Heilgard Asmus

Heilgard Asmus , b. Kuhn (born December 8, 1958 in Lehnin , Brandenburg district , GDR ) is a Protestant theologian and since 2010 general superintendent for the Potsdam district of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO).

Live and act

Heilgard Asmus grew up in the rectory in Hohenmölsen . Despite good grades, she was not admitted to the extended secondary school and completed vocational training with a high school diploma .

In 1978, Asmus participated in the University in Jena to the study of theology and religious studies. She completed her vicariate in the Resurrection Community in Brandenburg an der Havel .

In 1987 Heilgard Asmus took over her first parish at the Gotthardt parish in Brandenburg an der Havel . At the same time, she worked as a hospital chaplain at the Brandenburg Clinic and as a lecturer for pastoral care in the regional church educational center.

From 1999 to 2004 Asmus was director of the EKBO pastoral college for the training and further education of clergy.

In 2004 she was elected general superintendent for the district of Cottbus and took up this position in 2005. When the districts of Cottbus and Görlitz were merged to form the district of Görlitz in 2010 as part of structural reform measures, the general superintendent of Cottbus ceased to exist. Heilgard Asmus ran in March 2010 for the general superintendent's office for the Potsdam district, whose previous incumbent Hans-Ulrich Schulz retired at the end of February 2010. The voting decision was made on March 27th. On July 15, 2010, she took up the post of General Superintendent of the Potsdam district. Her official inauguration by Bishop Markus Dröge took place on August 28, 2010.

Asmus has been chairwoman of the Brandenburg Action Alliance for Tolerant Brandenburg against right-wing extremism and xenophobia since 2008 . She also belongs to the Brandenburg Cathedral Chapter .

Asmus has been married to the psychologist Frank Asmus since 1979 and is the mother of three children.

Honors

• 2016: Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg

Utterances

In connection with the acceptance of donations from the “Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation” by Brandenburg municipalities, the shortening of an interview to a contribution in the rbb gave the impression that Asmus had doubts about Germany's sole guilt for the outbreak of World War II. This representation was contradicted immediately.

swell

• the church. Evangelical weekly newspaper, No. 10/7. March 2010, page 8
• EKBO information
• EKBO information on taking office in Potsdam

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.tolerantes.brandenburg.de/cms/detail.php/bb2.c.477662.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Website of the Brandenburger Domstifts, accessed on April 17, 2015 .
3. ↑ Order of Merit for Heilgard Asmus
4. ↑ Church leaders doubt German sole guilt for the war ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Clarification by Heilgard Asmus on a contribution in the rbb program "Brandenburg aktuell" ( memento of the original from June 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

predecessor	Office	successor
Rolf Wischnath	General superintendent of the Cottbus district 2005 - 2010	none ( Cottbus in Sprengel Görlitz risen )
Hans-Ulrich Schulz ( General Head of the Neuruppin District )	General Superintendent of the Sprengels Potsdam since 2010