Evangelical Lutheran Deanery Kronach-Ludwigsstadt
Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office |
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![]() Dekanatskirche Christ Church in Kronach |
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organization | |
Deanery district | Kronach - Ludwigsstadt |
Church district | Bayreuth |
Regional church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria |
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Parishes | 23 |
Parishioners | 21,250 |
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Dean | Dorothea Richter |
Address of the Dean's Office | Friedhofstrasse 9 96317 Kronach |
Web presence | [1] |
The Evangelical Lutheran deanery in Kronach-Ludwigsstadt is one of the 16 deaneries in the Bayreuth church district . Acting dean is Dorothea Richter.
geography
The deanery district includes the Kronach district with the exception of Mitwitz, which belongs to the Michelau deanery district.
history
Most of the Kronach district used to belong to the Bamberg Monastery and is therefore traditionally Catholic. The north of the deanery district around Ludwigsstadt is traditionally evangelical. The office Seibelsdorf and the place Heinersdorf in the office Lichtenberg also belonged to Bayreuth. The Reformation was introduced in the margraviate in 1528. The community Steinbach am Wald used to belong to Bamberg and was cared for by Ludwigsstadt. The Christ Church was consecrated in 1953. In 1958 Steinbach am Wald became an independent parish. To the west, south and east of Kronach lie former imperial knighthood villages. The Knights of Rosenau introduced the Reformation in Mitwitz and Burggrub in 1567. The Freiherrn von Redwitz had numerous possessions in the Kronach area. In 1544 and 1557 in Weißenbrunn , 1549 in Küps , around 1550 in Unterrodach , 1552 in Burkersdorf , and 1560 in Schmölz, they introduced the Protestant faith in their domain . The Fischbach line of the Lords of Waldenfels introduced the Reformation in the town of Fischbach in 1548. Under the Lords of Guttenberg there was a temporary Counter-Reformation from 1600–1614.
The dean's office in Ludwigsstadt was established in 1810 and the dean's office in Kronach in 1925. On January 1, 2010, both deanery districts were merged. This took into account the population decline in the region.
Parishes
The deanery district of Kronach-Ludwigsstadt includes the following 23 parishes, in which 21,250 parishioners live:
Rennsteig region
- Ebersdorf , Magdalenenkirche
- Lauenstein , St. Nicholas
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Parish of Langenau
- Langenau , Christophorus Church with Johanniskirche in Buchbach and the Gnadenkirche in Schauberg
- Kleintettau , Church of the Resurrection
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Parish of Ludwigsstadt
- Ludwigsstadt , Michaeliskirche
- Steinbach an der Haide , Elisabeth Church
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Parish Steinbach a. Forest
- Steinbach am Wald , Christ Church
- Lauenhain , St. Francis
- Tettau , Ad Portam Coeli Church
Kronach room
- Burggrub parish
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Parish of Burkersdorf
- Burkersdorf , St. Marien Church and Ebneth , Castle Chapel
- Grove , Trinity Chapel
- Fischbach , St. Jakobus
- Kronach , Christ Church and Gehülz , Michaels Church
- Küps , St. Jakobi Church and St. Johannis Church in the Johannisthal district
- Pressig , Martin Luther Church
- Heinersberg - Nordhalben , Jubilatekirche im Grund (Nordhalben) and St. Johannis (Steinwiesen)
- Schmölz , St. Laurentius and Schneckenlohe
- Seibelsdorf , Margrave Church
- Unterrodach , Michaelskirche
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Parish of Weißenbrunn
- Hummendorf , Dr. Martin Luther Church
- Weißenbrunn , Dreieinigkeitskirche
literature
- Matthias Simon: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Ecclesiastical organization, the Protestant Church. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1960.
- Helmut Demattio: Kronach - The Altlandkreis (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 32). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7696-9698-0 .