Gerhard Hultsch

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Gerhard Hultsch (born December 13, 1911 in Brieg ; † April 6, 1992 in Wertheim ) was a German pastor of the Protestant Church , high school teacher and church historian . After the Second World War he made a name for himself as an author, editor and publishing director, especially in the field of Silesian church history .

Life

From 1931 Hultsch studied Protestant theology , history and geography at the universities of Gießen , Rostock , Marburg , Berlin and Breslau . In 1935 he was in Berlin with a thesis on the nationality and languages in the Evangelical Church of Silesia from 1742 to the present to Dr. phil. PhD .

After the ordination in Breslau on November 25, 1938, Hultsch, who had joined the Confessing Church in Silesia, was appointed pastor in Nädlingen near Breslau on November 1, 1939 . However, he did military service in the Air Force from the outbreak of World War II until 1945 . In 1940 he was also in Berlin with a thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche and Luther to Dr. theol. PhD.

After the end of the war, Hultsch initially worked as the second pastor and lecturer at the seminary in Wittenberg . In 1947 he moved to the zones of occupation of the Western powers . In 1950 he became a religion teacher at a grammar school in Ulm . From 1955 he taught religion, history and geography in Bingen am Rhein as a student councilor (from 1965 as senior student councilor ) . In 1971 he took early retirement for health reasons and settled in Wertheim .

Act

Hultsch was instrumental in the reorganization of the Association for Silesian Church History in the young Federal Republic of Germany . Together with Hellmut Eberlein , he re-founded the Yearbook for Silesian Church History in 1953 , which was published in 1882 as a correspondence sheet for the Association for the History of Ev Church of Silesia was founded. Up to and including 1986, Hultsch remained active as co-editor or editor of the yearbook.

From 1952 Hultsch was cultural advisor for the community of Protestant Silesians and a member of the Church Congress of Protestant Silesians . From 1953 to 1967 he was also the chief editor of the Silesian God Friend . He initiated the expansion of the publishing house Unser Weg ( Lübeck ), which he headed from 1953 to 1982, and from 1952 to 1977 published the series The Evangelical Silesia for the Community of Evangelical Silesians , which was aimed at a wider audience.

In 1982 Hultsch was appointed honorary chairman of the Association for Silesian Church History . He was a member of the Historical Commission for Silesia , the board of directors of the Association for the History of Silesia , the extended board of the Silesian Cultural Works Foundation and the Gustav Freytag Society . In 1965 he was awarded the title of church council by the church leadership of the Evangelical Church of Silesia ( Görlitz ) and in 1969 the Silesian Landsmannschaft gave him the gold Silesian shield.

Publications (selection)

  • The question of nationalities and languages ​​in the Protestant Church of Silesia from 1742 to the present. , [Sl] 1937.
  • Friedrich Nietzsche and Luther. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1940.
  • Johann Heermann. The singer of sorrow and consolation. Publ. "Young Community", Stuttgart 1950.
  • Martin Luther. Germany's most powerful Christ witness. Verl. Junge Gemeinde, Stuttgart 1950.
  • August Hermann Francke. The father of the orphans. Verl. Junge Gemeinde, Stuttgart 1951.
  • Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling. Life under God's guidance. Publ. "Young Community", Stuttgart 1951.
  • (Ed.): Silesian Christmas Almanach. Evang. Central office, Goslar 1951.
  • (Ed.): Silesia sacra. Historical-statistical handbook on Protestant Silesia. Verl. Of the Silesian Evang. Central office, Düsseldorf 1953.
  • with Alfred Wiesenhütter: The Protestant Church Building in Silesia. From the Reformation to the present. 2nd Edition. Verl. D. Schles. Evangel. Central office, Düsseldorf 1954.
  • (Ed.): From the diaconal work in the Protestant Church of Silesia. Verl. D. Schles. Evangel. Central office, Ulm 1957.
  • Wulfila. The Bishop of the Teutons. Verl. Junge Gemeinde, Stuttgart 1957.
  • with Hellmut Eberlein: Silesian Church History. 4th edition. Our way, Ulm 1962.
  • The church and the mother tongue. "Our way", Ulm-Danube 1964.
  • Silesia. Oak leaf with d. Or as a rib. Landscape, history and Economic power d. former province. Federal min. f. Total German Questions, Bonn, Berlin 1965.
  • with Heinrich Gawel: Churches and parishes in the Oderland around Steinau. Verl. Our way, Düsseldorf 1972, ISBN 3-87836-221-8 .
  • Silesian village and town churches. Publ . "Our Way", Lübeck 1977, ISBN 3-87836-336-2 .
  • with Manfred Bunzel (ed.): The historical development of the Protestant burial system in Silesia during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Verl. "Our way", Lübeck 1981, ISBN 3-87836-342-7 .

Honors

literature

  • Dietrich Meyer , Ulrich Hutter (ed.): In the service of the Silesian Church. Festschrift for Gerhard Hultsch on his 75th birthday. Verlag "Unser Weg", Lübeck 1986, ISBN 3-87836-352-4 .
  • Hartmut Rudolph: Church in the new home. Pastoral care for displaced persons - political diakonia - the legacy of the Eastern Churches. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1985, ISBN 978-3-525-55712-9 , p.
  • Christian-Erdmann Schott : Obituary for KR Dr. Dr. Gerhard Hultsch . In: Yearbook for Silesian Church History 71, 1992, p. 250f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fifty Years of the Historical Commission for Silesia . In: Yearbook of the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau, Volume 17, 1972, list of members p. 414.
personal data
SURNAME Hultsch, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, high school teacher and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Brieg
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1992
Place of death Wertheim