LINNEBORN, JOHANNES. - German ecclesiastical historian, b. 1 March 1867 at Hagen (Westphalia), d. 12 January 1933 at Paderborn. Ordained priest in 1892, he taught in secondary schools, then became professor of canon law at the Academy of Philosophy and Theology in Paderborn in 1910, and in 1918 at Bonn.
From 1909 to 1924 he directed the Paderborn section of the Verein für westfälische Geschichte und Altertumskunde. A member of the Prussian Diet from 1924 to 1933, he belonged to the Centre Party and contributed to the conclusion of the 1929 Concordat between the Holy See and Prussia. As a scholar, he focused especially on the ecclesiastical history of Westphalia. Among his works are: Der Zustand der westfälischen Benediktinerklöster vor ihrem Anschluss an die Bursfelder Kongregation (1898); Die Reformations der westfälischen Benediktinerklöster im 15. Jahrhundert (1899); Die Kirchenbaulast der Zehntbesitzer im früheren Herzogtum Westfalen (1915); Die kirchliche Baulast im ehemaligen Fürstbistum Paderborn (1917).