Evangelical Superintendent of HB Moravia

Evangelical Superintendent of HB Moravia
area	Moravia
Parishes	28 (as of 1913)
Subsidiary communities	4 (as of 1913)
Preaching stations	24 (as of 1913)

The Evangelical Superintendent of HB Moravia was a superintendent of the Evangelical Church of HB in Austria , which existed from 1785 to 1918.

organization

The superintendent included 28 (as of 1913) Czech-speaking parishes in Moravia . In 1913 it had around 44,000 believers. It was divided into two seniorate : the (eastern) Klobauker seniorate and the (western) Jaworniker seniorate . The office of the superintendent standing at their head was not fixed and was always where he worked as parish priest.

history

The Evangelical Superintendenty HB Moravia was set up like the Evangelical Superintendentur HB Bohemia in 1785 under Emperor Joseph II .

The superintendents of Moravia were (term of office in brackets):

• Michal Blažek (1785-1827)
• Jiří Opočenský (1829–1842).
• Samuel von Nagy (1842–1863)
• Jan Beneš (1863-1883)
• Josef Totušek (1884–1899)
• Ferdinand Císař (1899-1918)

A neo- Hussite movement emerged in the countries of the Bohemian Crown in the middle of the 19th century . Its Czech-nationally oriented supporters referred to the legacy of the Confessio Bohemica , in contrast to Vienna as a political and ecclesiastical center. The events on the 500th anniversary of the death of Jan Hus in 1905 were a first high point in the endeavor to create a united “Czech national church ”. This should also include the Czech parishes of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria . The Czech parishes AB and HB proclaimed their separation from the Evangelical Churches AB and HB in Austria on December 17, 1918 at a general synod in Prague . This meant the end of the Evangelical Superintendent of HB Moravia. Their congregations joined the United Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren .

Municipalities (selection)

Parish	founding year	Seniorate	Church building	image
Brno	1883 (1878 as a branch municipality of Nusslau )	Klobauk	Bethlehem Church in Brno
Dankowitz	1905 (1782 as a branch municipality of Ingrowitz , from 1830 of Niemetzky )	Klobauk	Tolerance prayer house in Dankowitz
Ingrowitz	1782	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Ingrowitz
Jawornik	1782	Jawornik	Tolerance prayer house in Jawornik
Great Lhota	1782	Klobauk	Upper Evangelical Church in Groß-Lhota (from around 1870), Lower Evangelical Church in Groß-Lhota (until about 1870, building shared with the community of AB in Groß-Lhota)
Klobauk	1782	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Klobauk; Evangelical Church in Herspitz (Filialgemeinde)
Lipthal	1782	Jawornik	Tolerance house in Liptál
Misslitz	1850 (in the 1780s as a branch municipality of Nusslau )	Klobauk	Tolerance prayer house in Misslitz
Neustadtl	1783	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Neustadtl
Niemetzky	1782	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Niemetzky
Nikoltschitz	1868 (1866 as a subsidiary of Nusslau )	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Nikoltschitz
Nusslau	1781	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Nusslau
Ober-Wilimowitz	1784	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Ober-Wilimowitz; Evangelical Church in Trebitsch (Filialgemeinde)
Prosetin	1782/1783	Klobauk	Tolerance prayer house in Prosetin
Prussinowitz	1782	Jawornik	Evangelical Church in Prussinowitz
Rauschka	1782	Jawornik	Evangelical Church in Rauschka
Rowjetschin	1813 (1783 as a branch of Prosetin )	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Rowjetschin; Evangelical Church in Oels (Filialgemeinde)
Strschitesch	1867 (in succession to the community founded in 1782 in Wallachisch-Groß-Lhota )	Jawornik	Evangelical Church in Strschitesch; Tolerance prayer house in Wallachisch-Groß-Lhota (since 1867 branch community)
Wannowitz	1782	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Wannowitz
Wesseli	1782	Klobauk	Evangelical Church in Wesseli
Wsetin	1781/1785	Jawornik	Evangelical Reformed Tolerance House in Wsetin; Evangelical Church in Jablunka (Filialgemeinde)
Zadwierschitz	1782 (until 1786 AB)	Jawornik	Evangelical Church in Zadwierschitz (branch parish; building use jointly with parish AB based in Jassena )

See also

• Evangelical Superintendent of Moravia and Silesia

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. X. Moravia , S. 99-126 .

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} 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. ↑ Gustav Frank: The tolerance patent of Emperor Joseph II .: Documented history of its creation and its consequences. Säcular-Festschrift of the Imperial and Royal Evangelical Oberkirchenrathes AC and HC in Vienna . Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1882, p. 158 .
4. ↑ ester Pučálková: Život a dílo superintendenta Ferdinanda Císaře . Bakalářská diplomová práce. Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Brno 2009, p. 31 ( online [PDF; accessed October 16, 2013]).
5. ↑ Milena Flodrová: Betlémský kostel (evangelický). In: Encyklopedie Dějin města Brna. November 10, 2012, accessed October 16, 2013 (Czech). 
6. ↑ O sboru. (No longer available online.) Farní sbor ČCE Daňkovice, archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; Retrieved October 16, 2013 (Czech). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.