Background
Zeiß was born in the village of Stapelage in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Zeiß was born in the village of Stapelage in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
He attended the University of Marburg.
On 30 November 1859 he was admitted as a candidate for ministry in the Reformed church after passing the first theological examination. Three years later, on 12 November 1862 he passed the second theological examination. He was called to be a pastor for the Church of Lippe in Barntrup and stayed there for two decades.
In 1904 he suffered a stroke and a year later he retired.