Biography
Pastor Johann Kaspar Brauns, son of shopkeeper Johann Georg Brauns & Johanna Elisabeth Müller, was born in Hanau (Germany) on 24 October 1733 and was baptized there in St. John Lutheran Church on 28 October 1733. He died in Astrakhan in 1785.
He studied theology in Halle. Pastor Brauns served the following Volga German parishes:
He studied theology in Halle. Pastor Brauns served the following Volga German parishes:
Sources
- Amburger, Erik. Die Pastoren der evangelischen Kirchen Rußlands (Lüneburg, Germany: Institut Nordostdeutsches Kulturwerk, 1998).
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Tei
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Tei