Christian children's calendar
Christian children's calendar was an annual calendar for children of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Soviet Zone / GDR and, after reunification, for the FRG .
history
The Christian children's calendar appeared for the first time in 1947–1950, after a one-year break because the state wanted a ban, again in 1952 in the 4th year. The publisher was the regional church council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia . The Christian children's calendar , from the mid-1950s with the subtitle 'For small and large children', was first approved by the Soviet military administration in Germany under license number 352, then under license number 420 by the Office for Literature and Publishing of the German Democratic Republic - printing permit number 205/75 / 53-150. It was published by the Wartburg Verlag , Jena, in a joint venture with the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Berlin, printed by the book and art print shop Johannes Keipert in Weimar. Deaconess Emma Rendtorff , Eisenach, was responsible for the first issues . From 1952 the editorial group still belonged to church councilor Hans Waldmann, Jena. In 1957 Emma Rendtorff took over sole responsibility for the almanac again. In 1971 Christa Steege took over the editorial office, from 1975 Roswitha Kühn. Born in 1984, Thomas Bickelhaupt was responsible as editor, supported by several employees. From 1989 Dietlind Steinhöfel was the chief editor.
The calendar dealt with the respective annual motto , a text from the Holy Scriptures with explanations suitable for children, followed by riddles, fairy tales, legends, stories, poems, rhymes, board games, biographies, etc. In 1959 the circulation was over 40,000 copies. In the same year the anti-church state no longer wanted to approve the children's almanac and other calendar productions. Heinrich Grüber and Moritz Mitzenheim protested against this project . The editor, Sister Emma Rendtorff, received over 1000 children's letters every year. Answering the children's questions, Sister Emma wrote, created a living connection between us and our readers. We are doing everything to help you to love the Lord Jesus .
From 1993 the children's calendar was published by St. Benno Verlag in Leipzig and discontinued in 1996. The successor magazine was Benjamin's year for a short time . Christian children's calendar .
literature
- Emma Rendtorff / Max Keßler: Where the Christian Children's Calendar is made. In: Christlicher Kinderkalender 1962 , pp. 90–91.
- Herbert von Hintzenstein / Max Keßler: Sister Emma says goodbye. In: Christlicher Kinderkalender 1970 , pp. 92–93
- Manfred Berger : Sister Emma Rendtorff, in: Kurt Franz et al. (Ed.): Children's and youth literature. A lexicon (60th supplement), Meitingen 2016, pp. 1–16
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Christian children's calendar 1952, p. 80.
- ↑ cf. Jens Bulisch: Evangelical press in the GDR: "The signs of the times" (1947–1990), p. 236 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2006, ISBN 3-525-55744-2 , p. 236.
- ↑ Rendtorff 1962, p. 92
- ↑ For up-and-coming friends of the GEP. ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Joint work of Protestant journalism . September 1997, accessed April 20, 2016.
