Gert Wendelborn

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In conversation with party friends: (from left to right) Siegfried Metzner, Dieter Klemm, Gert Wendelborn
Gert Wendelborn with West German visitors in the Stralsund shipyard

Gert Wendelborn (born July 13, 1935 in Rostock ; full name: Gert Günther Joachim Wendelborn ) is a German Protestant - Lutheran theologian and former politician ( CDU of the GDR ).

Life

Gert Wendelborn, from a shipyard worker family, became a member of the FDJ in 1949 and studied theology at the University of Rostock from 1953 to 1958 . After a doctorate in Rostock (1964) and habilitation at the University of Jena (1969), he was a professor for ecumenical church history and applied theology from 1969 to 1977, and from 1977 adjunct professor for ecumenics and new church history at the Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität Rostock. His appointment in 1969 took place without the participation of the Rostock Theological Faculty "in a unilateral act by the Ministry" and was "a nasty surprise" for the Faculty. In the summer of 1989 he became full professor of church history, contrary to the proposal of the faculty; In 1992 he was dismissed by an honorary commission after his Stasi work had been checked.

Wendelborn was a member of the Christian Peace Conference (CFK) and worked in the first All-Christian Peace Assembly (ACFV) convened by it in  1961 and in the II. ACFV in 1964 in Prague .

He has published academic papers on Joachim von Fiore (1974), Franziskus von Assisi (1977), Martin Luther (1983) and Bernhard von Clairvaux (1993).

politics

He had been a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in the GDR since 1962, and later a member of the main board of the CDU.

Wendelborn was a member of the district assembly , then a member of the Volkskammer of the GDR in the 7th electoral term (1976–1981) , 8th electoral term (1981–1986) and 9th electoral term (1986–1990) ; he was no longer a member of the 10th electoral term in 1990 after the first free election . Since 1981 he was a member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the People's Chamber.

He was the district vice-chairman of the National Front . In addition to his involvement in the World Peace Council , he was Vice President of the Peace Council of the GDR , of which he had been a member since 1966.

Unofficial employee of the State Security

Wendelborn signed a declaration of commitment on August 12, 1959 and from 1960 was run by the Ministry for State Security as IMS Heinz Graf . Until 1989 he reported regularly and in detail, according to the church historian Gert Haendler, “without any consideration” about the CDU and fellow faculty.

Honors

Fonts

  • Gert Wendelborn: God and History. Joachim von Fiore and the hope of Christianity ; Leipzig: Koehler and Amelang, 1974; Vienna, Cologne: Böhlau, 1974; ISBN 3-20500-516-3
  • Gert Wendelborn: Francis of Assisi. A historical account ; Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1982 2 ; ISBN 3-20500-525-2
  • Gert Wendelborn: Martin Luther. Life and reformatory work ; Berlin: Union Verlag, 1983; Vienna, Cologne, Graz: Böhlau, 1983; ISBN 3-20500-542-2
  • Gerhard Brendler, Katharina Flügel, Gert Wendelborn: history and shape ; Berlin: Bvu Buchverlag Union 1989 2 ; ISBN 3-37200-086-2
  • Friedrich-Martin Balzer , Gert Wendelborn: Miscommunication on the history of German Protestantism. Against the current. Marburg: Verlag Arbeit und Gesellschaft, 1990; ISBN 3-89419-018-3
  • Gert Wendelborn: Bernhard von Clairvaux. A great Cistercian in the first half of the 12th century ; Frankfurt am Main u. a .: Lang, 1993; ISBN 3-63145-557-7
  • Friedrich-Martin Balzer, Gert Wendelborn: We are not mute dogs. Heinz Kappes (1893–1988). Christian and socialist in the Weimar Republic ; Bonn: Pahl-Rugenstein, 1994; ISBN 3-89144-197-5
  • Gert Wendelborn: Christianity and Socialism. As theology professor in the GDR , ed. by Friedrich-Martin Balzer, Bonn 2010, 198 pages, ISBN 978-3-89144-428-3

literature

  • Friedrich-Martin Balzer [Hrsg.]: Gert Wendelborn for beginners and advanced . Contains u. a. "Martin Luther. Life and Reformation Works ”and a complete bibliography with around 500 titles. CD-ROM. Bonn 2005
  • Ernst-Rüdiger Kiesow : Theologians in the socialist university. Personal memories and documents 1965–1991. Historical Institute of the University, Rostock 2000. ISBN 3-86009-184-0
  • Friedemann Stengel: The theological faculties in the GDR as a problem of church and university policy of the SED state up to their transformation into sections in 1970/71. Leipzig 1998. 824 pages. ISBN 3-374-01708-8

Web links

Commons : Gert Wendelborn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entry of Gert Wendelborn's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Gert Haendler, in: Heinrich Holze [Hrsg.]: The theological faculty Rostock under two dictatorships. Studies in History 1933–1989; Festschrift for Gert Haendler on his 80th birthday. [Rostock theological studies; 13]. LIT Verlag, Berlin, Hamburg, Münster 2004. ISBN 978-3-8258-6887-1 . P. 223.
  3. ↑ Gert Wendelborn: Why I, as a conscious Christian, liked to live and work in the GDR , accessed on October 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ Secretariat of the Christian Peace Conference [ed.]: ... and Peace on Earth . Prague 1961; International Secretariat of the Christian Peace Conference [Ed.]: My covenant is life and peace (Mal.2,5). Documents and materials from the 2nd All-Christian Peace Assembly in Prague, June 28 to July 3, 1964, Prague 1964.
  5. ↑ Jens Langer: Review of: Friedrich-Martin Balzer, Christian Stappenbeck [Hrsg.]: You have affirmed the right to revolution. Christians in the GDR. A contribution to 50 years of the “Darmstädter Wort” (Pahl-Rugenstein, Bonn 1997). In: Utopia Kreativ. Discussion of socialist alternatives 88 (1998), pp. 94–95 ( digitized version , pdf; 115 kB), accessed on October 26, 2009.
  6. ↑ Clemens Vollnhals : The church policy of the SED and state security: an interim balance. Analyzes and documents 7; Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, 1996; ISBN 9783861531227 ; P. 282 note 100.
  7. ^ Gert Haendler, in: Heinrich Holze [Hrsg.]: The theological faculty Rostock under two dictatorships. Studies in History 1933–1989; Festschrift for Gert Haendler on his 80th birthday. [Rostock theological studies; 13]. LIT Verlag, Berlin, Hamburg, Münster 2004. ISBN 978-3-8258-6887-1 . P. 205.
  8. ^ Friedrich Martin Balzer: Publications , friedrich-martin-balzer.de, accessed on October 26, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Wendelborn, Gert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendelborn, Gert Günther Joachim (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, theologian and politician (CDU of the GDR)
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock