Johannes Meinhof

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Johannes Meinhof (born October 8, 1859 in Barzwitz near Rügenwalde , † November 10, 1947 in Halle (Saale) ) was a Protestant theologian and superintendent in Halle (Saale).

Life

Johannes Meinhof was a son of the pastor and revival preacher Friedrich Meinhof and his third wife Clara Christiane Giesebrecht (1819-1893). He is the brother of the theologian and Africanist Carl Meinhof and the grandfather of Ulrike Meinhof .

In August 1878 Johannes Meinhof passed his Abitur in Halle, then studied theology and came back to Halle after his ordination in 1884. In 1885 he married Mathilde Köstlin (1860–1908), the daughter of the Halle university professor Julius Köstlin . From this marriage ten children (five sons and five daughters) were born, including Werner Meinhof , the father of Ulrike Meinhof , as the ninth child .

In October 1910 he married again. From this marriage with Dorothea Meinhof geb. Schmitz had two other sons.

From 1896 to 1930 Johannes Meinhof was pastor of St. Laurentius and since 1918 city superintendent. He died of old age at the age of 88. On November 14, 1947, he was buried in the St. Laurentius cemetery in Halle at the side of his first wife. His grave is one of the graves of honor in this cemetery.

Fonts (selection)

  • Message of salvation. A year of sermons, mostly on free texts. 1889
  • Forward to Faith! An evangelical answer to the writing of Prof. Dr. von Ruville "Back to the Holy Church" . Berlin 1910
  • Hundred years of work by the Province of Saxony for the Heidenmission 1829–1929 . Hall 1931

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.st-laurentius-halle.de/cms/phpwcms_1.2.5-DEV/index.php?ehrengraeber
personal data
SURNAME Meinhof, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman (Protestant), pastor and superintendent in Halle (Saale)
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Barzwitz near Rügenwalde
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1947
Place of death Halle (Saale)