Gerhard Tolzien

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Gerhard Wilhelm Helmut Adolf Theodor Tolzien (born February 14, 1870 in Klaber ; † February 28, 1946 in Malchin , born Basedow (Mecklenburg) ) was a Lutheran theologian , people's missionary and the only regional bishop of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .

life and work

Gerhard Tolzien was a younger son of the pastor Wilhelm Tolzien (1830–1899) and his wife Klara Karoline Charlotte Henriette Johanna, geb. Kliefoth (* 1843), a daughter of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin church council president D. Theodor Kliefoth .

After his studies, which Tolzien in Leipzig and Rostock graduated, he became in 1897 first preacher with his father in Klaber . He then worked as an assistant preacher in Neustadt in 1898 and in Zweedorf in 1899 , until he took over his first pastor in Grevesmühlen in 1900 .

As early as 1905 he moved to Pinnow (near Schwerin) as a parish priest and in 1911 was appointed cathedral preacher in Schwerin .

In 1916 Tolzien took over the office of state superintendent and consistorial councilor in Neustrelitz . When the church constitution of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz regional church came into force in 1920 , Tolzien became senior church councilor and a year later regional bishop of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz regional church.

In 1919 Tolzien was made an honorary doctor of the theological faculty of the University of Rostock .

He held the office of bishop for twelve years until he was ousted in 1933 because of his critical stance towards National Socialist (church) politics and thus remained the only regional bishop of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His managing or authorized successor was Johannes Heepe , with the title provost from October 1933 until the reunification of the two Mecklenburg Free States and regional churches in early 1934.

The patron saint of the Church of Basedow , Count Hahn , used his right of presentation to enable Tolzien to be appointed to Basedow. Here he worked as a pastor from 1933 until his death in 1946.

Gerhard Tolzien became famous in the wider area through his numerous sermon books, which he wrote during the First World War and which, like his later works, were widely distributed.

Tolzien had been married to Martha (1880–1972), a daughter of the Schwerin superintendent Paul Bard (1839–1927) , since 1901 . He had four children, including the journalist and writer Gerd Tolzien (1902-1992).

Grave of the Tolzien couple in Basedow

Selected works

  • The Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , 1904
  • At this time of yours! Sermons , 1914
  • The child lying in the crib. Sermon , 1914
  • The tragedy in the emperor's life , 1915
  • War sermons in Schwerin Cathedral , 1915–1919
  • World War I and the Living God , 1916
  • The unhappy holy war , 1916
  • The Beatitudes in War , 1917
  • State and Church. A time lecture , 1919
  • Biblical Studies , Parts 1 and 2, 1923
  • 100 time sermons on the evangelical lessons , 3 volumes
  • The Lord's Passion in 30 Time Sermons
  • The world history in short tabular form
  • Community evenings. A collection of popular lectures , 4 volumes
  • Theological revision course , 2 volumes, 1923/31
  • O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! Forty Old Testament Time Sermons , 1933
  • Chronicle of the parish of Zweedorf and Nostorf ; Manuscript, 2 volumes (not finished)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entry of Gerhard Tolzien's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Tolzien, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tolzien, Gerhard Wilhelm Helmut Adolf Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian, people's missionary and regional bishop of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Klaber
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1946
Place of death Malchin