Leopold von Winter (theologian)
Leopold Winter , von Winter from 1828 , (* 1797 ; † December 28, 1864 in Jelenic near Kulm , West Prussia ) was a German Protestant theologian .
Life
He came from a family originally from the Palatinate . Winter was first pastor and district school inspector in Schwetz on the Vistula and finally superintendent in Jelenic near Kulm.
In Schwetz he had already made great contributions to the consolidation of Protestantism in West Prussia . Later in Jelenic, too, in his domestic devotions he offered the members of the Evangelical Church scattered in the Kulm region a meeting place. Through the gentleness and dignity of his personalities, he contributed to the balance between the denominations and earned respect on both sides.
Winter received together with his brother Friedrich, Pastor zu Ausleben , on May 28, 1828 in Berlin the Prussian nobility recognition as "von Winter".
His son was the same long- Gdansk mayor and Prussian deputies Leopold of winter .
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XVI, page 259/260, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISBN 3-7980-0837-X .
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , 1870, page 582
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danziger Zeitung No. 2788, year 1865.
- ↑ Rudolf Reicke, Ernst Wichert (Ed.): Old Prussian monthly for the reflection of provincial life in literature, art, science and industry , Volume 2, page 465, Verlag Rosbach, Königsberg 1865 ( digital copy )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winter, Leopold von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winter, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1797 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1864 |
| Place of death | Jelenic near Kulm |