Josua Harrsch

	Josua Harrsch Josua Harrsch, also known as Joshua Kocherthal (30 July 1669 – 27 December 1719Bente, FAmerican Lutheranism, Volume ISt. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 1919, p. 31.) was a German Lutheran minister who led German emigrants to New York. Biography Joshua Harrsch was born at Fachsenfeld in Aalen, in the Ostwürttemberg region of Baden-Württemberg. He was the youngest of 23 children of Hans Jörg Harrsch (1610-1675). Educated to the ministry, he served as a Lutheran pastor at Landau in Palatinate. The Palatinate in Germany had been ravaged by the Thirty Years' War (1618 and 1648) and the subsequent Nine Years' War (1688–97). Refugees from the war, occupation by the French army and the unpopular political and religious policies of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine sought a new life elsewhere. Harrsch became the leader of a group of these Palatines and traveled to London to secure permission for them to settle under the British crown. Queen Anne supported Protestantism as d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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