Karl Apel
Karl Apel (born April 12, 1897 in Königslutter am Elm ; † after 1965) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
Born the son of a businessman, Apel attended the community school in Königslutter from 1902, the secondary school in Braunschweig from 1908 to 1914 and finally the grammar school in Helmstedt . He was drafted into military service before he graduated from school. In 1917 he passed the war high school at the Wettiner-Gymnasium in Dresden.
After the end of the war, Apel studied Protestant theology in 1919/20 in Göttingen and from 1920 to 1922 in Leipzig . He passed the first theological examination in 1922 and the second in 1924. On April 18, 1923, he was ordained in South Berlin. From 1923 to 1925 he was assistant preacher at the Ev.-luth. Church in Berlin-Süd. In April 1925 he became parish administrator in Lunsen , in 1927 pastor there, in 1936 provost and primary pastor at the Luther Church in Holzminden . He retired on April 30, 1965, but was still in charge of the ephoral business until September 30 of that year.
Karl Apel was prior of the Amelungsborn monastery. He earned merit as a pastor in Holzminden for the construction and expansion of the local evangelical hospital as well as the reconstruction of the destroyed Amelungsborn monastery , which has again been home to a Protestant monastery since 1961.
Awards
- 1964: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
literature
- Daily Bulletin, October 7, 1964
- Deister-Weser-Zeitung, October 8, 1964
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Apel, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königslutter am Elm |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1965 |