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Tolzien, Gerhard, 1870-1946

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Personal name headingTolzien, Gerhard, 1870-1946
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Associated placeGrevesmühlen, Germany
Pinnow
Schwerin, Germany
Neustrelitz, Germany
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany
Basedow, Germany
Birth date18700214
Death date19460228
Place of birthLanghagen, Germany
Place of deathMalchin, Germany
Field of activityTheology Church management Lutheran preaching Ecclesiastical courts
AffiliationLutheran Church
Profession or occupationTheologians Church employees Bishops Pastors
Found inDer Weltkrieg und der lebendige Gott, 1916: t.p. (Gerhard Tolzien; bishop of Schwerin, Mechlenburg; author of: "Die Tragik in des Kaisers Leben")
German Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 5, 2012 (Gerhard Tolzien; full name: Gerhard Wilhelm Helmut Adolf Theodor Tolzien; b. Feb. 14, 1870, in Klaber, d. Feb. 28., 1946, in Malchin; Lutheran theologian; became pastor in Grevesmühlen in 1900, pastor in Pinnow 1905, cathedral pastor of Schwerin in 1911, district superintendent and advisor to Consistory in Neustrelitz starting 1916, member of the church assembly of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1920, district bishop of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1921, and pastor of Basedow from 1933-1946; dismissed from episcopal office in 1933 for criticizing Nazi policy toward the church; father of the journalist and author Gerd Tolzien)
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon online, viewed Sept. 5, 2012 (Gerhard Wilhelm Helmut Adolf Theodor Tolzien; 1870-1946; known for his war sermons)
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