Leonhard Theobald

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Leonhard Theobald (born January 22, 1877 in Alburg ; † January 21, 1947 in Munich ) was an Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, grammar school professor in Nuremberg and church historian .

Live and act

Theobald was born the son of the economist Friedrich Theobald and his wife Juliana Gach. After attending the humanistic high school in Straubing, Theobald studied theology, philosophy and historical sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen from 1896 to 1900 .

In the autumn of 1900 Theobald passed his first theological exam, the second followed in the summer of 1905. From May 1, 1902, Theobald was assistant chaplain at St. John's Church in Munich. In 1907 he submitted his dissertation at the University of Erlangen on the subject of the life and work of the tendency dramatist of the Reformation era, Thomas Naogeorgus since his escape from Saxony . In 1914 Theobald was appointed as a grammar school professor for Protestant religious teaching at the Realgymnasium in Nuremberg .

In addition to his professional activities as a clergyman and grammar school professor, Theobald devoted himself to researching the history of the Bavarian Reformation , especially in relation to Eastern Bavaria . His numerous works on the Reformation of the imperial city of Regensburg and the Lower Bavarian imperial county of Ortenburg are still considered standard works today. Because of his merits and the constitution of these works, he was given honorary citizenship of the Ortenburg market .

Theobald's extensive estate on church history is now in the Nuremberg Regional Church Archives .

Fonts (selection)

  • The life and work of the tendency dramatist of the Reformation era, Thomas Naogeorgus, since his escape from Saxony . Leipzig 1908.
  • The Reformation in the county of Haag (Upper Bavaria) . (Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt for the deanery district of Munich, No. 11), Rothenburg ob der Tauber 1909, pp. 167–169.
  • Contributions to the history of Duke Albrecht V and the so-called aristocratic conspiracy of 1563 . (Letters and Files on the History of the Sixteenth Century, Volume 6). Edited together with Walter Goetz , Munich 1913.
  • The introduction of the Reformation in the county of Ortenburg . (Contributions to the cultural history of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Volume 17), Leipzig 1914.
  • The so-called Bavarian noble conspiracy of 1563 . In: Contributions to Bavarian Church History, Volume 20, pp. 28–73, Erlangen 1914.
  • The religious trial against Pankraz von Freyberg in 1561 . In: Contributions to Bavarian Church History, Volume 21, pp. 64–72, 108–123, 157–169, Erlangen 1915.
  • The salvation-historical treatment of the biblical story . (Current issues of Protestant pedagogy: Booklets for the promotion of Christian educational science, Series I, Booklet 8) Berlin 1916.
  • Joachim von Ortenburg and the implementation of the Reformation in his county . (Individual works from the church history of Bavaria, Volume 6), Munich 1927.
  • The history of the Reformation in the imperial city of Regensburg. I. part . (Individual works from the church history of Bavaria, Volume 19), Munich 1936. Reprint 1980, ISBN 3-7686-4158-9 .
  • The history of the Reformation in the imperial city of Regensburg. Part II . (Individual works from the church history of Bavaria, Volume 19), Munich 1937. Reprint 1951, ISBN 3-7686-4159-7 .
  • A few things about the life of Gallus during his time as superintendent in Regensburg . (Journal for Bavarian Church History, Issue 19). Nuremberg 1950, pp. 69-78. ( posthumously )

Remarks

  1. ^ Obituary notice of the Ortenburg market in the Passauer Neue Presse, edition February 7, 1947, p. 8
personal data
SURNAME Theobald, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pastor, high school professor, church historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Alburg
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1947
Place of death Munich