N .: Windolff and Striese, 1848

literature

  • Fritz Maywald: General Directory of Members of the Corps Silesia 1821–1961 , Part I, Cologne 1961, serial no. 102
  • Kösener corps lists 1930, 21 , 105

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement in the official journal of Szczecin
  2. ^ Announcement in the Stralsund gazette
  3. ↑ Goren / Naujoks: Go and explore the land ": the German research on Palestine in the 19th century, p. 224
  4. ^ Philipp Wolff: Journey to the Promised Land - with a new plan of Jerusalem , Stuttgart: Metzler, 1849
  5. ↑ Report on this in Gerlach
  6. ^ Communication from Wolff
  7. ↑ Note on his estate
personal data
SURNAME Gadow, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1815
DATE OF DEATH 1895