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Girgensohn, Herbert, 1887-1963

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Personal name headingGirgensohn, Herbert, 1887-1963
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Variant(s)Girgenzons, Herberts
Associated countryLatvia Poland Germany
Associated placeRīga (Latvia) Poznań (Poland) Lübeck (Germany)
Birth date1887-10-09
Death date1963-09-11
Place of birthValmiera (Latvia)
Place of deathGlücksburg (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Field of activityTheology, Practical
AffiliationLutheran Church
Herderinstitut zu Riga Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. Ostkirchenausschuss Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel
Profession or occupationClergy Theologians Chaplains College teachers
Theological seminary teachers
Found inTeaching Luther's catechism, 1959: t.p. (Herbert Girgensohn)
OCLC, Mar. 31, 1999: (hdg.: Girgensohn, Herbert, 1887-1963; usage: Herbert Girgensohn)
German Wikipedia, 22 December 2016: Herbert Girgensohn (born 27 September 1887 (Julian calendar)/9 October 1887 (Gregorian calendar) in Wolmar, Governate of Livonia; died 11 September 1963 in Glücksburg (Ostsee); he was a Baltic German theologian of Lutheranism; he was vicar, chaplain, and pastor in the Baltics and Riga; from 1927 he was also professor of practical theology at the German Herder Institute Riga; he fled Latvia in 1939 and was pastor in Poznań and later Lübeck; he was the first chairman of Committee of the former German Eastern churches [Ausschuss der ehemaligen deutschen Ostkirchen] in 1946; the Eastern Church Committee [Ostkirchenausschuss] was recognized in 1949 by the EKD; Girgensohn was lecturer and later professor for practical theology at the Theological Seminary Bethel [Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel]; lists published works in German)
Mārtiņa Lutera katehisma izklāsts, 2012: title page (Herberts Girgenzons)
Associated languageger