Eduard Kroker

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The grave of Eduard Kroker in the cemetery of Königstein im Taunus

Eduard Kroker (born March 2, 1913 in Ludgerstal , Ratibor district in Hultschiner Ländchen ; † March 30, 2007 in St. Wendel in Saarland ) was a German theology professor, a Steyler missionary and a priest ordained in Rome in 1938. He was an Asian scholar in China, Japan and the Rhine-Main area.

Kroker taught in Königstein im Taunus at the Philosophical-Theological University (building today of the Church in Need ). Until 2005 he lived in the opposite secondary school, Bischof-Neumann-Schule , and read mass every day until old age in the associated church.

He was an honorary citizen of Königstein im Taunus and received an honorary grave.

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