German Evangelical Church Congress 2013

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Official logo of the 34th German Evangelical Church Congress - a sheet of tear-off slips
Market of Opportunities 2013

The 34th German Evangelical Church Congress took place from May 1st to 5th, 2013 in Hamburg . The Kirchentag took place for the fourth time in the Hanseatic city after 1953, 1981 and 1995. The host was the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Northern Church), which emerged in 2012 from the Northern Elbe , Mecklenburg and Pomeranian Evangelical Churches . Gerhard Robbers was president of this church convention.

From Thursday to Saturday, over 2,500 events were offered for around 119,000 permanent participants. The main topics of the program were the economy, interreligious dialogue and inclusion .

Solution

The slogan of the Kirchentag was “As much as you need” ( 2 Mos 16:18  LUT ). It refers to the miracle that happened to the starving people of Israel, who fell from heaven on their journey through the desert of manna , for each and every as much as he or she needed. The double message of the slogan is: “God takes care of you, there is as much there as you need” - but also: “Only use as much as there is!”.

The design for the Kirchentag campaign comes from the agency of the Hamburg designer Peter Schmidt , who, along with three other agencies and an artist, had applied for it.

Evening of encounter

The Kirchentag began on May 1st at 5:00 p.m. with large opening services at the Fischmarkt , on the Reeperbahn , on the Rathausmarkt and on Strandkai , in which 84,000 people took part.

From 6:00 p.m., 350,000 visitors flocked to the evening of the encounter; one focus of this event was the HafenCity .

Shortly afterwards, a serious marine accident occurred around 500 meters away: at 7.30 p.m., a fire alarm was triggered on the ConRo freighter Atlantic Cartier at O'Swaldkai . The first fire fighting attack had to be stopped because of the great amount of heat and smoke generated. The Hamburg fire brigade then took over the further fire fighting at 8:12 p.m., in particular the cooling measures carried out from the water. The conventional fire-fighting attack could not begin until May 2nd at 3:44 a.m. The fire was successfully extinguished 25 minutes later. Although the freighter loaded parts of ammunition, highly flammable substances and uranium hexafluoride , no hazardous substances were released . The cause has not been conclusively clarified.

See also

Web links

Commons : Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag 2013  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Protestant Church Congress: Hamburg. ( Memento from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ German Evangelical Church Congress: "As much you need" (Exodus 16:18) ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Press release from January 31, 2012
  3. ↑ German Evangelical Church Congress: Peter Schmidt creates design for 34th DEKT. ( Memento from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Press release from April 17, 2012
  4. ↑ Official final statistics. In: 34th German Protestant Kirchentag Hamburg 2013 May 1-5, 2013 in numbers. Retrieved October 27, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Fire on the ConRo cargo ship ATLANTIC CARTIER on May 1st, 2013 in the port of Hamburg. In: Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation. April 29, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Radioactive material on a burning freighter . NDR . May 17, 2013. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Atlantic Cartier" fire: final report . NDR . October 12, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2015.