Gottfried Leonhard Wilheim Fritschel

Background

Fritschel, Gottfried Leonhard Wilheim was born on December 19, 1836 in Nurnberg, Germany. Son of Martin Heinrich and Katharina (Kassler) Fritschel.

Education

Graduated from the University Erlangen (Germany), 1856. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1879.

Career

George J. Came to the United States, 1857. Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church, Dubuque, Iowa, 1857, became professor theology Wartburg Seminary of Iowa Synod (seminary moved to Sebald, Iowa to cut expenses, 1857). Learned English, Norwegian and Swedish langs.

Author: Passionsbetrachtungen, 1868, 2d edition., 1876. Geschichte der Christlichen Missionen unter den Indianern Nordamerikas in 17 und 18 Jahrhundert, published Nurnberg, 1870. Theophilus, 1889.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Passionsbetrachtungen, 1868, 2d edition., 1876. Geschichte der Christlichen Missionen unter den Indianern Nordamerikas in 17 und 18 Jahrhundert, published Nurnberg, 1870. Theophilus, 1889.

Connections

Married Elise Eleanore Koberle, August 29, 1858, 10 children including Professor.

Father:

Martin Heinrich Fritschel

Mother:

Katharina (Kassler) Fritschel

Spouse:

Elise Eleanore Koberle