Erich Wehrenfennig
Erich Edmund Wehrenfennig (born April 9, 1872 in Bressel , Austrian Silesia , † April 12, 1968 in Rummelsberg ) was a German Protestant pastor.
Career
Wehrenfennig became a member of C. St. V. Uttenruthia Erlangen during his studies in 1893 . Wehrenfennig was ordained in 1896. In 1920 he was elected President of the new German Evangelical Church in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia . He operated to equate his organization with the other churches in Czechoslovakia. After 1945 he remained in the country despite the request to emigrate and continued to take care of his communities. In 1946 he was arrested, taken to a camp and, after six months in custody, deported to Germany. He then worked as a second pastor in Stollberg (Saxony). In 1952 he moved to the Federal Republic. He initiated the Sudeten German Church Days in Kassel in 1959 and 1960 .
Honors
- 1955: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna
- Honorary Chairman of the Association of Protestant Sudeten Germans
literature
- Maria Heinke-Probst: The German Evangelical Church in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia 1918–1938 (-1946). Search for identity between nationality and creed. Kirchhof & Franke, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-933816-58-0 , 238 pages.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 146 No. 3431.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wehrfennig, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wehrenfennig, Erich Edmund (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bressel , Austrian Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1968 |
| Place of death | Rummelsberg |