Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
St. John Lutheran Church, Castell, Texas |
Collection |
Active ELCA Congregations Collection |
Catalog Number |
2014.1.88 |
Object Name |
File, document |
Location |
File 3, Dr 2 Castell |
Date |
1893 - present |
Scope & Content |
This is an active ELCA congregation. SWT Synod Several copies of the 1893-1993 History of St. John Lutheran Church; copies of copies of the Parish Records Dietrich Rode wrote between 1870-1903; miscellaneous correspondence and history. More items may be added; |
Notes |
In 1852 Reverend P. F. Zizilmann traveled to preaching points to serve Lutherans. A lay minister, Dietrich Rode helped organize the early congregation of St. Johannes Evangelische Lutherische Gemeinde. Parish records from 1870 to 1903 are located in the sanctuary. In 1897 Leiningen 1 dual parish with St. James (Jacobs) Lutheran Church in Mason, Texas. In 1926 Leiningen 1 and Leiningen 2, or Zion, became St. Johannes Evangelische Lutherische Gemeinde, now St. John Lutheran Church. Two other settlements near Leiningen were Schoenburg (a preaching place) and Meerholz. Items are added to these files as the archives receives them. |
Language of Material |
English |
Subjects |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -- Active Congregations |
Classification |
Active ELCA Congregation Parish Records |
Search Terms |
St. John Lutheran Church, Castell, Texas Active ELCA Congregation SWT Synod Leiningen St. James Lutheran Church, Mason, Texas |
People |
Auer, John Warren Benorden, Leo R. Buesching, August Dallmann, Johannes Siegmund Elzey, Donald William Fehler, Harold Elmer Fisher, George William Goerdel, Calvin O. Haag, Immanuel J. Heinrich, Max C. G., Jr. Heinrich, Maximillian, Sr. Homerstad, John Morris Javaag, J. O. Krienke, Hugo Gustav August Kuemmel, Joseph Carl Lambert, W. Laubenberg, William Charles Lehne, Christian A. Mosley, C. William Nikolai, Ludwig Rode, Diedrich Johann Gottlieb Rode, Elias H. Schardin, William C. Schlueter, Arnold Earl Schroeder, Paulus C. Schwartz, M. J. Wendt, John Heinrich Zimmermann, Daniel L. Zizelmann, Philipp Frederich |
Reference code |
2014.1.88 |