Ludwig von Rohden

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Ludwig von Rohden (born June 27, 1815 in Lüneburg , † February 26, 1889 ) was a German Protestant theologian and mission inspector.

Life

Ludwig von Rohden, the son of a bookseller, grew up in Lübeck , where he passed the Abitur at Michaelis in 1833 at the Katharineum . He then studied Protestant theology in Berlin and Bonn . After that he worked temporarily as a teacher and assistant chaplain in Lübeck.

Since May 1, 1846, he worked for the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft in Barmen as a teacher at their missionary seminar. Here he also became a chronicler of the Rhenish Mission, whose history he wrote. In 1857 he became head of the seminary, in November 1884 first inspector and thus head of the Rhenish Mission.

His sons were the classical archaeologist Hermann von Rohden (1852-1916), the theologian Gustav von Rohden (1855-1942) and the ancient historian Paul von Rohden (1862-1939).

Publications

  • History of the Rheinische Missions-Gesellschaft , Barmen 1856; 2., umgearb u. complete. Barmen 1871; 3rd edition in two parts Barmen 1888 digitized
  • Guide to world history for the higher classes of Protestant grammar schools and secondary schools, as well as for private use for teachers and for the educated in general , Lübeck 1859

literature

  • Gustav Menzel: The Rhenish Mission. From 150 years of mission history , Wuppertal 1978, pp. 209–214 (with picture)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Genzken: The Abitur graduates of the Katharineum zu Lübeck (grammar school and secondary school) from Easter 1807 to 1907. Borchers, Lübeck 1907 ( digitized version ), no. 300
personal data
SURNAME Rohden, Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and mission inspector
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneburg
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1889