Gerhard Bosinski (theologian)

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Gerhard (Ernst) Bosinski (born October 22, 1911 in Hammer (Netzekreis) , † April 12, 1985 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Gerhard Bosinski grew up in Mecklenburg . He studied theology at the University of Rostock . In 1937 he passed his first ecclesiastical exam and began a vicariate in Gadebusch . He had contacts with the Confessing Church and in 1936 refused to take his second ecclesiastical examination in Mecklenburg because of the proximity of the Mecklenburg regional church to the German Christians . He passed the exam in Hanover. But it was not recognized by the Mecklenburg regional church, so that he was not given a pastor's position. In 1936 he was appointed vicar to manage the parish of Woosten . Because of his critical attitude towards the church leadership, this position was terminated in 1939 and a further position in the Mecklenburg regional church was excluded, so that he and his wife and two children were faced with poverty. The evacuation of the apartment, which was also terminated, was prevented by his conscription to the Wehrmacht , in which he served as a soldier and later as a military pastor.

After the Second World War he became a cathedral preacher at Güstrow Cathedral , where he was primarily involved in youth work, which earned him the distrust of the GDR authorities. However, he was able to continue his career in the church and in 1959 became state superintendent of the Stargard parish in Neustrelitz . In 1967 he was at the Theological Faculty of the University of Rostock with the work The literature Joachim Slüters Dr. theol. PhD .

In 1968 he was appointed director of the Internal Mission and Aid Organization, which was merged in 1975 in the EKD's Diaconal Work . In 1976 Gerhard Bosinski retired and was succeeded by Ernst Petzold .

Gerhard Bosinski and his wife Ilse Bosinski had eight children. His eldest son is the prehistorian Gerhard Bosinski , his youngest son the sex medicine specialist Hartmut Bosinski . Ilse Bosinski wrote down her experiences at the side of her husband in the autobiography Bitter or Suss .

Fonts

  • Cathedral of the North. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1954. 2nd edition 1963.
  • Handbook for the Evangelical Church Hymnal. Volume 1, part 1: Anhalt, Mecklenburg. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1956.
  • Mien Cathedral. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1970. 6th edition 1986.
  • The literature of the Rostock reformer Joachim Slüter. Dissertation. Theological faculty of the University of Rostock 1967. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1971, ISBN 3-525-55332-3 .
  • Güstrow and its churches. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1980. 2nd edition 1982.

Editing

  • The employee. Information for the specialist areas of diakonia. Ed. Inner Mission and Aid Organization of the Evangelical Churches in the GDR. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1973.
  • Ready to answer. Missionary-diaconal work of the evangelicals. State and Free Churches in the GDR. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1977.
  • Paul Toaspern, Gottfried Wolff: Silence before God. Ed. Inner Mission and Aid Organization of the Evangelical Churches in the GDR. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1977.
  • with Paul Toaspern: Whoever wants to serve me. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1978. 2nd edition 1981.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Place of death in question: West Berlin or East Berlin ?
  2. ↑ Registration of Gerhard Bosinski in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ↑ Ingolf Hübner: The Way of Diakonie in the GDR , point 2.3, p. 21 (PDF file; 82 kB)
  4. ↑ Journey to the old home  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on wendisch-waren.de@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wendisch-waren.de  
  5. ↑ Karin Mußfeldt: Brief review ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Wendisch Waren / Woosten cultural and homeland association @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wendisch-waren.de
personal data
SURNAME Bosinski, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bosinski, Gerhard Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammer (network circle)
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1985
Place of death Berlin