Wilhelm Löhr (theologian)

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Wilhelm Christian Löhr (born October 17, 1859 in Langendernbach , † May 19, 1929 in Bethel ) was a German theologian and author .

Life

Löhr attended high school in Hadamar , later in Dillenburg and studied Protestant theology at the universities of Leipzig , Marburg , Berlin and Bonn . After working as a parish pastor in Hohensolms , Löhr was appointed to a pastor's position in the north of Elberfeld on January 20, 1893 . He led the Lutheran Kreuzkirchen congregation there for 33 years. From 1920 to 1926 he was also superintendent of the Elberfeld parish synod. After resigning from the church office, he died in Bethel.

In his works he tried to combine experiences of nature with the direct expectation of salvation.

Löhr was friends with his Elberfeld official brother Heinrich Niemöller , the father of the theologian Martin Niemöller . He was the father of the physicians Wilhelm Löhr and Hanns Löhr .

Works

  • This side and the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Loose travel sheets , Herborn 1900.
  • Moses, the servant of God , Elberfeld 1901.
  • The indispensable , Elberfeld 1905.
  • O du Heimatflur , Elberfeld 1917.
  • God's glory in German nature , Elberfeld 1929.
  • Traute Heimat , Elberfeld 1929.

literature

  • Heinrich Niemöller : Witnesses from the history of the Lutheran congregation Elberfeld , Wuppertal 1925, pp. 182–186.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wilhelm Christian Löhr , website “Kiel Professors from 1919 to 1965”, accessed on December 18, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Löhr, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löhr, Wilhelm Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Langendernbach , Germany
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1929
Place of death Bethel , now Bielefeld-Gadderbaum