Rudolf Brockhausen

Rudolf Brockhausen (born March 2, 1805 in Lemgo , † January 16, 1888 in Horn-Bad Meinberg ) was a German Reformed clergyman .

Life

Rudolf Brockhausen was born on March 2nd, 1805 in Lemgo as the son of pastor Georg Heinrich Brockhausen. After he received his preparatory training at the local grammar school , in 1823 he first moved to the University of Halle to study Protestant theology. He also attended the universities of Basel and Marburg , and finished his studies in 1827. He then worked as a private tutor until he became headmaster in Blomberg in 1829 . Ten years later he also took up a position as an auxiliary preacher . Appointed second pastor to Horn-Bad Meinsberg in 1844, he was promoted to first pastor in 1871. With this office he died there on January 16, 1888 at the age of 82.

Works

• Luise, the queen. 6 chants . Meyer, Lemgo 1832.
• The Christian must know the language of Christ. Three sermons on John 8: 31-59. To the heart of our time caught up in various religious misunderstandings, held before the Blomberg community. Kaiser, Bremen 1841.
• The flora of Lower Saxony in its relationship to the doctrine of gods and the superstition of the ancestors. Jänecke, Hamburg 1865.
• The Varus Battle. Patriotic drama in five acts. Edited by HW Bädeker. Schmorl and Seefeld, Hanover 1864.
• What does the evangelical church want and what should be and to whom does the government of the same belong? Detmold 1864.
• A word for the Protestant association. Wagner, Lemgo 1869.

Web links

• Erich Wenneker :  Brockhausen, Rudolf. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 98-99.
• Rudolf Brockhausen in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors