Archives of the Catholic Military Bishop
The Archive of the Catholic Military Bishop (AKMB) is a church archive based in Berlin . It is part of the Curia of the Catholic Military Bishop for the German Federal Armed Forces . It is responsible for the administration and indexing of the archivable written, image and sound material of the Curia of the Catholic Military Bishop and his jurisdiction . It also collects documentation on the history of military pastoral care .
history
The archive was founded on November 18, 1977 by the Catholic military bishop for the German armed forces , Elmar Maria Kredel . The archive was headed by Hans-Peter Aug from 1978 to 2000. He was followed by Monica Sinderhauf (2000–2013) and Markus Seemann (since 2014). The archive was located in Bonn until 2000 and then moved to Berlin with the Curia of the Catholic Military Bishop .
Stocks
The basis of the archive holdings is the "Werthmann Collection" created by the former Wehrmacht Field Vicar General, Georg Werthmann (1898–1980) with documents on Catholic field pastoral care in the Wehrmacht . The main focus of the tradition today is the military chaplaincy in the Bundeswehr since 1956. The collection of church records from German garrison parishes goes back to 1730. A historical service library with literature on the history of military pastoral care belongs to the archive .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monica Sinderhauf: 30 Years of Military Pastoral Care Archive. In: Archivar 61 (2008), pp. 387–389. 2008, accessed March 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Catholic military pastoral care : Archives of the Catholic military bishop. In: Catholic military chaplaincy. Catholic Military Chaplaincy, accessed March 18, 2019 .