Wilhelm Hölscher (pastor)
Hermann Wilhelm Heinrich Hölscher (born April 22, 1845 in Norden (East Friesland) , † March 11, 1911 in Leipzig ) was a Protestant theologian and most recently pastor at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig .
Life
Hölscher was born the son of notary and lawyer Uvo Adolf Hölscher (1805–1863); his brother was the Goslar pedagogue, archivist and historian Uvo Hölscher (1847–1914). He spent the first 15 years of his life in his birthplace. From 1860 he attended high school in Osnabrück and studied from 1863 to 1866 in Tübingen , Berlin and Göttingen . From 1866 to 1871 he worked as a private tutor in Courland , was assistant preacher in 1872, pastor in Norden in 1876 and in 1880 conventual and director of studies in Loccum monastery .
From 1885 he was pastor of the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1886 by the theological faculty of the University of Leipzig . Until 1910 he headed the university's catechetical department.
Hölscher was the editor of the “General Evangelical Lutheran Church Newspaper” founded by Christoph Ernst Luthardt (until 1911) and the “Theological Literature Gazette” (until 1909). His son Gustav Hölscher followed in his footsteps, studied theology and, as an Old Testament scholar, held several professorships at German universities. The younger son Uvo Adolf Hölscher was an architect and building researcher.
literature
- Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biographie , Vol. 1: Hannoversche men and women since 1866 . Sponholtz, Hannover 1912, p. 346
- D. Wilhelm Hölscher: A picture of life. Leipzig: Hinrichs 1912. (= extended special print from the "Allg. Ev.-Luth. Church newspaper")
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Hölscher, Wilhelm. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 932-933.
Web links
- Overview of the courses of Wilhelm Hölscher (pastor) at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1892 to summer semester 1910)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b o.V. : Hölscher, Hermann Wilhelm Heinrich in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library [undated], last accessed on January 13, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hölscher, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hölscher, Hermann Wilhelm Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian, pastor at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North (East Frisia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1911 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |