Ernst Vits
Ernst August Vits (born September 15, 1868 in Rheydt ; † November 15, 1939 in Berlin ) was an evangelical court and cathedral preacher in Berlin as well as general superintendent of Neumark and Niederlausitz .
Life
Ernst Vits was born in Rheydt in 1868 as the youngest of five children. His parents were the farmer and silk weaver Wilhelm Vits (1828–1916) and Katharina, b. Weyer, who died in 1875.
Vits went to elementary and secondary school in Rheydt and then to high school in Mönchengladbach . After graduating from high school, he studied in Halle (Saale) and Greifswald . As a student he became a member of the Hallenser and Greifswalder Wingolf .
In 1893 he was parish administrator in Bremen at the St. Stephani parish . He was ordained on March 26, 1894 and was then pastor in Burgwaldniel for the Evangelical Church of the older provinces of Prussia , from 1898 pastor in Wichlinghausen , from 1903 pastor in Viersen and from 1908 to 1912 pastor in Düsseldorf . In 1912 he was appointed to the office of court and cathedral preacher in Berlin. From 1914 to 1925 he was the chaplain of the Queen Luise Foundation in Berlin-Dahlem; In 1923 he became head ( Ephorus ) of the Cathedral Candidate Foundation for two years .
On February 27, 1925, he was elected general superintendent of Neumark and Niederlausitz with the associated secondary office of pastor at the Berlin St. Matthew parish . As such , he ordained Dietrich Bonhoeffer on November 15, 1931 . He was retired in October 1933.
On July 3, 1894, he married Julie Schäfer from Schwelm , who was a daughter of the banker and church master Caspar Schäfer. With her he had three sons and three daughters, including the future entrepreneur Ernst Hellmut Vits . A son-in-law was the Protestant theologian Heinrich Grüber .
literature
- Heinrich Grüber: Memories from seven decades , Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch
- Heinz Kullnick: Berliners and Berliners by choice: People and personalities in Berlin from 1640 ... , Verlag AWHayn's Erben
- Thomas Wolfes: Ernst Vits. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 1490-1499.
- The Protestant pastors in the Uckermark , Lüpnitz / Arndt, AMF series of publications
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Vits in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography (with picture) at www.berlin.friedparks.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Theodor Langenbruch: Ernst Hellmut Vits , in: Wuppertaler Biographien, 9th episode, Wuppertal 1970, p. 91ff
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Keßler |
General superintendent of Neumark and Niederlausitz in the old Prussia. Ecclesiastical Province of Brandenburg 1925 - 1933 |
none ( German-Christian repression: general superintendent replaced by provost ) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vits, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vits, Ernst August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Protestant court and cathedral preacher in Berlin as well as general superintendent of Neumark and Niederlausitz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheydt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1939 |
| Place of death | Berlin |