Christian Gottlieb Hegele
Christian Gottlieb Hegele was born in Hirschlanden, Leonberg, Württemberg on June 24, 1804. In 1823, Hegele began his theological training at the Mission Institute in Basel, Switzerland (his membership number is 68).
Portrait of Christian Gottlieb Hegele in 1831. Image used with the permission of the Basel Mission Archives, Reference: BMA QS-30.001.0078.01.
After completion of his training in Basel, Reverend Hegele served at the Karras Mission located in the North Caucasus region of Russia. There pastor Hegele met and married Nancy Galloway, the daughter of James Galloway who served in Karras with the Scottish Mission Society. Nancy Galloway was also a sister to the wife of Pastor Karl Heinrich Thomas.
He later served as pastor in the Volga German colony of Beideck from 1836 to 1850 and in Yagodnaya Polyana from 1850 until his death there on January 3, 1864. As part of his duties serving as pastor of the Beideck parish, Hegele also ministered to the colony of Norka from 1841 to 1845. During this period of time Norka did not have a resident pastor.
Two of pastor Hegele's sisters married missionaries from the Mission Institute in Basel (Jakob Lang and Johann Theodore Wolters).
He later served as pastor in the Volga German colony of Beideck from 1836 to 1850 and in Yagodnaya Polyana from 1850 until his death there on January 3, 1864. As part of his duties serving as pastor of the Beideck parish, Hegele also ministered to the colony of Norka from 1841 to 1845. During this period of time Norka did not have a resident pastor.
Two of pastor Hegele's sisters married missionaries from the Mission Institute in Basel (Jakob Lang and Johann Theodore Wolters).
Sources
Amburger, Erik. Die Pastoren Der Evangelischen Kirchen Russlands Vom Ende Des 16. Jahrhunderts Bis 1937: Ein Biographisches Lexikon. Lüneburg: Inst. Nordostdt. Kulturwerk, 1998. 341. Print.
Dalton, Hermann. Geschichte Der Reformirten Kirche in Russland: Kirchenhistorische Studie. Trans. William Pickelhaupt. Gotha: R. Besser, 1865. Print.
"Hegele, Christian Gottlieb. - Basel Mission Archives." Omeka RSS. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 <http://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100206870>.
Note: This source states that Hegele died on January 13, 1864.
"Hegele, Christian Gottlieb." International Mission Photography Archive. University of Southern California Digital Library. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. <http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll123/id/38683/rec/1>.
Missionary Register. Vol. 20. Harvard University: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, (1832): 27. Print.
Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen Und Das Religiöse Leben Der Rußlanddeutschen. Stuttgart: AER-Verl., 1978: 141. Print.
Dalton, Hermann. Geschichte Der Reformirten Kirche in Russland: Kirchenhistorische Studie. Trans. William Pickelhaupt. Gotha: R. Besser, 1865. Print.
"Hegele, Christian Gottlieb. - Basel Mission Archives." Omeka RSS. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 <http://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100206870>.
Note: This source states that Hegele died on January 13, 1864.
"Hegele, Christian Gottlieb." International Mission Photography Archive. University of Southern California Digital Library. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. <http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll123/id/38683/rec/1>.
Missionary Register. Vol. 20. Harvard University: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, (1832): 27. Print.
Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen Und Das Religiöse Leben Der Rußlanddeutschen. Stuttgart: AER-Verl., 1978: 141. Print.
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