Günther, Hugo Amadeus Julius

Profession: 
Clergy
Biography: 

The Rev. Hugo Amadeus Julius Günther, son of Julius Günther & Ludowika Römer, was born on 28 August 1854 in Friedrichstadt, Kurland [Latvia]. He died in 1918 in Räder.

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat and was ordained on 14 March 1882. He served the congregation in Beideck from 1883 to 1901. From 1901 to 1911, he served as the editor of the publication Friedensbote. He returned to the parish of Beideck, serving there from 1911 to 1914.

He was married to Maria Allendorf (born 12 April 1865 in Kukkus). Their son was pastor Herbert Hugo Julius Günther.

Source(s): 

- Günther Hugo Amandus Julius (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 139.

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