Gotthard Fritzsche
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Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche was a Prussian Lutheran pastor who became instrumental in furthering that religion in South Australia. He was born in Liebenwerda, in the Electorate of Saxony, Germany, and m
Gravestone of Gotthard Fritzsche in Lobethal: Hier ruhet im Herrn (Here rests in the Lord), Geboren 20. Juni 1797, Gestorben 26. Oct. 1863.
Original Seminary School in Lobethal
Memorial of Gotthard Fritzsche in Lobethal
Old Lutherans
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Old Lutherans were German Lutherans in the Kingdom of Prussia, especially in the Province of Silesia, who refused to join the Prussian Union of churches in the 1830s and 1840s. Prussia's king, Frederi
Gotthard Fritzsche
…entering the ministry, he declared himself to be against the Prussian Union, and was banned from ministry in the State church. He joined the underground Old Lutheran church as a Flying Pastor, who travelled from place to place disguised as a travelling tradesman, performing secret worship services and rites to those…
King Frederick William III of Prussia
The Olbers carried some of the Saxon emigrants.