Gertrud Osterloh

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Gertrud Osterloh (born May 18, 1910 in Lübeck as Gertrud Wilmanns; † October 25, 2012 in Wentorf near Hamburg ) was a Protestant theologian and from 1970 to 1971 President of the German Evangelical Church Congress in Augsburg .

Life

Gertrud Osterloh studied Protestant theology at the Bethel Church University . In 1943 she married Edo Osterloh (1909–1964), with whom she had six children, including their daughter Lerke , who was born in 1944 . From 1962 to 1968 Gertrud Osterloh worked as a publishing editor. From 1970 to 1977 she was a member of the Presidium of the German Evangelical Church Congress and from 1970 to 1971 its president.

literature

  • Brigitte Kaff:  Osterloh, Edo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 618 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Peter Zocher: Edo Osterloh - From theologian to the Christian politician. A case study on the relationship between theology and politics in the 20th century. AKiZ B 48. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007.

Web links

Commons : Gertrud Osterloh  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.ln-trauer.de/20881778
  2. Shadows by the sea. In: Der Spiegel. No. 10/1964 of March 4, 1964, pp. 21-22