The founding pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, Lindemann was a German immigrant, who was trained as a school teacher. He came to Cleveland in 1853 where he was ordained as a Lutheran minister and charged with establishing a mission for Lutherans living on the west side of the city. In all but name, the mission soon evolved into a new Lutheran parish, which officially became known as Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church in 1858. Lindemann served as pastor of the church until 1864, when he accepted a position as first President of Addison Teacher Seminary in Chicago, today known as Concordia University. In 1877, just two years before his death, Lindemann wrote a biography of his successor at Trinity, Rev. Friedrich Wyneken. | Source: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran ChurchDownload Original File
