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Historical Markers in Altenburg, Missouri

 
Clickable Map of Perry County, Missouri and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Perry County, MO (21) Bollinger County, MO (3) Cape Girardeau County, MO (88) Madison County, MO (11) St. Francois County, MO (4) Ste. Genevieve County, MO (14) Jackson County, IL (49) Randolph County, IL (118) Union County, IL (19)  PerryCounty(21) Perry County (21)  BollingerCounty(3) Bollinger County (3)  CapeGirardeauCounty(88) Cape Girardeau County (88)  MadisonCounty(11) Madison County (11)  St.FrancoisCounty(4) St. Francois County (4)  Ste.GenevieveCounty(14) Ste. Genevieve County (14)  JacksonCountyIllinois(49) Jackson County (49)  RandolphCounty(118) Randolph County (118)  UnionCounty(19) Union County (19)
Perryville is the county seat for Perry County
Altenburg is in Perry County
      Perry County (21)  
ADJACENT TO PERRY COUNTY
      Bollinger County (3)  
      Cape Girardeau County (88)  
      Madison County (11)  
      St. Francois County (4)  
      Ste. Genevieve County (14)  
      Jackson County, Illinois (49)  
      Randolph County, Illinois (118)  
      Union County, Illinois (19)  
 
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1 Missouri, Perry County, Altenburg — Altenburg
Some 700 Saxon Lutherans settled, 1839, in Perry County and formed the parishes of Altenburg, Wittenberg, Dresden, Seelitz, Frohna, and one settlement, Johannisburg, in Cape Girardeau County. The community of Paltzdorf (Uniontown) was organized, . . . Map (db m35290) HM
2 Missouri, Perry County, Altenburg — Doctor Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm WaltherFirst President of The Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod — 1847-1850; 1864 - 1878 —
Born: October 25, 1811 Langenchursdorf, Saxony, Germany Died: May 7, 1887 St. Louis, Missouri After having arrived with the Saxons immigrants in Perry County in 1839, Walther served as pastor of the newly founded congregations of Dresden . . . Map (db m213757) HM
3 Missouri, Perry County, Altenburg — Doctor Martin LutherReformer and Educator
Born: November 10, 1483 Eislben, Germany Died February 18, 1546 Eisleben Germany Luther was called as professor to the University of Wittenberg and was ordained a priest in 1507. On October 31, 1517, Luther posted an announcement of his . . . Map (db m213726) HM
4 Missouri, Perry County, Altenburg — First College Building / Erste LehranstaltFounded 1839
First College Building of the Ev-Luth. Missouri Synod. Built by the Saxon immigrants A.D. 1839. Moved to present site A.D. 1912. Shelter erected A.D. 1915. Erste Lehranstalt der Ev-Luth. Missouri-Synode. Erbaut . . . Map (db m191473) HM
5 Missouri, Perry County, Altenburg — Pastor Gotthold Heinrich LoeberFounder of Trinity Lutheran Church — Altenburg, Missouri, 1839 —
Born: January 5, 1797 Kahla, Saxony, Germany Died: August 19, 1849 Altenburg, Missouri Loeber became one of the leading pastors in the Perry County Settlements. Altenburg was named by Loeber after Altenburg in Saxony, Germany. Loeber . . . Map (db m213758) HM
6 Missouri, Perry County, Altenburg — Trinity Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod, Altenburg, Missouri
Founded by Saxon immigrants from Germany in the year 1839 This marker was placed by Trinity young peoples society on the 100th Anniversary of continuous organized youth work in this congregation July 20, 1951Map (db m213723) HM
 
 
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May. 11, 2024