Adolf Sommerauer

Adolf Sommerauer (born December 6, 1909 in Munich ; † May 12, 1995 there ) was a Protestant pastor . He rose to prominence through television in the 1960s and 1970s and became the nation's pastor .

After completing his studies, Sommerauer worked from 1933 first as a vicar and later as a pastor in Regensburg . After the Second World War he worked at the Evangelical Academy in Tutzing , and from 1957 commissioned the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria for radio work.

Sommerauer, who has previously served as a regular speaker of the ARD telecast The word Sunday was known, was awarded in 1963 the program responds pastor Sommerauer that the two-month interval to 1978 in ZDF ran. A total of exactly 100 30-minute programs were produced. There were no guests, no audience and no music, just a bare studio. In his broadcast, Pastor Sommerauer answered numerous letters to the editor, which of course were selected in such a way that they were also interesting for the large audience or that they could at least participate. Illness, relationship problems, problems with children and the like were the focus. Even if he was only able to reveal his helplessness at times, Sommerauer was always convincing due to his natural, Bavarian nature and renounced any theological dogmatics. His successor was Johannes Kuhn until 1989 .

He also wrote numerous books, radio plays and a play on various topics. His body is buried in the New South Cemetery in Munich (grave no. 314-H-251).

Web links

• Literature by and about Adolf Sommerauer in the catalog of the German National Library
• sonntagsblatt-bayern.de Article in the Sonntagsblatt Bayern , issue 50, December 13, 2009, for the 100th birthday (with picture)