Friedrich Langenfass
Friedrich Langenfaß (born July 8, 1880 in Hohenaltheim , † February 4, 1965 in Munich ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and publicist.
Career
Langenfaß was born as the son of a Protestant pastor. He studied Protestant theology in Erlangen, Leipzig and Greifswald. From 1904 to 1906 he was vicar in Starnberg , then city vicar to St. Markus in Munich. From 1910 he worked as a pastor in Rothenburg ob der Tauber and during the First World War chaplain in France. In 1920 he came to the St. Matthäuskirche in Munich as second pastor . In 1925 he was one of the founders and until it was hired in 1941, he was co-editor of the monthly magazine Zeitwende . From 1930 to 1950 he was first pastor at St. Markus and at the same time dean of the Evangelical Lutheran church district of Munich. Under his direction, 31 churches, prayer halls and parish halls were built in Munich. After his retirement he became chairman of the Evangelical Press Association for Germany in 1950 , and in 1951 chairman of the joint organization of the Evangelical Press . From 1953 to 1965 he was a board member of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Munich .
In 1933 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Erlangen , in 1955 he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and in 1959 the Bavarian Order of Merit .
Fonts (selection)
- The Reformation message in the youth movement , Schwerin 1929
- with Thomas Breit : Community development in the Protestant Church , Munich 1930
- Word and work of Martin Luther in today's intellectual struggle , Vienna 1957
literature
- Walter Butry (Ed.): Munich from AZ. City lexicon of the Bavarian capital. Butry and Müller, Munich 1966, p.?.
- Hans Hohlwein: Langenfaß, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 586 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Langenfaß in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ The chairmen of the Munich Society. In: gcjz-m.de. Retrieved June 18, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langenfaß, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenaltheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1965 |
| Place of death | Munich |