Ludwig Lenhart

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Ludwig Lenhart (born January 29, 1902 in Gernsheim , † January 20, 1971 in Mainz ) was a Catholic theologian and historian .

Life

Ludwig Lenhart was orphaned at an early age and was therefore brought up by his uncle Georg Lenhart . He first grew up in Gernsheim am Rhein , where he went to elementary school . After the death of his parents, he attended high school in Bensheim , where he lived with his uncle. After graduating from high school , Lenhart received a theological training at the Mainz seminary . On 20 March 1928 he received by Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo the priesthood . From April 16, 1926 to September 16, 1930 he worked at the parish church of St. Peter Heppenheim, among other things as a chaplain . In 1930 Lenhart was given a leave of absence to deepen his theological studies at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . There he was significantly influenced by Ludwig Andreas Veit , who sharpened his homeland, popular and church awareness and later created a bibliography for his literary work . With Veit, who was archivist of the diocese of Mainz from 1925 , he did his doctorate with the thesis Seelennot aus Lebensenge. The problem of living space and morality according to Bishop WE v. Ketteler .

The doctoral thesis on Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler became the leitmotif for his further life as a theologian and church historian , which culminated in a three-volume biography of the workers' bishop (Mainz 1966–1968).

Marienkirche in Offenbach am Main

After completing his studies in Freiburg , he got his first job as a chaplain in the parish of St. Marien at the Marienkirche in Offenbach am Main , a parish consisting primarily of workers. On October 16, 1936, he was given a teaching position for church history , combined with the second assistant position at the Mainz seminary.

He chose the Mainz district as the subject of his habilitation thesis , which he published in 1936 under the title: The First Mainz School of Theology of the 19th Century (1805-1830) .

Efforts had already been made in 1945 to form a supra-diocesan church history association, which in 1946 led to the establishment of the Society for Middle Rhine Church History . Ludwig Lenhart was appointed its deputy chairman. Shortly after the reopening of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 1946, Lenhart was appointed full professor of church history and patrology at the Catholic theological faculty there.

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SURNAME Lenhart, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Gernsheim
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1971
Place of death Mainz