Adolf Quast

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Adolf Quast (born September 6, 1910 in Hildesheim , † July 21, 2014 in Celle ) was a German theologian and cathedral preacher at the Braunschweig Cathedral of St. Blasii.

Life

Studies, first pastorships and cavalry officer

After Quast had lost his parents at a young age, he studied theology and oriental studies, especially Aramaic, in Göttingen from 1929 . There he joined the Christian student union Göttingen Wingolf .

In 1933 he attended the preacher's seminary in Wolfenbüttel and in 1934 entered the service of the Protestant regional church with the parish offices in Engelnstedt as vicar . After his ordination on January 12, 1936, he got his first job in Uthmöden near Haldensleben , which also brought him into conflict with the NSDAP . Shortly after his marriage to his wife Rosel in September 1939, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht , where he served as a cavalry officer. In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Americans. As a pastor in Bahrdorf , on the inner-German border, he was able to save many soldiers from Soviet captivity or death from 1946 with forged papers. At the same time, the rulers of the Soviet occupation zone tried several times to kidnap Quast, which was probably prevented by the British secret service.

Functions in the Brunswick regional church

From 1949 he was given the pastor's post in Salzgitter-Thiede and was heavily involved in the "homeless camp service". He was a co-founder of the YMCA and the CJD youth village in Salzgitter. Quast was also a part-time speaker for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig for public relations and refugee issues. Later he also became chairman of the YMCA in Salzgitter and of the Northern Federation of YMCA. As the successor to Arnold Dannemann , he became chairman of the homeless camp service in the Federal Republic. In his function as a representative of the Lower Saxony regional churches to the state and federal government, he was largely responsible for the drafting of three important contracts around 1955:

  • 1. the cathedral comparison with the aim of transferring the Braunschweig Cathedral of St. Blasii into the ownership of the regional church,
  • 2. the Loccumer Treaty , which legally regulates the relationship between state and church,
  • 3. The balance between the regional church and the regional government in matters of the "Braunschweig monastery and study fund".

Cathedral preacher at the Braunschweig Cathedral of St. Blasii

From 1965 until the end of his service in 1975, Quast was cathedral preacher at Braunschweig Cathedral. The desecration of the Braunschweig Cathedral of St. Blasii by the SS with subsequent orphanage was unacceptable for Quast and so his work was aimed at restoring the cathedral's old importance. The appearance of the Evangelist Heinrichs the Lion and the subsequent auction at Sotheby’s by the state of Lower Saxony was researched by him, brought into a concrete reference to the cathedral and presented to the public.

social commitment

After his retirement, Quast was involved as a member of the board of the Knabenhof Foundation at St. Leonhard for the development of the Christophorusschule high school .

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • Short guide through the St. Blasii Cathedral in Braunschweig . Vieweg, Braunschweig 1967, OCLC 833495754 .
  • The St. Blasius Cathedral in Braunschweig. His story u. his works of art . Self-published, Braunschweig 1973, OCLC 74242820 .
  • A significant inscription and the seal of Bishop Adelog in the altar of the Brunswick Cathedral . 1974, OCLC 833874257 .

literature

  • Hermann von der Kammer: Pastor, manager, scientist: On the 100th birthday of Adolf Quast (G 29, Bg 49). In: Wingolfsblätter. 129th volume, issue 4/2010.
  • Hartmut Rudolph: Evangelical Church and Expellees 1945 to 1972: Churches without Land . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984, ISBN 3-525-55711-6 , pp. 588 ( books.google.com ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Brunswick Cathedral - History. (No longer available online.) In: braunschweigerdom.de. Braunschweig Cathedral, 2010, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.braunschweigerdom.de
personal data
SURNAME Quast, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quast, Adolf Heinrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and former cathedral preacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 2014
Place of death Celle