Friedrich Bartels (theologian)

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Friedrich Bartels (born January 28, 1903 in Nienburg / Weser ; † June 29, 1973 in Hemmingen-Westerfeld ) was a German Lutheran theologian and clergyman vice-president of the Hanover regional church office .

Life

Born as the son of a teacher and organist and his wife, Bartels attended the secondary school in his home town of Nienburg and, after graduating from high school, began studying Protestant theology in Göttingen . In March 1926 he passed the first theological exam. He completed his vicariate with state youth pastor Kayser and at the Erichsburg seminary . After the second theological examination in September 1928 and ordination on October 28th of that year, he became a parish collaborator in Duderstadt , and on June 1st, 1930 pastor in Neuhaus (Elbe) . After the leave of the German-Christian members Bartels resigned as staunch opponent of the German Christians in 1935 at the instigation of Bishop Marahrens in the spiritual as a laborer Landeskirchenamt one. On October 1, 1936, he became a regional church councilor, and on March 19, 1943 an upper regional church councilor. He remained connected to the pastoral service: in 1939/40 he was a preacher in the castle parish in Hanover.

From 1945 to 1953 Bartels was the "administrator of the pastor's office" in Wettbergen at the Johannes-der-Täufer-Kirche .

In the regional church office, his responsibilities included church instruction, school work, social work, industrial diaconia, refugee and displaced persons and the Evangelical Academy in Loccum. Among other things, Friedrich Bartels gave decisive impetus for the establishment and development of the social medical office of the regional church. As head of the school department, he had particular merit in redesigning the relationship between church and school. In 1965 he was appointed clergyman vice-president of the regional church office. From 1970 to 1972 he was chairman of the working group for adult education in the area of ​​the Evangelical Churches in Lower Saxony.

Friedrich Bartels was buried in the cemetery in Hemmingen-Westerfeld .

Awards

Street sign with legend on Pastor-Bartels-Weg in Wettbergen
  • 1969: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Göttingen
  • The pastor was posthumously honored with the Pastor-Bartels-Weg in Wettbergen, which was laid out in 1977 .

Fonts

  • About the sense and absurdity of punishment in education. Pedagogical considerations for a table speech by Luther . In: Klaus Wegenast u. Heinz Grosch (ed.), Religious instruction on the way. Hamburg 1970, p. 105ff.
  • Estate 1946-1969: Correspondence, manuscripts, reports on state church law, constitution of the regional church, religious education, refugee work, Evangelical Academy Loccum , in the regional church archive, Hanover, 1 running meter with finding aid

literature

  • Christhard Mahrenholz: Open to the tasks of the present. For the 60th birthday of Oberlandeskirchenrat Friedrich Bartels . In: The Embassy, ​​January 27, 1963
  • Vice President i. RD Friedrich Bartels died , Protestant press No. 111/1973
  • Jens Schmidt-Clausen: BARTELS, (2) Friedrich. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 41f .; Digitized via Google books
  • Jens Schmidt-Clausen: Bartels, (1) Friedrich. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 50.

archive

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Bartels (theologian)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b Jens Schmidt-Clausen: BARTELS, (2) ... (see literature)
  2. ↑ Note: Deviating from this, Bartels is named as "Pastor" in Wettbergen, compare the documentation on Commons (see the section on web links )
  3. ↑ Note: Bartels is also given as pastor in Wettbergen until 1954 according to Helmut Zimmermann: Pastor-Bartels-Weg. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 193
  4. ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Pastor-Bartels-Weg. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 193
personal data
SURNAME Bartels, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and clergyman vice-president of the regional church office in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Nienburg / Weser
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1973
Place of death Hemmingen-Westerfeld