Albrecht Steinwachs

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Albrecht Christoph Heimbert Steinwachs (born December 21, 1934 in Quedlinburg , † December 28, 2012 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg ) was a German Protestant theologian and historian.

Life

Steinwachs came from a Protestant pastor's family. His father was Martin Hermann Wilhelm Steinwachs (born January 5, 1897 in Magdeburg , † July 19, 1957 in Wegeleben ); his mother Hertha Luise Zimmerling (* December 14, 1906 - May 19, 1991).

Steinwachs passed his Abitur in Halberstadt in 1954 . In the same year he began to study theology at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig, largely influenced by the parental leave to devote himself to the pastor's profession in the GDR . In 1957 he moved to the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , where he passed his first theological exam on May 26, 1959. In the same year he became vicar in Zeitz . In 1960 he prepared for the pastor's office at the Protestant seminary in Wittenberg. On November 18, 1961, he was in Magdeburg his second theological examination, in the same year assistant pastor in Magdeburg-Olvenstedt and received on 7 January 1962, the ordination . In 1963 he took over the pastorate at St. Lawrence Church in Olvenstedt and in 1976 pastor of the city church in Wittenberg and superintendent of the church district Wittenberg. During his term of office, among other things, the initiation of the memorial for the Jews on the south-east wing of the Wittenberg church ; In 1983 he was able to persuade Helmut Schmidt to pay a visit to the city in the then Luther year and to receive him himself at the Bugenhagenhaus .

As a representative of the Wittenberg parish, he participated in the organizational questions of the political change and peaceful revolution in the district of Wittenberg . He established himself as a mediator between the political currents and became head of the local round table . He was a co-founder of the ecumenical Augustinuswerk and founding member of the Rotary Club in Lutherstadt Wittenberg and is considered the initiator and moderator of the Luther Forum, which coordinates the Luther year 2017 for the city.

After his retirement on July 1, 1997, Steinwachs dedicated himself primarily to the cultural and historical processing of the works of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger , for which he published several books. In 2004 he was awarded the Lutherstadt Wittenberg Certificate of Honor for his extensive commitment in Wittenberg. Numerous personalities such as Friedrich Schorlemmer , Reiner Haseloff and Eckhard Naumann accompanied him on his last walk.

Steinwachs married Marlies Busch on September 14, 1962 in Straach (born May 13, 1941 in Frankfurt (Oder) ). The two physicians Christoph Steinwachs (born January 8, 1964 in Magdeburg) and Johannes Steinwachs (born July 8, 1968 in Magdeburg) come from the marriage.

Fonts

  • The Reformation Altar, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, in the St. Marien Church, Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Sproda 1998.
  • And peace on earth, the painting "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Lucas Cranach the Elder. J. Spröda 1999.
  • The city church of Lutherstadt Wittenberg: The Evangelical city and parish church of St. Mary in Lutherstadt, Wittenberg. Spröda 2000, 2008; in English: St. Mary's, the Protestant Parish Church in Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Spröda 2009.
  • Epitaph for Paul Eber by Lucas Cranach the Elder J., 1569. Spröda 2001, in English: The Vineyard of the Lord. Epitaph for Paul Eber by Lucas Cranach "the Younger", 1569 at St. Mary's, the Parish Church in Wittenberg Town of Luther. Spröda 2001.
  • I look at you with pleasure, pictures from the Lucas-Cranach workshop in the Wittenberg town church St. Marien. Delitzsch 2006.
  • Earth smoke, thistle, apple tree. Lukas Cranach and the plants. Spröda 2009.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary of the Augustinuswerk e. V. In: augustinuswerk.de, January 10, 2013, accessed on November 3, 2018 (PDF; 22 kB).
personal data
SURNAME Steinwachs, Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steinwachs, Albrecht Christoph Heimbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman and historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Quedlinburg
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2012
Place of death Lutherstadt Wittenberg