Christophe Moehrlen

Christoph Möhrlen ( born January 20, 1800 Baiersbronn (Württemberg ), † February 28, 1871 in Daillens (Canton Vaud ), pseudonym Christoph Irenius ) was an expatriate in the West Switzerland teacher, pastor and author, particularly of children's and young adult books.

Life

Möhrlen was a teacher at the seminary in Schiers and at the poorhouse Calame in Le Locle Möhrlen was also " a time, teachers and educators in the short-lived " Greeks institution " in Beuggen, which was founded in 1827 on the initiative Spittler to Greek boys who had been ransomed from Turkish slavery, christian educate ". He then became pastor at Payerne ( Peterlingen, Canton Vaud), where he was founder and director of a boys' boarding school and most recently in Daillens he served as pastor ( Vaud ), where he died.

In addition to some educational works and translations, he published in 1839 under the pseudonym Christoph Irenius the autobiographical book A true story, in which he masked his also his birthplace Baiersbronn named " Baier source ".

Möhrlen was married with florets peace Auer and had eight children, including the wife ( Ernestine ) by Otto Suter champion.

His great-grandson Hans Martin Suter Master borrowed his surname ( " Möhrlen ") for the pseudonym "John Möhrlen " by which Suter champion in 1942 his own autobiographical novella published Between Two Worlds 1942.