Rommel, Dietrich Christopher Von

Rommel, Dietrich Christopher Von, the Hessian historian, was born April 17, 1781. For some time he was professor at Marburg, and from 1820 he resided at Cassel as president of the governmental archives. He died in 1859. His historical works are of great importance to Church history. He published, Philipp der Grossmuthige, Landgraf von Hessen. Eins Beitrag zur genaueren Kunde der Reformation und des 16. Jahrhunderts (Giessen, 1830, 3 vols.): — Landgraf Philipp der Hochherzige u. die Reformation (Darmst. 1845): — Kurze Gesch. d. hess. Kirchenverbesserung unter d. Landgr. Philipp d. Grossmuthige, etc. (Cassel, 1817). See Winer, Handbuch der theolog. Literatur, 1, 793; 2, 39; Zuchold, Biblioth. Theol. 2, 1082. (B.P.)