Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (theologian)

Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (born 1 November 1810 in Mehringen,[1] administrative subdivision of Aschersleben in the Kingdom of Westphalia and died 4 March 1884 in Leipzig[2]) was a German Lutheran theologian and preacher.

The son of a carpenter, he attended secondary school in Aschersleben and Dessau and studied theology in Halle with Carl Ullmann and the historian Heinrich Leo.

[3] He was pastor of Alsleben from 1838 to 1847, of Halle and Leipzig from 1851 to 1881.

[4][5] He was an important Lutheran preacher.

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