The seat of the church is in Stuttgart. It is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), and is a Lutheran Church. The presiding bishop (Landesbischof) of the church is Frank Otfried July (2005).[1] There are four regional bishops (Regionalbischöfe). The regional bishops are located at Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Ulm, and Reutlingen.[2]
The Evangelical State Church in Württemberg was from the beginning a Lutheran church. However, the form of the church service followed the Reformed tradition, meaning that it is rather plain. The form of the Lutheran church service is hardly ever practised. It is however practised in Hohenzollern.[5]Huguenots, Hussites and Waldensians immigrants had found refuge the duchy. The Bible Institute was established in Urachthe lord of Sonneck, Hans III. Ungnad von Weißenwolff printed 30000 bibles and smuggled over the borders guarded by local hunters.[6] Up to 1806 the Duchy of Württemberg was a purely evangelical territory. Only after Württemberg became a kingdom and, due to Napoleon, larger Catholic territories (Upper Swabia) were added, the uniform religious structure ended. Evangelical parishes have also been established in the former Catholic territories of (southern) Württemberg since the late 19th century.
After the end of World War I, King William II of Württemberg was forced to resign. The church therefore formally had no ruler because his children had also been disqualified for royal succession due to improper marriage. Since the 1890s the head of a Catholic ducal branch line of the royal house has been named as his legitimate successor, but the Lutheran state church could obviously not accept him as summus episcopus. As a result, leading clergymen took over the church. After King William II had died in October 1921, the Evangelical State Church in Württemberg enacted a new constitution in 1923/24 and installed a church president as the leader of the church; in 1933 the leader was given the title Landesbischof.1939 During World War II, YMCA was involved in supporting millions of POWs ."One of the most important tasks of the Y.M.C.A. delegates was, if time permitted, to sit down and talk to the internees about their personal problems and, thereafter, try to establish the contacts with families and friends in the outside world and to secure the items wished for." "Wartime Logs",[7] William Hilsleys Tagebuch eines internierten Musikers
The Evangelical State Church in Württemberg hosted the 11th General Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Stuttgart, Germany, on 20–27 July 2010.
Leading persons and bishops in historyEdit
1924–1929: Johannes von Merz, church president
1929–1948: Theophil Wurm, bishop (until 1933 church president)
Child and Youth work is running on the YMCA (CVJM-Gesamtverband). The local state office (Landesstelle) is a free democratic organisation "Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Württemberg "working in order of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg. Trumpet choir (Posaunenchor) groups without age limit may take part in the "Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Württemberg ". The biennial Trombone Choir Day (Landesposaunentag) takes place in Ulm.[9] In 1946, a big crying startet on the song Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. The bishop, Theophil Wurm, could not speak over 12 years, trombone players killed in action WW2, Ulm was destroyed by an air raid,[10] feel great gratitude to be here...[11][12] "Gloria".[11]
The Überbündische meeting (in short "ÜT") took place in 1977 and 2017 in the Böttingen (Heuberg) courtyard of the evangelical church youth. A total of 3,400 people took part in over 45 different societies and institutions of scouts and the youth movement.[13][14] A total of 70.000 people attended the European young adults meeting in Stuttgart in 1996. The Parish Youth is working stably on a largely self-organising basis in order of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, in Tailfingen by the elected youth church council.[15]
^Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31 Dezember 2020 EKD, November 2021.
^Stuttgarter Nachrichten: Landessynode erlaubt Segnungsgottesdienste für homosexuelle Paare (in German), March 23, 2019.
^Antonia Lezerkoss: Kirche: Liturgie nach alter Preußenweise. 2020-10-31 at the Wayback MachineSüdwest Presse Online, 3 February 2017, retrieved 18 February 2018. Dagmar Stuhrmann: Kirche: Ausstellung "Evanglisch in Hohenzollern" macht Halt in Ebingen. 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Südwest Presse Online, 26 January 2017, retrieved 18 February 2018. Hechingen: Ein Abschied voller Wehmut. Schwarzwälder Bote, 13 February 2013, retrieved 18 February 2018.
^. Archived from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
^Barbara Stelzl-Marx: Zwischen Fiktion und Zeitzeugenschaft, S. 111–114.
^The Evangelical congregations in Hohenzollern, formerly comprising 1,200 parishioners, had to integrate 22,300 Prussian and Polish refugees (of 1945) and expellees (of 1945-1948).
^Sebastian Müller-Rolli in collaboration with Reiner Anselm, Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918–1958: Dokumente und Darstellung, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1999, (=Eine Veröffentlichung des Comenius-Instituts Münster), p. 29. ISBN3-525-61362-8.
Further readingEdit
Martti Muukkonen (2002). "Ecumenism of the laity.Continuity and Change in the Mission View of the World's Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations, 1855-1955" (PDF). Dissertation University of Joensuu (Finland). p. 465.
Henry Söderberg: My Friend William Who Made Music Behind Barbed Wire. In: William Hilsley: Musik hinterm Stacheldraht. Tagebuch eines internierten Musikers 1940–1945. Herausgegeben von Ulrich Bornemann, Karlhans Kluncker und Rénald Ruiter; Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1999, ISBN3-932981-48-0, S. 107–109.
J. Frank Diggs: The Welcome Swede. Vantage Press, New York, 1988, ISBN0-53307818-0.
Barbara Stelzl-Marx: Zwischen Fiktion und Zeitzeugenschaft. Amerikanische und sowjetische Kriegsgefangene im Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf. Narr, Tübingen 2000, ISBN3-8233-4661-X.
External linksEdit
Official website
Online Württemberg Church History (in German)
Association for Württemberg Church History (in German)
Evangelic Community Paper of Württemberg (in German)
Protestant Church in Germany
October 26, 2023
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wurttemberg German Evangelische Landeskirche in Wurttemberg is a Lutheran member church of the Protestant Church in Germany in the German former state of Wurttemberg now part of the state of Baden Wurttemberg Evangelical Lutheran Church in WurttembergThe seat of the church is in Stuttgart It is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany EKD and is a Lutheran Church The presiding bishop Landesbischof of the church is Frank Otfried July 2005 1 There are four regional bishops Regionalbischofe The regional bishops are located at Heilbronn Stuttgart Ulm and Reutlingen 2 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wurttemberg is one of 20 Lutheran united and reformed churches of the EKD The church has 1 914 425 members 2020 3 in about 1 300 parishes It is the most important Protestant denomination in eastern Baden Wurttemberg The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wurttemberg is a member church of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation and a guest member of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany The Church runs a minister training house in Tubingen called Tubinger Stift The most prominent churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wurttemberg are the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart the Minster in Ulm the Kilians church in Heilbronn the St Mary s Church Reutlingen the city church St Dionysius in Esslingen as well as the church St Michael in Schwabisch Hall The ordination of women like in all other EKD churches has been allowed In March 2019 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wurttemberg allowed blessing of same sex unions 4 Contents 1 History 2 Leading persons and bishops in history 3 Synod 4 Youth 5 Parishioners 6 Notes 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message In 1534 Ulrich Duke of Wurttemberg enforced the Protestant Reformation in his Duchy of Wurttemberg The Duke who later became the King of Wurttemberg was the head of the state church as the summus episcopus meaning the ruler united secular and religious power in his person The former Catholic bishops lost all privileges Johannes Brenz was empowered to reform the state church following the teachings of Martin Luther He is entombed in the Stuttgart Stiftskirche The Evangelical State Church in Wurttemberg was from the beginning a Lutheran church However the form of the church service followed the Reformed tradition meaning that it is rather plain The form of the Lutheran church service is hardly ever practised It is however practised in Hohenzollern 5 Huguenots Hussites and Waldensians immigrants had found refuge the duchy The Bible Institute was established in Urach the lord of Sonneck Hans III Ungnad von Weissenwolff printed 30000 bibles and smuggled over the borders guarded by local hunters 6 Up to 1806 the Duchy of Wurttemberg was a purely evangelical territory Only after Wurttemberg became a kingdom and due to Napoleon larger Catholic territories Upper Swabia were added the uniform religious structure ended Evangelical parishes have also been established in the former Catholic territories of southern Wurttemberg since the late 19th century After the end of World War I King William II of Wurttemberg was forced to resign The church therefore formally had no ruler because his children had also been disqualified for royal succession due to improper marriage Since the 1890s the head of a Catholic ducal branch line of the royal house has been named as his legitimate successor but the Lutheran state church could obviously not accept him as summus episcopus As a result leading clergymen took over the church After King William II had died in October 1921 the Evangelical State Church in Wurttemberg enacted a new constitution in 1923 24 and installed a church president as the leader of the church in 1933 the leader was given the title Landesbischof 1939 During World War II YMCA was involved in supporting millions of POWs One of the most important tasks of the Y M C A delegates was if time permitted to sit down and talk to the internees about their personal problems and thereafter try to establish the contacts with families and friends in the outside world and to secure the items wished for Wartime Logs 7 William Hilsleys Tagebuch eines internierten MusikersIn 1945 the Protestant deanery Kirchenkreis of the Evangelical Church of the old Prussian Union in the Province of Hohenzollern adopted provisional supervision by the Evangelical State Church in Wurttemberg 8 On April 1 1950 the deanery joined the latter church body and terminated its supervision by the prior old Prussian Ecclesiastical Province of the Rhineland The Evangelical State Church in Wurttemberg hosted the 11th General Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Stuttgart Germany on 20 27 July 2010 Leading persons and bishops in history Edit1924 1929 Johannes von Merz church president 1929 1948 Theophil Wurm bishop until 1933 church president 1948 1962 Dr Martin Haug bishop 1962 1969 Dr Erich Eichele bishop 1969 1979 Helmut Class bishop 1979 1988 Hans von Keler bishop 1988 1994 Theo Sorg bishop 1994 2001 Eberhardt Renz bishop 2001 2005 Gerhard Maier bishop 2005 today Frank Otfried July bishopSynod EditThe election of the synod is for six years Youth EditThis article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is Very unclear Please help improve this article if you can November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Child and Youth work is running on the YMCA CVJM Gesamtverband The local state office Landesstelle is a free democratic organisation Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Wurttemberg working in order of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wurttemberg Trumpet choir Posaunenchor groups without age limit may take part in the Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Wurttemberg The biennial Trombone Choir Day Landesposaunentag takes place in Ulm 9 In 1946 a big crying startet on the song Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme The bishop Theophil Wurm could not speak over 12 years trombone players killed in action WW2 Ulm was destroyed by an air raid 10 feel great gratitude to be here 11 12 Gloria 11 The Uberbundische meeting in short UT took place in 1977 and 2017 in the Bottingen Heuberg courtyard of the evangelical church youth A total of 3 400 people took part in over 45 different societies and institutions of scouts and the youth movement 13 14 A total of 70 000 people attended the European young adults meeting in Stuttgart in 1996 The Parish Youth is working stably on a largely self organising basis in order of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wurttemberg in Tailfingen by the elected youth church council 15 Parishioners Edit1922 1 668 000 members 16 2007 2 286 893 membersNotes Edit Details of Presiding Bishop See cities indicated on map Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31 Dezember 2020 EKD November 2021 Stuttgarter Nachrichten Landessynode erlaubt Segnungsgottesdienste fur homosexuelle Paare in German March 23 2019 Antonia Lezerkoss Kirche Liturgie nach alter Preussenweise Archived 2020 10 31 at the Wayback Machine Sudwest Presse Online 3 February 2017 retrieved 18 February 2018 Dagmar Stuhrmann Kirche Ausstellung Evanglisch in Hohenzollern macht Halt in Ebingen Archived 2018 06 19 at the Wayback Machine Sudwest Presse Online 26 January 2017 retrieved 18 February 2018 Hechingen Ein Abschied voller Wehmut Schwarzwalder Bote 13 February 2013 retrieved 18 February 2018 Bibelschmuggler Archived from the original on 2020 06 10 Retrieved 2020 06 29 Barbara Stelzl Marx Zwischen Fiktion und Zeitzeugenschaft S 111 114 The Evangelical congregations in Hohenzollern formerly comprising 1 200 parishioners had to integrate 22 300 Prussian and Polish refugees of 1945 and expellees of 1945 1948 Landesposaunentages 2021 Air Raid Archived from the original on 2020 07 01 Retrieved 2020 07 03 a b Gisela Schweiker Lebendig gewordene Kirchengeschichte permanent dead link landesposaunentag de 27 June 2016 retrieved 1 July 2020 Gloria sei dir gesungen LaPo 2010 on YouTube UT meeting 1977 Bottingen UT meeting 2017 Bottingen Jugendkirchengemeinderat in german Sebastian Muller Rolli in collaboration with Reiner Anselm Evangelische Schulpolitik in Deutschland 1918 1958 Dokumente und Darstellung Gottingen Vandenhoeck amp Ruprecht 1999 Eine Veroffentlichung des Comenius Instituts Munster p 29 ISBN 3 525 61362 8 Further reading EditMartti Muukkonen 2002 Ecumenism of the laity Continuity and Change in the Mission View of the World s Alliance of Young Men s Christian Associations 1855 1955 PDF Dissertation University of Joensuu Finland p 465 Henry Soderberg My Friend William Who Made Music Behind Barbed Wire In William Hilsley Musik hinterm Stacheldraht Tagebuch eines internierten Musikers 1940 1945 Herausgegeben von Ulrich Bornemann Karlhans Kluncker und Renald Ruiter Verlag fur Berlin Brandenburg Potsdam 1999 ISBN 3 932981 48 0 S 107 109 J Frank Diggs The Welcome Swede Vantage Press New York 1988 ISBN 0 53307818 0 Barbara Stelzl Marx Zwischen Fiktion und Zeitzeugenschaft Amerikanische und sowjetische Kriegsgefangene im Stalag XVII B Krems Gneixendorf Narr Tubingen 2000 ISBN 3 8233 4661 X External links EditOfficial website Online Wurttemberg Church History in German Association for Wurttemberg Church History in German Evangelic Community Paper of Wurttemberg in German Protestant Church in Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wurttemberg amp oldid 1171297518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
