Otto Clorius
Otto Clorius (born July 2, 1869 in Parchim ; † April 5, 1943 in Schwerin ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and author.
Life
Otto Clorius was a son of the businessman Theodor Clorius. He attended the grammar school in Parchim and from 1887 to 1890 the grammar school Fridericianum Schwerin . After initially studying law at the universities of Rostock , Bonn , Berlin and Rostock again, he switched to studying Protestant theology . In 1894/95 he served as a one-year volunteer with the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm" No. 90 in Rostock. After graduating, he preached as a candidate in various congregations.
In 1896 he emigrated to the United States , where he worked in the Low German- speaking community of Diller in Nebraska . For this he was ordained a pastor by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States in Dubuque, Iowa .
In 1903 he returned to Mecklenburg and in 1904 was given a pastor's post in Kotelow . At the beginning of 1908 he was appointed main pastor of the Marienkirche in Neubrandenburg . Here he developed extensive public activity. In the First World War he supported the German Fatherland Party . From 1931 he was a member of the welfare committee of the city of Neubrandenburg. In 1937 he retired and moved to Schwerin with his son Carl Theodor Clorius .
His daughter Gertrude Clorius Schwebell (1901–1979) returned to the USA in 1947 and became a well-known translator of German literature in New York.
Works
- Sermons of war. 4 booklets, Neubrandenburg: Dörnbrack 1914
- German war psalms. The war songs of our time sifted through and sorted according to their religious and moral significance. Leipzig: Xenien 1915 ( table of contents )
- Digitized , Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg
- Digitized , Hathi Trust ( University of Michigan )
- Fritz Reuter's piety in his poetry and in his life. 1924
- 700 years of city history. For the 700th anniversary of the city of Parchim. 1926
- Fritz Reuter is piety. Neubrandenburg: Moerke 1933
literature
- Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg parishes. Supplementary volume II: The former Strelitz parishes, Wismar 1937, p. 121
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 1817 .
Web links
- Literature about Otto Clorius in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Otto Clorius in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in 1890 in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ^ Entry in 1893 in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ See for example: The German Security Peace? Lecture given on December 4, 1917 at the patriotic evening of the "German Fatherland Party", local group Neubrandenburg, Neubrandenburg: W. Dörnbrack 1917
- ↑ See, for example, Contemporary German Poetry: An Anthology. New York: New Directions 1964.
- ↑ See also Michael Fischer; On the lyrical reception of the Luther song “A strong castle is our God” in the First World War. In: Nicolas Detering / Michael Fischer / Aibe-Marlene Gerdes (eds.): Popular war poetry in the First World War. Münster 2013, pp. 67–95, here pp. 68f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clorius, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parchim |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1943 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |