Albrecht Beyer
Albrecht Beyer (born October 23, 1902 in Perlin , † February 3, 1972 in Bad Doberan ; full name: Albrecht Otto Heinrich Beyer ) was a German Lutheran theologian . He taught at the University of Rostock .
Life
The son of the pastor Albrecht Beyer (1865-1923) and his wife Marie Beyer, born Danckert (* 1871), was in 1921 in Schwerin graduated from high school and first began an apprenticeship as a bank merchant . In the end, however, he studied Protestant theology at the universities of Rostock and Göttingen . After completing his studies in 1925, he attended a preachers' seminar in Schwerin in 1926/1927 and then became vicar of Rostock's Marienkirche .
Beyer went to Warnemünde as a pastor in 1930 . In the following year he was appointed a licentiate in Protestant theology in Rostock . In 1932 he completed his habilitation in systematic theology and then became a private lecturer . He held the position of pastor until 1939, after which he joined the Wehrmacht as a pastor in the Navy. Later he came into French captivity.
Beyer returned in 1948 and resumed his pastoral position in Warnemünde. In the same year he became a lecturer with teaching position at the University of Rostock, which eventually him in 1951 to Professor appointed. He held the professorship and the pastor's position until his retirement in 1968, but did not finish teaching until the following year.
Act
Beyer proved to be a hardworking theoretical and practical theologian. His extensive work, especially in the community, was the reason that there are not many works by him.
Works (selection)
- Revelation and History. On dealing with the theology of Paul Althaus (habilitation thesis, Schwerin 1932)
- The legacy of Friedrich Brunstäds to Lutheran theology and the church , in: Heinrich Benckert (ed.): Church - Theology - Piety. Festgabe for Gottfried Holtz on his 65th birthday , Berlin 1965, pp. 47–54.
literature
- Jens Langer: Professor Dr. Albrecht Beyer . In: The Rostock Theological Faculty under two dictatorships. Studies of history 1933-1989. Ed .: Heinrich Holze. Münster 2004, pp. 265–269 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Literature about Albrecht Beyer in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Albrecht Beyer in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Albrecht Beyer in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beyer, Albrecht |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beyer, Albrecht Otto Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1972 |
| Place of death | Bad Doberan |