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Löhe, Wilhelm, 1808-1872

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1808-02-21 - 1872-01-02

Biographical / Historical

Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (21 February 1808 - 2 January 1872) (often rendered 'Loehe') was a pastor of the Lutheran Church, Neo-Lutheran writer, and is often regarded as being a founder of the deaconess movement in Lutheranism and a founding sponsor of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). He was a pastor in nineteenth-century Germany. From the small town of Neuendettelsau, he sent pastors to North America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil, and the Ukraine. His work for a clear confessional basis within the Bavarian church sometimes led to conflict with the ecclesiastical bureaucracy. His chief concern was that a parish find its life in the eucharist, and from that source evangelism and social ministries would flow. Many Lutheran congregations in Michigan, Ohio, and Iowa were either founded or influenced by missionaries sent by Löhe. He is commemorated by the ELCA and the LCMS on 2 January. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Konrad_Wilhelm_L%C3%B6he

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Ferdinand Doederlein (1834-1915) Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0287
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the original diary of Doederlein's travels, transcriptions and translations, notes, and photographs. Two memory books contain entries dated 1857-1859 by his parents and siblings and by people at Neuendettelsau, including Gottfried Fritschel and Wilhelm Loehe, prior to his coming to the U.S.

Dates: 1857 - 1860

Einfältiger Berichtunterricht für Christen evangelisch=luth. Bekenntnisses von Wilhelm Löhe, 1881 - 1908

 Item
Scope and Contents

Bound Together
  • Einfältiger Berichtunterricht für Christen evangelisch=luth. Bekenntnisses von Wilhelm Löhe. Kropp in Schleswig, 1881
  • Von dem göttlichen Worte als dem Lichte, welches zum Frieden führt von Wilhelm Löhe. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1904 (Zehnte Auflage)
  • Wilhelm Löhe. Ein Lebensbild. Friedr. Lindner. Nurnberb, 1908

Dates: 1881 - 1908

Frankenmuth (Michigan) Historical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-1792
Scope and Contents The Frankenmuth Historical Association donated this collection to Concordia Historical Institute in 1983. It includes an array of photocopied letters (1840-1920) of early residents of Frankenmuth, Michigan, as well as an assortment of transcribed letters from Friedrich August Craemer (1812-1891), the founder of the mission colony in Frankenmuth. There are various church registers, bylaws, and congregational records, mainly from Saint Lorenz Lutheran Church. The photographs available are a...
Dates: 1840 - 1948

Immanuel Lutheran Church (Frankentrost [Saginaw], Michigan) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: Collection ID-2542
Scope and Contents

  • Handwritten German constitution
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1847-1880, German
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1881-1928, German / English
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1929-1970, English
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1971-2015, English

Dates: 1847 - 2015

Albert Kluge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0480
Scope and Contents

The collection contains notes on Loehe's lectures: Kirchenrecht aller Christlichen Confessionen, and Exegesis of Romans.

Dates: 1854

Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe (1808-1872) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-2159
Scope and Contents The Loehe Collection contains primary and secondary material. Correspondence constitutes the largest part of this collection. Furthermore, photographs, general biographical information, sermons and printed material can be found. The folders are arranged in alphabetical order by type of material.Loehe’s correspondence is separated into two parts: printed copies and microfilmed material. The correspondence is arranged in chronological order by date in the European fashion...
Dates: 1768 - 1992

Sabbath und Vorsabbath. Eine Anweisung zum Herzensgebet von Wilhelm Löhe, 1843

 Item
Scope and Contents

Sabbath und Vorsabbath. Eine Anweisung zum Herzensgebet von Wilhelm Löhe. Nördlingen, 1843 (OCLC: 249611700)

Dates: 1843

Ferdinand Sievers (1816-1893) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0771
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a volume of class notes and photos of Sievers alone and with sons, and a typescript copy of "Letters Written by Pastor Sievers to Pastor Loehe" translated by Herbert Helmreich. A copy of "Blaetter fuer Mission" without marginalia was removed to the CHI library.

Dates: undated

Wilhelm Löhe's Relation to the American Church by James Lewis Schaaf, 1961

 Item
Scope and Contents

Wilhelm Löhe's Relation to the American Church: A Study in the History of Lutheran Mission by James Lewis Schaaf. Inaugural Dissertation zur Erlangung der Würde eines Diktors der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karl-Universität zu Heidelberg, 1961. (OCLC: 3950583, 247 pages)

Dates: 1961