Wilhelm Appuhn

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August Wilhelm Appuhn (born October 4, 1804 in Gröningen ; † June 6, 1882 in Wernigerode ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

He was born as the son of the organist and teacher Johann Christoph David Appuhn and his wife Marie b. Jaeger was born in Gröningen and attended school in Magdeburg . In 1819 he moved to the cathedral high school in Halberstadt , which he left in 1824 with the Abitur. Then he went to the University of Halle-Wittenberg to study Protestant theology. His university teachers included u. a. August Tholuck .

In 1827 Wilhelm Appuhn became a private tutor with Karl Graf von der Schulenburg in Altenhausen , where he stayed until 1830. During this time he passed his first theological exam on February 12, 1828, followed by the second exam on July 21, 1829.

In 1830 Wilhelm Appuhn became the adjunct of the elderly pastor of Altenhausen, until he took over this pastoral position in 1834, to which Ivenrode also belonged. In 1852 he became consistorial councilor and cathedral preacher at Magdeburg Cathedral . In the consistory there, he was given responsibility for personnel, church visits and the implementation of confirmations. After Appuhn had reached the age of 67, he retired. Appuhn spent his last years in Naumburg (Saale) and Wernigerode, where he died in 1882.

He had Christiane Philippine born in Altenhausen in 1835. Duke married. From this marriage a son emerged who was a councilor in Klein-Gröningen.

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Wilhelm Appuhn published a number of sermons and several theological treatises, the content of which represented the idea of ​​a union of the Lutheran and Reformed churches in the Kingdom of Prussia . He also expressed this several times at the meetings of the confessional Lutheran pastors of the Church Province of Saxony at the Gnadau Conferences.

His most important publications include:

  • Poems by Heinrich Möwes, along with an outline of his life , 1836
  • The Holy Passion, celebrated in songs, meditations and prayers , 1841
  • Moses the Servant , 1845
  • Festive Sermons , 1857
  • Casual speeches , 1872
  • Our Holy Father , 1873
  • Drafts for sermons at and during the festivals , 1876
  • The life picture of Count Karl Ludwig von der Schulenburg-Altenhausen , 1882.

literature

  • Lina Walther : Memories from Wilhelm Appuhn's life. Compiled from his notes , Gotha 1885 (with portrait).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pastors' book of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony, Vol. 1, Leipzig 2003, p. 133.
personal data
SURNAME Appuhn, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Appuhn, August Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Groeningen
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1882
Place of death Wernigerode