Friedrich Leinung

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Friedrich "Fritz" Leinung (born January 8, 1934 in Emmerich ; † July 10, 2015 in Kleve ) was a German Roman Catholic priest in Kleve. He campaigned for reconciliation with the Netherlands, Poland and England after the Second World War .

Life

Leinung was born as the son of the Rhine shipping manager Friedrich Leinung and his wife Agnes, b. van Beek, born. After the family returned from the evacuation in Thuringia, he attended the grammar school in Emmerich until 1955 and studied Catholic theology in Münster and Munich . After ordination in 1961, he worked as a chaplain in Dinslaken , Beckum and Kleve, then as a repetiteur in the Borromäum Münster . From 1974 until his retirement in 2003 he was pastor at the Klever Unterstadtkirche (Minorite Church).

As pastor of the Lower City Church in Kleve, Leinung campaigned for reconciliation with the Netherlands, Poland and England. This reconciliation work received attention in the region, throughout Germany and beyond, for example on May 8, 1985 in the speech by Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker on the 40th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe and the National Socialist tyranny at the memorial event in the plenary hall of the German Bundestag:

“A community in the Lower Rhine city of Kleve recently received bread from Polish communities as a token of reconciliation and community. She sent one of these breads to a teacher in England. Because this teacher from England had stepped out of anonymity and had written that he had destroyed churches and houses in Kleve during the war as a bomb pilot and wanted a sign of reconciliation. "

He founded the Klosterpforte , a self-help facility for the homeless, drug addicts and the mentally ill at the Lower City Church in Kleve.

His publications on the history of the city and the history of the region shed light on religious tolerance as an old Klever tradition.

After his retirement in 2003, Leinung first lived in Emmerich, later he moved to the senior center Herz-Jesu-Kloster in Kleve, where he died on July 10, 2015.

Honors

Fonts

  • In the choir of the saints and the unholy. A tour of the choir stalls of the Klever Minoriten on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of their arrival . Self-published (printed by Rudolf Bosch), Kleve 1985
  • Paths towards each other: Congregation on the way in the service of reconciliation, written down on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the Lower City Church . Self-published (printed by Rudolf Bosch), Kleve 1991
  • Wolfgang Krebs, Friedrich Leinung: Religious communities in Kleve. A historical overview . Verlag für Kultur und Technik, Kleve 1994, ISBN 3-924637-18-0
  • The barbarian. The story of Adela von Elten . 2nd edition, Verlag für Kultur und Technik, Kleve 1996, ISBN 3-924637-19-9
  • Clever search for clues. In Paris, in Rome, in Brussels, in London, in Berlin, in The Hague, as well as in the history of European dynasties . GW Bösmann, Kleve 1999
  • Kleve . Illustrated book (pictures by Hans-Ulrich Kreß), Stadt-Bild-Verlag, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-934572-87-1
  • Ray Hamley and the calls from above . Verlag für Kultur und Technik, Kleve 2005, ISBN 978-3-924637-39-2
  • Common paths on the trail of European history. 1982–2007: 25 years of Polish parish at the Lower Town Church in Kleve . Boss, Kleve 2007, ISBN 978-3-89413-272-9
  • Friedrich Leinung, Elke Lehnen, Michiel van der Mey: Meeting point at the monastery gate . Marginalized groups and the parish . 160 pages, Kleve 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the "Buren zonder border - Neighbors without Borders eV" , the German-Dutch association founded by Leinung; Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kazimierz Smigiel: Adalbert von Prag, patron in Poland . In: Stefan Samerski, Krista Zach (eds.): The renaissance of the national patronage: cultures of remembrance in East Central Europe in the 20th / 21st centuries Century . Böhlau Verlag Cologne, 2007; ISBN 978-3-412-20004-6 ; Pp. 74–75, first contacts with Poland at church level 1980.
  3. ↑ Ray Hamley: November 9, 2008: Remembrance Sunday . ( Memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Sermon in the parish church of St. John the Baptist, Epping : An English bomber pilot asks the lower town parish for forgiveness.
  4. ^ Richard von Weizsäcker: Speech at the commemorative event in the plenary hall of the German Bundestag on the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe . Website of the Office of the Federal President, accessed on July 11, 2015, reference to Leinung in Section VI.
  5. ↑ Homepage of "Klosterpforte Kleve". Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b Wolfgang Hoppe: Emmerich: Double jubilee . Rheinische Post , January 24, 2010; Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ Tim Tripp: Pastor Fritz Leinung has passed away. , lokalkompass.de, July 10, 2015, accessed on July 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ Marc Cattelaens: Our best - 5: Fritz Leinung - the bridge builder from Kleve . Rheinische Post , October 11, 2011; Retrieved July 12, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Leinung, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leinung, Fritz (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic priest
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Emmerich (today: Emmerich am Rhein )
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2015
Place of death Kleve