Kossmann, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von

Profession:

Clergy

Biography:

Pastor Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Kossmann was born 17 April 1826 in Dermsdorf, Thuringia (Germany). He was ordained on 18 March 1856. He served parishes:

Irkutsk (1856-1862)
Saints Peter & Paul Lutheran Church in Moscow (1862-1866)
St. Mary's Lutheran Church in Saratov (1866-1888)

From 1880 to 1888, he was the Probst (Provost) of the Lutheran parishes in the Bergseite. He served as the Vice-President of the Moscow Lutheran Consistory from 1888-1892.

Pastor Kossmann died on 29 July 1898 in Moscow.

Source(s):

- Kossmann Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (wolgadeutsche.ru) (Online)
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 152.

Immigration:

Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia

Moscow, Russia

Pastor Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Kossmann
Source: History of the Lutheran Church of St. Mary in Saratov (1770-1935) via wolgadeutsche.ru