Adolf Mordhorst

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Adolf Hermann Mordhorst (born March 18, 1866 in Glückstadt ; † February 27, 1951 in Flensburg ) was a German Evangelical - Lutheran theologian , pastor , provost and bishop for Holstein of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Schleswig-Holstein .

Live and act

After studying Protestant theology in Kiel and Berlin , Mordhorst was ordained in 1890 and provincial vicar in Schleswig-Friedrichsberg . In 1891 he went to Süderhastedt as an assistant chaplain and became a pastor there from 1893. In 1899 he moved to the parish of Schleswig-Friedrichsberg and in 1908 was appointed provost and pastor in Kiel. There he was chairman of the "Kieler Stadtmission eV" from 1908 to 1932 and since 1910 consistorial councilor and spiritual member of the ev.-luth. Consistory for the Province of Schleswig-Holstein .

In 1917 he became general superintendent for Holstein in the ev.-luth. Church of the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1921 he received an honorary doctorate from the theological faculty of Kiel University . From 1923 to 1934 he was chairman of the “Ev. State Welfare Service for Schleswig-Holstein ". In 1923 he became an honorary member of the Kiel Wingolf .

Mordhorst was temporarily a member of the German Evangelical Church Committee and the German Evangelical Church Federation Council .

On October 16, 1924 he became bishop for Holstein of the Ev.-Luth. State Church of Schleswig-Holstein elected. On September 12, 1933, his office (and that of his colleague Eduard Völkel ) was abolished by the regional synod of the Schleswig-Holstein regional church and Mordhorst was on leave with immediate effect by the regional church committee. On January 1, 1934, he was retired.

From 1934 to 1947 Mordhorst was chairman of the state association for internal mission Schleswig-Holstein . He worked temporarily on the board of the Association for Schleswig-Holstein Church History.

Works (selection)

As an author

  • The light is still with you for a little while , Kiel: Kieler Stadtmission 1922.
  • “God's hut with the people” , Altona: H. Lorenzen [1928].
  • Memorandum on important phenomena of ecclesiastical life in the Schleswig-Holstein regional church since the introduction of its constitution, the 3rd ordinary regional synod submitted by the church government , Kiel: [Landeskirchenamt] 1928.
  • The torch relay of the heavenly fire in the history of diakonia , [Altona]: [Ev.-luth. Deaconess Institution] 1936.

As an employee

  • Fruits of Christianity , Schleswig: H. Maas [1926].
  • Friedrich Lemke: Holy Christmas! , Schleswig: J. Bergas 1928.
  • Johannes Hoffmann: The ev.-luth. Diakonissenanstalt for Schleswig-Holstein in Altona 1867–1927 , Altona: Selbstverlag d. Diakonissenanstalt [1928], 2nd edition, augmented by the sermon given by Sr. Magnificence Bishop D. [Adolf] Mordhorst, Kiel, on December 28, 1927.
  • Administrative regulations for the parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Schleswig-Holstein , Bordesholm i. H .: HH Nölke 1930.

literature

  • Hannelore Braun / Gertraud Grünzinger (eds.): Personal encyclopedia on German Protestantism 1919–1949 , Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2006 (with another place of death: Sundsacker near Kappeln ).
  • Uwe Fentsahm: “Völkel is a bit stiff, if you may say so, a bit reactionary” , in: Yearbook for the former office of Bordesholm 9 (2007) 25-47 (online at geschichtsverein-bordesholm.de) .
  • Annette Göhres / Ulrich Stenzel / Peter Unruh: Bishops in Northern Elbe 1924–2008 , Kiel: Lutherische Verlagsgesellschaft 2008.
  • Benjamin Hein: The Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Schleswig-Holstein. Data - facts - materials. On the 150th anniversary of the regional church office in Kiel (writings of the regional church archive of the northern church - Volume 3) , Kiel 2017; accessible on the Internet at: http://www.archivnordkirche.de/files/landeskirchliches_archiv/downloads/schriften3_2017_web.pdf .
  • Lena Holtz: Landeskirchliches Archiv der Nordkirche, Findbuch of the holdings 98.019 estate of Bishop D. Adolf Mordhorst , Kiel 2018, accessible on the Internet at: Findbuch estate of Bishop D. Adolf Mordhorst

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hein: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig-Holstein ... , 2017, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Göhres u. a .: Bishops ... , 2008, p. 78 f.
  3. ↑ Complete directory of Wingolf 1991
  4. ↑ On the events of 1933 and their evaluation cf. especially the illustration by Fentsahm: "Völkel is a bit stiff ..." , 2007, pp. 29 and 31–35.
  5. ↑ Braun / Grünzinger: Personenlexikon ... , 2006, p. 177.
predecessor Office successor
Gen.-Supt. Peter Friedrich Petersen Bishop of Holstein
1924 - 1933 		Regional Bishop Adalbert Paulsen


personal data
SURNAME Mordhorst, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mordhorst, Adolf Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Glückstadt
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1951
Place of death Flensburg