Leopold Otto

Who was Leopold Otto?

Pastor Leopold v. Otto also Leopold Marcin von Otto was a Lutheran Pastor of the German Community in Warsaw and Poland and a national activist, participant of the patriotic manifestation of 1861 in Warsaw. In 1866–1875 Otto worked in Cieszyn. He published a book about the "Deutsche Evangelische Gemeinde" and also wrote sermons and religious writings.

In theology he was a supporter of Lutheran orthodoxy and starkly rejected liberal theology and rationalistic interpretaion of the Bible.

His second wife was Emilia Izabela Linde, daughter of Samuel Linde, Polish linguist.