Gustav Reingrabner

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Gustav Reingrabner (born October 4, 1936 in Vienna ) is an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian . From 1975 to 1994 he was Superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of A. B. Burgenland . From 1986 to 2005 he taught canon law at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna . As a scientist, Reingrabner specializes in the history of Protestantism in Austria. He is also interested in evolutionary developments in cultural goods and publishes regularly in conference proceedings on cultural ethology .

Life

Gustav Reingrabner's family came from Zurndorf in Burgenland . Reingrabner went to school in his native Vienna and then studied Protestant theology at the University of Vienna . From 1960 to 1963 he was vicar at the Gustav Adolf Church in the Gumpendorf district of Vienna .

When Hans Gamauf was elected superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of A. B. Burgenland in 1962, Gustav Reingrabner took over his pastor in the Burgenland community of Großpetersdorf . From 1964 to 1973 he also worked as a youth pastor for the Evangelical Lutheran congregations in Burgenland. He taught Protestant religion at several high schools, including the Evangelical Upper School High School in Oberschützen , the Commercial Academy in Oberwart and the Upper School High School in Güssing . In addition, there were teaching assignments at the Oberschützen branch of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz . In 1973 he published his dissertation on the subject of nobility and the Reformation .

As the elected successor to Hans Gamauf, Gustav Reingrabner took up the post of Superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of Burgenland on October 1, 1975. Reingrabner ended his work as Superintendent of Burgenland in 1994. Gertraud Knoll was his successor in this office . In 1986 , Reingrabner completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna, where he was appointed chair of canon law in 1990 - as successor to Albert Stein . After his retirement in 2005, the Institute for Canon Law and Protestant Church Order was dissolved. Reingrabner was a project manager for research into the sermons critical of the National Socialism by Arnold Köster .

Awards

Fonts

  • Previous times. From the history of the Protestant parish of Großpetersdorf. Presbytery d. Evang. Parish AB Großpetersdorf, Großpetersdorf 1970.
  • From the history of the Protestant church and community in Kukmirn. Presbytery of the Evangelical Parish AB Kukmirn, Kukmirn 1977.
  • Protestantism in Lower Austria (= Scientific Series Lower Austria 27 History, Art, Literature and Music ). Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, Sankt Pölten et al. 1977, ISBN 3-85326-518-9 .
  • Evangelical in Burgenland. 200 years of tolerance patent. Evangelical Superintendential Congregation AB Burgenland, Eisenstadt 1981.
  • Protestants in Austria. History and documentation. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1981, ISBN 3-205-07140-9 .
  • From the power of the gospel. Events and people from the history of Austrian Protestantism. Martin Luther Verlag and others, Erlangen 1986, ISBN 3-87513-049-9 .
  • Evangelical faith. An invitation. Evangelical Federation in Austria, Vienna 1988 (2nd, improved and expanded edition, ibid 1997).
  • as editor with Karl Schwarz: Source texts on Austrian Protestant church history between 1918 and 1945. Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-85073-205-3 .
  • as editor: Between gentlemen and farmers. Bourgeois life in the Waldviertel 1500–1700. Berger, Horn 1990.
  • On the way to life. Evangelical Press Association, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85073-046-8 .
  • Evangelicals in Austria. On the proportion of Protestants in Austrian culture and history. Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85073-675-X .
  • Stations in history. On the cultural history of some places in the area of ​​the lower Kamp. G. Reingrabner, Vienna 1998 (private print).
  • “When there was an argument about religion ...” Reformation and Catholic renewal in the Waldviertel 1500–1660. Höbarthmuseum, Horn 2000.
  • Evangelical! Yesterday and Today of a Church (= publication of the Lower Austrian State Museum. NF Bd. 437). Lower Austrian State Museum, St. Pölten 2002, ISBN 3-85460-204-9 .
  • Accompanying text. In: Johann Georg Bruckner: What is human life? Memories of a master shoemaker from Oberschützen. 1828-1909. Edited and edited by Edith Schedl. Edition lex liszt 12, Oberwart 2005, ISBN 3-901757-42-2 .
  • About faith and freedom. A small legal history of the Protestants in Austria and their church (= writings on state church law. Vol. 35). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-631-56429-5 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Frank: Religious life in Burgenland. In: Herbert Dachs et al. (Hrsg.): History of the Austrian federal states since 1945. Volume 5: Roland Widder (Hrsg.): Burgenland (= series of publications of the research institute for political-historical studies of the Dr.-Wilfried-Haslauer-Bibliothek, Salzburg. Vol. 6). Böhlau, Wien et al. 2000, ISBN 3-205-98786-1 , pp. 137–178, here p. 160.
  2. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Reingrabner, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna