Ludwig Polscher

President Ludwig Polscher (1900)

Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Polscher (born March 8, 1820 in Hohenlimburg , † October 17, 1909 in Unna ) was a German Protestant clergyman and President of the Westphalian Provincial Synod of the  Evangelical Church of Prussia .

Life

Ludwig Polscher was born as the son of the innkeeper Christian Polscher and his wife Maria Charlotte Bauer. From 1835 to 1841 he attended grammar school in Dortmund and, after graduating from high school , studied theology in Berlin , Halle and Bonn . After the theological exams he was first a teacher in Hohenlimburg, where he founded a boys' school himself.

His ordination and introduction as pastor in Lünern fell on February 11, 1852.

Elected part-time superintendent of the church district of Unna on November 12, 1862 , he held this office until 1900. On October 8, 1874, the election of President of the Westphalian Provincial Synod took place. He remained in this office until 1902. He retired on October 1, 1906.

Honors

• On February 11, 1902, he was awarded an honorary theological doctorate by the University of Bonn
• 1902 Order of the Red Eagle for the 50th anniversary of the office

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bauks : The Protestant pastors in Westphalia from the Reformation period to 1945 (= contributions to the Westphalian church history, volume 4). Bielefeld 1980, No. 4841 ( full text ).
• Bernd Hey , Ingrun Osterfinke:  "Three coachmen on one goat", the holders of the church leadership positions in Protestant Westphalia (1815–1996). Publisher: Regional Church Archives of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, series 1996, Bielefeld.

Web links

• Ludwig Polscher Short portrait in the Internet portal "Westphalian History"