Ernst Walter Schmidt

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Ernst Walter Schmidt

Ernst Walter Schmidt (born March 11, 1894 in Breslau ; † January 5, 1981 ) was a German Protestant theologian. In Bremerhaven he was considered a "writer in the pulpit".

Life

Coming from Breslau , Schmidt entered the service of the Bremen Evangelical Church . In 1926 he was appointed pastor at the Mayor Smidt Memorial Church. During the Nazi era, he confessed to Adolf Hitler at the beginning of 1933 ; but he prevented Hermann Raschke from being replaced by a National Socialist official brother. He saved his community from slipping into the sphere of influence of the National Socialists. He also fought against pietistic hostility and advocated a liberal, undogmatic Christianity. His strength was pastoral care . He held very demanding sermons and performed as a poet and author of treatises and stage works out. In his great reading he was as familiar with Immanuel Kant as the history of theology in the 19th century and the history of the Bremen Evangelical Church. He was particularly committed to the Gustav-Adolf-Werk and to the Federation for Free Christianity . After 38 years of service in Bremerhaven, he was in 1964 at the age of 70 years emeritus . Peter Gerlitz sees him as “one of the best representatives of free Protestantism”.

Works

  • Away from the stream: poems . 1919.
  • Only one can guide us . 1928.
  • The court and the sacred . 1930.
  • The dark way: acting in 6 pictures . 1948.
  • Dare, wander - and the world goes with you: poems . 1958.
  • The death of Socrates: play in 4 acts . 1960.
  • Isis and Isolde. Play in 5 pictures and an aftermath . 1961.
  • Freedom or security? Contributions to the philosophical, political and religious consideration of history . Ditzen, Bremerhaven 1964.
  • Eros, Marriage, and Wife: Your Past and Present Religious Assessment . 1966.
  • Human bird flight: cheerful and satirical . 1973.
  • Dance of death in a royal house: drama . 1977.
  • Before the disaster: acting . 1979. ISBN 978-3-88256-119-7 .

literature

  • Hartmut Bickelmann : Bremerhaven personalities from four centuries: a biographical lexicon. Bremerhaven City Archives, 2003, p. 301.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Church Council of the United Protestant Congregation (ed.): 150 Years of the Great Church - Mayor Smidt Memorial Church (2005), p. 19.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Ernst Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 1981
Place of death Bremerhaven