Rohrich, Timotheus Wilhellm

Rohrich, Timotheus Wilhellm a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Alt-Eckendorf in 1802. He studied at Strasburg and Gottingen, and performed the ministerial functions at Furdenheim, in Alsace. In 1837 he was called as pastor to Strasburg, and died in 1860. Rohrich published, Geschichte der Reformation in Elsass und besonders in Strassburg (1830-32, 3 volumes): Matthias Zell (1850): — Mittheilungen aus der Geschichte der

evangelischen Kirche des Elscsses (1855, 3 volumes): — besides, he contributed largely to the Zeitschrift fur historische Theologie and the Strassburger theologische Beitrage. See Reuss, in Denkschrift der theologischen Gesellschaft zu Strassburg (Jena, 1861); Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)