Karl Benrath
Karl Benrath (10 August 1845 in Düren – 21 July 1924 in Königsberg) was a German people, German church historian. Benrath was educated in Bonn, Berlin and University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg. In 1871 went on a scientific tour of several years to Italy and England. From 1879 he was professor at Bonn, and from 1890 professor of church history at University of Königsberg, Königsberg. His most important works describe 16th century reformation movement in Northern Italy. Sources * ''Mennonite Encyclopedia'', Vol. 1, p. 274. Online a
1845 births 1924 deaths 19th-century German historians German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German male writers 19th-century German writers 20th-century German historians 20th-century German male writers People from Düren Historians of Christianity {{Germany-historian-stub ...
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Düren
Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people who were described as both Belgae and Germani. It was conquered by the Roman Republic under Julius Caesar and became part of Germania inferior. Durum became a supply area for the rapidly growing Roman city of Cologne (Roman name Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium). Furthermore, a few important Roman roads skirt Durum (including the road from Cologne to Jülich and Tongeren and the road from Cologne to Zülpich and Trier). By the 4th century, the area was settled by the Ripuarian Franks. The name ''villa duria'' occurred the first time in the Frankish Annals in the year 747. Frankish king Pippin the Short often visited Düren in the 8th century and held a few important conventions there. The Franks made of Durum a royal palace, fro ...
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