Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg
The Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (mostly abbreviated EKiBB , also EKBB ) was a member church ( regional church ) of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and meanwhile in the Federation of Evangelical Churches in the GDR . It existed from 1945 to 2003. Its area essentially comprised the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg ; there were also some communities in the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
The Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg was founded in 1945 as the successor to the Church Province of Mark Brandenburg of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . This independence of the ecclesiastical provinces was decided in principle at the church conference in Treysa in August 1945 . With the adoption of its own constitution in 1948, the independence was completed. She entered the 1948 also finally constituted the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the 1954 as successor to the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union established the Evangelical Church of the Union at.
After the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and the adoption of the GDR constitution in 1968 , it became increasingly difficult to work together within the church. The church was therefore divided into the areas West (West Berlin) and East (East Berlin and Brandenburg) in 1972. Each area received its own church administration based in Berlin (West Consistory, Bachstrasse 1-2 and East Consistory, Neue Grünstrasse 19) and a bishop at the head. With the reunification of the two German states, the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg was also united. From 1991 a common bishop again led the church.
With effect from January 1, 2004 it merged with the Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia to form the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .
literature
- Friedrich Weichert: The history of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg An overview , publisher: Evangelical Collection Berlin, Motzstr. 52, 1000 Berlin 30, 1986.