Evangelical Superintendenty AB Styria
| Evangelical Superintendenty AB Styria | |
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| Diocesan territory | Styria |
| surface | 16,401.04 km² |
| Seat | Graz |
| Main church | Heilandskirche |
| Superintendent | Wolfgang Rehner |
| Parishes | 33 |
| Daughter churches | 5 |
| Website | www.evang.st |
The Evangelical Superintendentur AB in Styria is a diocese of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria .
organization
SI Steiermark looks after the province of Styria, the Ennspongau (Schladming parish), the Lungau (Murau parish) and Rudersdorf in Burgenland (Fürstenfeld parish).
The seat of the diocese is in the Martin Luther House of the Heilandskirche in Graz , which is the main church. The Evangelical Diocesan Museum of Styria is located in Murau . The superintendent comprises 30 parishes in Styria and five subsidiary parishes , three of which are in Styria, one in Burgenland and one in Salzburg . Together they have almost 37,000 members. The management of the superintendent is incumbent on the superintendent committee chaired by the superintendent and the superintendent curator.
history
The superintendent goes back to a senior council that was formed in 1847 from the Evangelical-Lutheran parishes in Styria. At that time the senior council belonged to the superintendent of Inner Austria and later to the superintendent of Vienna . The Evangelische Superintendentur AB Steiermark has existed since January 1st, 1947. Leopold Achberger was elected as the first superintendent . In 1977 the Styrian Evangelical Educational Organization was founded. The sixth superintendent of Styria was Hermann Miklas . He has held this office since 1999. In March 2018, Wolfgang Rehner was elected as his successor and was introduced to his office on September 23, 2018 by Bishop Michael Bünker .
Communities
| Parish | founding year | Church building | image |
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| Admont-Liezen | 1947 | Church of the Resurrection in Liezen , Confessing Church in Admont |
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| Bad Radkersburg | 1906 | Evangelical Christ Church Bad Radkersburg |
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| Bad Aussee | 1921 | Evangelical parish church Bad Aussee , cruciform church in Bad Mitterndorf |
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| Bruck an der Mur | 1912 | Evangelical Church in Bruck an der Mur |
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| Iron ore | 1947 | Christ Church in Eisenerz |
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| Feldbach | 1948 | Christ Church in Feldbach , Heilandskirche in Bad Gleichenberg , Christ Church in Fehring |
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| Fürstenfeld subsidiary community : Rudersdorf |
1903 | Heilandskirche in Fürstenfeld ; Evangelical Church in Rudersdorf |
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| Gaishorn daughter community : Sankt Johann am Tauern |
1948 | Evangelical Parish Church Gaishorn / Friedenskirche in Gaishorn am See , Evangelical Church Trieben / Johanneskirche in Trieben ; Belief Church in Sankt Johann am Tauern |
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| Gleisdorf | 2000 | Christ Church in Gleisdorf |
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| Graz-Eggenberg | 1923 | Christ Church in Graz- Eggenberg |
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| Graz-Heilandskirche daughter community : Graz-Liebenau |
1856 | Heilandskirche in Graz; Church of the Redeemer in Graz- Liebenau |
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| Graz-Nord (Matthäusgemeinde) | 1951 | Johanneskirche in Graz- Andritz |
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| Graz, right bank of the Mur | 1910 | Kreuzkirche in Graz |
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| Grobming | 1852 | Christ Church in Gröbming , Heilandskirche in Öblarn |
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| Hartberg | 1948 | Jesus Christ Church in Hartberg |
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| Judenburg | 1918 | Evangelical Church in Judenburg | |
| Kapfenberg | 1926 | Christ Church in Kapfenberg , Christ Church in Thörl- Palbersdorf |
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| Kindberg | 1946 | Resurrection Church in Kindberg | |
| Knittelfeld | 1916 | Confessing Church in Knittelfeld , Johanneskirche in Zeltweg |
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| Leibnitz | 1910 | Evangelical Church in Leibnitz , Christ Church in Hengsberg |
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| Leoben | 1902 | Gustav Adolf Church in Leoben |
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| Mürzzuschlag | 1900 | Heilandskirche in Mürzzuschlag |
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| Murau-Lungau | 2001 | Elisabeth Church in Murau |
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| Peggau | 1923 | Friedenskirche in Peggau , Bergkirche in Frohnleiten , Michaelskirche in Gratkorn , Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Judendorf-Straßengel |
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| Ramsau am Dachstein | 1782 | Evangelical parish church in Ramsau am Dachstein |
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| Rottenmann | 1906 | Resurrection Church in Rottenmann , house of prayer in Selzthal |
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| Schladming subsidiary communities : Aich, Radstadt |
1782 | Peter and Paul Church in Schladming ; Christ Church in Aich , Reconciliation Church in Radstadt |
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| Stainach | 1959 | Trinity Church in Stainach | |
| Stainz-Deutschlandsberg | 1901 | Friedenskirche in Stainz , Christ Church in Deutschlandsberg |
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| Trofaiach | 1956 | Castle church of Stibichhofen Castle in Trofaiach |
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| Voitsberg | 1923 | Gustav Adolf Church in Voitsberg |
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| Forest on the Schober Pass | 1795 | Evangelical Church in Wald am Schoberpaß |
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| Wheat | 1929 | Gustav Adolf Church in Weiz |
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literature
- Karl Amon and Maximilian Liebmann (Hrsg.): Church history of Styria . Styria, Graz 1993, ISBN 3-222-12183-4
- Paul Dedic: Protestantism in Styria in the Age of Reformation and Counter-Reformation . Heinsius Nachf. Eger & Sievers, Leipzig 1930
- Ernst-Christian Gerhold (ed.): Protestant art and culture in Styria . Leykam, Graz 1996, ISBN 3-7011-7340-0
- Franz Ilwof : Protestantism in Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from XVI. Century to the present . Leykam, Graz 1900
- Matthias Robitsch: History of Protestantism in Styria . Wießner, Graz 1859
Individual evidence
- ↑ orf.at: Wolfgang Rehner new Styrian superintendent . Article dated March 10, 2018, accessed March 11, 2018.