Evangelical Superintendentage AB East Bohemia

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Evangelical Superintendentage AB East Bohemia
Diocesan territory East Bohemia
Parishes 15 (as of 1913)
Subsidiary communities 9 (as of 1913)
Preaching stations 14 (as of 1913)

The Evangelical Superintendentur AB Ostböhmen was a diocese of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria , which existed from 1900 to 1918.

organization

The superintendent comprised 15 (as of 1913) Czech-speaking parishes in Bohemia with a total of almost 14,000 members in 1913. It was not divided into any seniorate and was directed by a superintendent .

history

The Evangelical Superintendenty AB Ostböhmen emerged in 1900 from the Eastern Seniorat of the Evangelical Superintendentur AB Böhmen . The Superintendenty of Bohemia was divided into two seniorates, an eastern one with Czech-speaking congregations and a western one with German-speaking congregations, which was now elevated to the Evangelical Superintendent of AB West Bohemia . In 1902 Karel Eduard von Lány , who had headed the Eastern Seniorat as a senior since 1875 , was elected the first superintendent of Eastern Bohemia. Lany died in 1903. Jan Jakub Kučera was succeeded in the same year. In 1903, the meeting of the superintendent decided to place the Confessio Bohemica as a confessional document as equivalent to the Confessio Augustana . After Kučera's death in 1905, František Trnka was elected superintendent. In the same year numerous celebrations took place on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Jan Hus . They formed a high point of the Neo- Hussite movement, which ultimately aimed at breaking away from the church leadership in Vienna and at a union of all Protestant Czech-speaking congregations. This included the parishes of the Evangelical Church HB in Bohemia and Moravia . Superintendent František Trnka was followed by Superintendent Ferdinand Hrejsa in 1917 . After the fall of Austria-Hungary , a general synod in Prague on December 17, 1918 decided to secede from the Austrian churches. The parishes of the Evangelical Superintendentur AB Ostböhmen became part of the Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren .

Municipalities (selection)

Parish founding year Church building image
Černilow 1785 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Černilow; Tolerance prayer house in Bohuslawitz (Filialgemeinde), cemetery chapel in Schonow (Filialgemeinde)
Humpoletz 1782 Evangelical church in Humpoletz, tolerance prayer house in Humpoletz Tolerance prayer house in Humpoletz
Kowanetz around 1781 Evangelical Church in Kowanetz Evangelical Church in Kowanetz
Kreuzberg 1782 Evangelical Church in Kreuzberg
Krschischlitz 1782 Tolerance prayer house in Krschischlitz Tolerance prayer house in Krschischlitz
Liebstadtl 1867 (previously a branch of Krschischlitz ) Lutheran tolerance prayer house in Liebstadtl
Lipkowitz 1782 Evangelical Church in Lipkowitz Evangelical Church in Lipkowitz
Opatowitz 1793 Tolerance prayer house in Opatovice; Cemetery chapel in Zwiestowitz (branch community; building shared with the HB community in Čáslau )
Prague (bohemian) 1782 Salvator Church in Prague Salvator Church in Prague
Rybnik 1854 (1782 as a branch municipality of Prague ) Tolerance prayer house in Rybnik Tolerance prayer house in Rybnik
Ternawka 1782 Evangelical Church in Ternawka Evangelical Church in Ternawka

literature

  • Julius A. Kolatschek: The Protestant Church of Austria in the German-Slavic countries. A representation of the field of work of the Evangelical Association of the Gustaf Adolf Foundation in the countries mentioned and at the same time a contribution to the history of Austrian Protestantism . Self-published by the Vienna Main Association of the Gustaf Adolf Foundation, Vienna 1869, chap. IX. Bohemia , S. 50-92 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Evangelical Church A. u. HB in Austria in 1913. Johannes-Mathesius-Gesellschaft - Evangelische Sudetendeutsche e. V., May 27, 2011, accessed October 19, 2013 .
  2. ^ A b c Karl W. Schwarz: "De-Austrians!" Protestantism in the Czech Republic after the fall of the Habsburg monarchy. Lecture at the annual conference of the Johannes Mathesius Society from May 1st to 3rd, 2009 in Herrnhut. Johannes-Mathesius-Gesellschaft - Evangelical Sudetendeutsche e. V., May 27, 2011, accessed October 16, 2013 .
  3. ^ Barbara Schmid-Egger: Clergy and Politics in Bohemia around 1900 (=  Scientific materials and contributions to the history and regional studies of the Bohemian countries . Issue 21). Lerche, Munich 1974, p. 20 .
  4. ↑ Rican:  Lány, Karel Eduard von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1972, p. 19 f. (Direct links on p. 19 , p. 20 ).
  5. ↑ Rican:  Kučera, Jan Jakub. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 316 f. (Direct links on p. 316 , p. 317 ).
  6. ↑ Otto Eißfeldt (Ed.): ... and asked about Jesus. Contributions from theology, church and history . Festschrift for Ernst Barnikol on his 70th birthday. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1964, p. 313 .
  7. ↑ Otakar A. Funda: Ferdinand Hrejsa. In: Slovník českých filosofů. Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, accessed October 16, 2013 (Czech).