Theodor von Kolde

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Theodor Kolde , from 1910 Knight von Kolde , (born May 6, 1850 in Friedland in Upper Silesia , † October 21, 1913 in Erlangen ) was a German church historian and Luther researcher.

Life

As the son of pastor Carl Kolde, Kolde attended high school in Oels . After graduating from high school, he studied Protestant theology at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University and the University of Leipzig . Hermann Reuter was one of his teachers . He devoted his scientific work primarily to the history of the Reformation . He did his doctorate at the Friedrichs University in Halle on the life of Chancellor Gregor Brück . He completed his habilitation in 1876 at the Philipps University of Marburg on Martin Luther's position on the church and council. In the Leipziger Landsmannschaft Plavia since 1872 , he confessed to the split off Corps in 1877 . His work on Johann von Staupitz and the so-called Analecta Lutherana are famous . He was extremely critical of the Weimar Luther edition . From 1884 to 1893 he worked on a two-volume biography of Luther. In 1880 he became full professor for historical theology at the University of Erlangen . He also taught in addition to the history of the Reformation missiology . He is regarded as the initiator of Bavarian church history research, founded an association for this purpose and published articles on Bavarian church history from 1895 onwards . In addition, he wrote several biography articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , published by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1890/91 he was rector of the University of Erlangen and a long-time member of its administrative committee. In 1910 he was ennobled by Luitpold of Bavaria .

In 1881 Kolde married the Englishwoman Anna Piper from Ledbury ( Herefordshire ) in Hamburg. The marriage resulted in four sons and three daughters. Theodor Kolde was the cousin of the architect Max Kolde .

Fonts

  • Luther and the Diet of Worms . Association for Reformation History, Halle 1883 ( online ).
  • Martin Luther. A biography . 2 volumes, Perthes, Gotha 1884/93.
  • Andreas Althamer the humanist and reformer in Brandenburg-Ansbach . Erlangen 1895 (reprinted by Niewkoop 1967).
  • The Bavarian religious edict of January 10, 1803 and the beginnings of the Protestant regional church in Bavaria. A memorial sheet. ( Digitized online )
  • The University of Erlangen under the Wittelsbach family from 1810 to 1910 . Deicher, Erlangen / Leipzig 1910 (reprint 1991).
  • Historical introduction to the symbolic books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1913.

See also

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Theodor von Kolde  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kolde is not included in the Kösener Corps lists from 1910 and 1930.
  2. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
personal data
SURNAME Kolde, Theodor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kolde, Theodor Ritter von; Kolde, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant church historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedland in Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1913
Place of death gain