Dieter Knall
Dieter Knall (born August 24, 1930 in Kronstadt ; † September 21, 2019 ) was an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian . From 1983 to 1995 he was Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria .
Life
The son of a veterinarian was forcibly moved with his family from Romania to the Bregenzerwald in 1944 . From 1948 to 1955 he studied Protestant theology at the University of Vienna and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . He then completed his vicariate in the Friedenskirche in Stainz in Styria , where he worked as a pastor from 1957 to 1963. Then he worked as a pastor in the Protestant church in Bruck an der Mur until 1965 .
In 1969 Dieter Knall became General Secretary of the Gustav Adolf Works in Germany , where he was responsible for the Lutheran believers in Eastern Europe. He gave up this office in 1976 when he was elected Superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of AB Styria . He was then from 1983 to 1995 Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria. Dieter Knall was also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and the Executive Committee of the Lutheran World Federation .
Fonts
- Reformed Churches in the SFR Yugoslavia . Zollikon 1981, ISBN 3-85710-007-9 .
- In the footsteps of a church: Evangelical life in Austria . Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 1987.
- Forced out of their homeland: Last forced resettlement of Styrian Protestants to Transylvania under Maria Theresa . Historical Provincial Commission for Styria, Graz 2002, ISBN 3-901251-25-1 .
- Memories: Transilvania me genuit - Austria me recepit. Biographical Notes . Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85073-309-0 .
Awards and honors
- Ring of Honor of the State of Styria (1983)
- Honorary doctorate from the Evangelical Theological Academy in Budapest (1985)
- Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1990)
- Honorary doctorate from the Protestant Theological Institute in Klausenburg / Cluj (1995)
- Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna (1995)
- Golden Commander's Cross with the Star of the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria (1995)
- Great Golden Decoration of the State of Styria with Star (2010)
Web links
- Literature by and about Dieter Knall in the catalog of the German National Library
- Original sounds by Dieter Knall in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (press conferences, interviews, ...)
- Entry on Dieter Knall in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Dieter Knall. In: Evangelical Museum Austria.
- Michael Kroner : Diaspora, ecumenism, Eastern Europe: Bishop D. Dr. hc Dieter Knall. In: Transylvanian newspaper . February 26, 2012 .
Individual evidence
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^ Old Evangelical Bishop Knall has died. In: orf.at . September 21, 2019, accessed September 21, 2019 . Former Bishop Dieter Knall has passed away. In: evang.at . September 21, 2019, accessed September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Oskar Sakrausky |
Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria 1983–1995 |
Herwig Sturm |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bang, Dieter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian and bishop |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brașov |
DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2019 |