Ohly, August

Protestant pastor

Born: 05.01.1827 in Niedermeilingen

died: 17.05.1884 in Wiesbaden

Ohly studied Protestant theology in Giessen and Bonn and attended the preacher's seminary in Herborn. In 1849, he became chaplain in Langenschwalbach (now Bad Schwalbach). Because of his support for the emerging Old Lutheran movement in Nassau and his teaching of confirmation according to Luther's catechism (instead of the Protestant-Christian state catechism compiled by Ludwig Wilhelm Wilhelmi in 1831), he was transferred to Cleeberg as a pastor in 1853. In 1856 he came to Staffel and in 1860 as 2nd pastor to Weilburg, where he also taught religion at the grammar school.

At the suggestion of Ludwig Eibach, he was transferred to Wiesbaden in 1868, where he worked until his death, from 1869 as a consistorial councillor in the new consistory established by Royal Prussian decree in 1867 for the administrative district of Wiesbaden (except Frankfurt am Main). In 1868-84 he was chairman of the board of the Wiesbadener Rettungshaus as a foundation of the "Verein für die Ev. Kirche im Herzogtum Nassau". He also supported the Outer Mission.

The founder and later chairman of the Nassau Pastors' Association, Carl Deißmann (1845-1925), praised Ohly as "one of the best preachers in Nassau and a man of trust for all parishes".