Freda Niemann

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Freda Niemann (born January 17, 1908 in Berlin ; † July 18, 1996 in Hanover ) was one of the first female theologians in Germany to work in church service .

Life

Freda Niemann was a daughter of the future colonel and writer Alfred Niemann (1873-1946) and his wife Elisabeth von Velsen (1878-1964).

After studying theology, Freda Niemann worked as a hospital chaplain in Volmarstein / Ruhr from 1934 to 1947 .

Since she could not find a job in Westphalia, Niemann went to Hanover in 1947. There she taught until 1952, initially as a lecturer at the seminar for church services . Then she was responsible for women's work in the City Church Association of Hanover until 1958 . In addition, she looked after the maternity and infant home on Berckhusenstrasse as well as the department for female prisoners in the Hanover penal institution .

From 1958 until her entry into their retirement to Freda Niemann dedicated pastorally for people in the investigation and prison and was chairman of the Evangelical Conference Gefährdetenhilfe . Even after her retirement, Freda Niemann held various honorary positions such as chairing the Protestant station mission.

Honors

The pastor was posthumously honored by the state capital Hanover: The western part of Blumhardtstrasse in the Kleefeld district was renamed Freda-Niemann-Strasse in 2001 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Jens Schmidt-Clausen: NIEMANN ... (see literature)
  2. ↑ Erika Kreutler: The first female theologians in Westphalia: 1919–1974 (= Contributions to Westphalian Church History, Volume 32). Luther-Verlag, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-7858-0524-4 , p. 215
  3. ^ Klaus Mlynek : Social problems and attempts to solve them. In: Hanover in the Weimar Republic and under National Socialism 1918–1945 (= Klaus Mlynek and Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.): History of the City of Hanover. Volume 2: From the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Schlütersche, Hanover 1994, ISBN 3-87706-364-0 , pp. 382–386, here: p. 385; online via Google books )
  4. ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Freda-Niemann-Strasse. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter . New series, Volume 57/58, 2003, p. 279; online through google books
personal data
SURNAME Niemann, Freda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, one of the first studied theologians in Germany in church service
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1996
Place of death Hanover