Günther van Norden

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Günther van Norden (born October 24, 1928 in Cologne ; † November 21, 2018 in Bonn - Mehlem ) was a German church historian .

Van Norden studied history and German at the University of Cologne , where he received his doctorate in 1956. He taught in Wuppertal from 1961 to 1993. First, he was a lecturer at the Department of Wuppertal University of Teacher Education Rhineland and later newly established at the 1972 Comprehensive University of Wuppertal .

His main research interests were contemporary ecclesiastical history and the history of the Confessing Church and its opponents.

Fonts

  • God's word is promise and demand. Essays on contemporary church history. Evangelical Publishing House, Leipzig 2018.
  • Between religion and nation. The path of a Cologne merchant from monarchy through democracy to dictatorship. CMZ, Rheinbach 2012.
  • Friedrich Langensiepen. A life in Germany between rectory and prison 1897 to 1975. Kreuz, Stuttgart 2006.
  • Political church struggle. The Rhenish Provincial Church 1934–1939. Habelt, Bonn 2003.
  • The Third Reich in the classroom. Hirschgraben, Frankfurt am Main 1970, 4th revised edition 1981.
  • Church in crisis. The position of the Evangelical Church in relation to the National Socialist State in 1933. Press Association of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, Düsseldorf 1963.

literature

  • Volkmar Wittmütz : Prof. Dr. Günther van Norden (1928–2018). In: History in Wuppertal. Volume 28 (2019), pp. 116–118.
  • Volkmar Wittmütz: Günther van Norden (1928–2018). In: Yearbook for Protestant Church History of the Rhineland. Vol. 68 (2019), pp. 391-396.

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personal data
SURNAME North, Günther van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2018
Place of death Bonn - Mehlem