Erwin Sturm

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Erwin Sturm (born May 12, 1927 in Fulda ; † May 4, 2016 in Rommerz ) was a German Catholic prelate and local history researcher .

Life

Erwin Sturm experienced the Second World War as an air force helper and in the Reich Labor Service , most recently as a member of the Wehrmacht . After graduating from high school in 1947 at the municipal high school in Fulda, he entered the Fulda seminary and studied philosophy and Catholic theology until 1953 at the theological university in Fulda and was involved in youth work in the Fulda cathedral parish. The bishop of Fulda , Johannes Baptist Dietz , ordained him as a priest on July 19, 1953 . From 1953 to 1958 he was chaplain in Frankenberg , then until 1963 in the city parish of Hanau . He then spent over four decades priest in Rommerz (municipality Neuhof , Kreis Fulda) as a priest working. In 2013 he celebrated his diamond jubilee as a priest with a festive service with Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen as celebrant .

He has published numerous works and writings on architectural and art monuments of the Fuldaer Land and the Rhön. For the Fuldaer Zeitung he regularly wrote the “ beech leaves ”. In 1971 he was appointed to the Historical Commission for Hesse .

honors and awards

  • Appointment to the Historical Commission for Hesse (1971)
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1975)
  • Culture Prize of the Rhön Club (1975)
  • Culture Prize of the City of Fulda (1987)
  • Appointment as papal honorary prelate by Pope John Paul II in recognition of his great services to research into the history of the diocese of Fulda (1997)

Fonts

  • together with Konrad Jakobs, Hans Weber: Festschrift for the dedication of the Marienkirche in Frankenberg-Eder , Libertas 1956
  • Rasdorf. History and Art , Parzeller Fulda 1971 (also as: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter. Vol. 47. 1971, No. 1/3)
  • Volkersberg in the Rhön. Pilgrimage z. Holy Cross; Parish Curate Church u. former monastery church d. Franziskaner, Bad Kissingen district , Schnell and Steiner 1974
  • Maria Ehrenberg in the Rhön: Marian pilgrimage z. "Mother of Mercy", Filialkirche d. Parish near Bad Brückenau , Schnell and Steiner 1974
  • Old town monastery near Hammelburg: pilgrimage church St. Maria u. 14 emergency workers; Franciscan monastery d. bayer. Order Province , Schnell and Steiner 1980
  • Franciscan monastery church and pilgrimage to the Holy Cross Kreuzberg in the Rhön , Schnell and Steiner 1981
  • The churches of Hünfeld , Schnell and Steiner 1982
  • Neuhof through the ages , 1982
  • Kreuzberg Monastery, Rhön , Schnell and Steiner 1983
  • City parish church St. Blasius Fulda , Schnell and Steiner 1984
  • Volkersberg, Rhön , Schnell and Steiner 1994
  • History and art, Rasdorf , Schnell and Steiner 1999, ISBN 3-7954-6152-9
  • The Michaelskirche zu Fulda , Parzeller Fulda 2008 (21st edition), ISBN 978-3-7900-0150-1
  • Erwin Sturm: From the beech country
    • From the beech country. Part: 1., Contributions to the history of the Fuldaer Land and the Rhön , Parzeller Fulda 1997, ISBN 3-7900-0279-8
    • From the beech country. Part: 2., artist directory and sagas , Parzeller Fulda 2002, ISBN 3-7900-0338-7
  • Erwin Sturm: The architectural and art monuments of the Fulda region
    • Volume 1. The old district of Fulda . 1962; 2nd revised edition, 1989
    • Volume 2. The architectural and art monuments of the Hünfeld district . 1971
    • Volume 3. The architectural and art monuments of the city of Fulda . 1984

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary at the parish of St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Rommerz
  2. ↑ "Great witness of Christian roots" - Prelate Erwin STURM 60 years of priest on osthessen-news.de , May 21, 2013
  3. ^ "A lifelong testimony of faith" on osthessen-news.de , May 6, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Sturm, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda
DATE OF DEATH 4th May 2016
Place of death Rommerz