Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office Passau
 Dean's Office |
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 The Marktkirche in Ortenburg, the first Protestant church in Lower Bavaria |
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| organization | |
| Deanery district | regensburg |
| Church district | regensburg |
| Regional church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria |
| statistics | |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Parishioners | 32,000 |
| management | |
| dean | Wolfgang Boy |
| Address of the Dean's Office | Theresienstrasse 33 94032 Passau |
| Web presence | www.passau-evangelisch.de |
The Evangelical Lutheran deanery in Passau is one of the eight deaneries in the Regensburg church district . Wolfgang Bub is currently the dean. The area of the deanery extends from the Bavarian Forest to just before the city of Landshut . 32,000 Protestant Christians live in 16 parishes in the deanery district. The deanery district is a diaspora area. Protestant traditions since the Reformation can only be found in the area of the former imperial county of Ortenburg . The Reformation was introduced there in 1563 by Count Joachim .
Parishes
The following 16 parishes belong to the deanery district:
- Aidenbach
- Bad Ditzenbach
- Bad Griesbach , Emmaus Church
- Eggenfelden , Reformation Memorial Church
- Freyung
- Fürstenzell
- Gangkofen
- Grafenau
- Ortenburg , market church
- Passau -St. John
- Passau -St. Matthew
- Parish churches
- Pocking
- Simbach am Inn
- Fir
- Vilshofen on the Danube