Friedrich Ludwig Christian Volbehr (3 July 1819 – 6 August 1888) was a German

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and

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Life

Born in

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

, from 1832 to 1839 Volbehr attended the . Afterwards he studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

at the University in Kiel. However, he did not take a theological

Staatsexamen The ("state examination" or "exam by state"; pl.: ''Staatsexamina'') is a German government licensing examination that future physicians, dentists, teachers, pharmacists, food chemists, psychotherapists and jurists (i.e., lawyers, judges, publi ...

. From 1845 to 1853 he worked as a tutor on a noble estate in

Holstein Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of German ...

. During this time he was awarded a Dr. phil. degree in 1846 in

Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...

. From 1853 he directed a private institute in

Elmshorn Elmshorn (; nds, Elmshoorn) is a town in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It is 30 km north of Hamburg on the small river Krückau, a tributary of the Elbe, and with about 50,000 inhabitants is the sixth-largest t ...

, but returned to Kiel as a private tutor. Besides, he was editor of the ''Kieler Correspondenzblatt'' and the ''Kieler Wochenblatt'' between 1859 and 1878. He rendered outstanding services to the local and regional history of Kiel and the surrounding area with a wide range of literature. On 6 August 1888 he died suddenly in Kiel at the age of 69 of a heart attack during a meeting of the Kunstverein as secretary.

Foundations / Memberships

* Co-founder of the Kiel Institute for the Blind and member of the board until 1876 * Co-founder of the association for the care of those released from the institution for the blind * Member and temporarily managing director of the Kieler Kunstverein * From 1862 to 1876 member of the land committee for the construction of a new university building in Kiel * Founder of the Society for Kiel City History and the associated Kiel City Library.

Awards

* Holder of the

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of the

Order of the Crown (Prussia) The Royal Order of the Crown (german: Königlicher Kronen-Orden) was a Prussian order of chivalry. Instituted in 1861 as an honour equal in rank to the Order of the Red Eagle, membership could only be conferred upon commissioned officers (or civ ...

Work

* ''Professoren und Dozenten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665 bis 1933.'' Mühlau, 1934, 3rd revised edition by Richard Weyl * ''Verzeichnis der gegenwärtig in Schleswig-Holstein angestellten und zur Anstellung berechtigten Geistlichen, welche nicht das Schleswig-Holsteinische Amtsexamen bestanden haben.'' Homann, 1869 * ''Die Schiller-Tage in Kiel''. Kiel 1859 * ''Die Einweihungsfeier des neuen Universitäts-Gebäudes zu Kiel, 24. bis 26. Oktober 1876''. Kiel 1876 * ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel: Die drei Universitätsgebäude von 1665, 1768 und 1876. Die Frequenz der Universität von 1665 bis 1876''. Kiel 1876 * ''Beiträge zur Topographie der Stadt Kiel in den letzten drei Jahrhunderten''. 1st half (no more published): ''Schloß und Altstadt''. Kiel 1881 * ''Kieler Predigergeschichte seit der Reformation''. Kiel 1884 * ''Professoren und Docenten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665 bis 1887''.''Professoren und Docenten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665 bis 1887''
on WorldCat Kiel 1887

Literature

References

External links

Wikisource
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Volbehr, Friedrich 19th-century German historians 19th-century German journalists 19th-century German male writers 1819 births 1888 deaths Writers from Kiel