Rothen, David (19th century)
David Rothen, a schoolteacher and hymn writer of the Palatinate, Germany, stemmed from Switzerland and was received by baptism in the Mennonite congregation at Friedelsheim on 21 May 1830, and then served as a teacher on the Branchweilerhof. In 1832 he immigrated to America. Eight of his hymns were adopted into the hymnal of the Mennonites of South Germany.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 551.
Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Neff, Christian. "Rothen, David (19th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 23 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rothen,_David_(19th_century)&oldid=84737.
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Neff, Christian. (1959). Rothen, David (19th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rothen,_David_(19th_century)&oldid=84737.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 364. All rights reserved.
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