Hanns-Joachim Wollstadt
Hanns-Joachim Wollstadt (born February 6, 1929 in Mollwitz , Brieg district, † March 4, 1991 in Görlitz ) was Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia .
Life
Wollstadt grew up as the son of a pastor in Görlitz, studied theology in Berlin , Bethel and Heidelberg and became a pastor in Jänkendorf / Ullersdorf. From 1960 to 1965 he was pastor provincial for Inner Mission . In August 1965, he received his doctorate at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig Dr. theol. In the same year he was appointed head of the Martinshof Brothers and Nursing House in Rothenburg / Oberlausitz, a diaconal institution of the Görlitz Church, and at the same time head of the Diaconal work of the regional church. Wollstadt was a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in the GDR and a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church of the Union (EKU). From 1970 to 1976 he was Vice President of the EKU Synod.
On October 1, 1979, he was introduced to the Evangelical Church of Görlitz as the successor to Bishop Hans-Joachim Fränkel and on October 13, 1979 in the Görlitz Peterskirche by the chairman of the GDR Church Federation, Albrecht Schönherr . When Fränkel, who was working as an IM for the State Security Service of the GDR, tried to involve Wollstadt in intelligence contacts, the latter turned to the church leadership in Berlin. He prayed to it during church leadership meetings, thus publicly deconspiring and becoming unusable as an IM. In 1985 Wollstadt retired. He was succeeded by Bishop Joachim Rogge .
Fonts
- Orderly service in the Christian community, represented by the ways of life of the Moravian Brethren in their beginnings . Dissertation, Göttingen 1966
- The therapeutic significance of Christian ways of life for the mentally handicapped. Reflections and experiences . In: Theological Trials 12 (1981), pp. 181-199
literature
- Hans-Wilhelm Pietz: Freedom to serve. A reminder on the 80th birthday of Bishop Dr. Hanns-Joachim Wollstadt (PDF; 1.4 MB). In: Schlesischer Gottesfreund, February 2009, p. 34
- Roger Sitter, Ehrhart Neubert: Wollstadt, Hanns-Joachim . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Besier: Church politics: In the clutches of the Stasi . Focus 43/1995 of October 23, 1995.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hans-Joachim Frankel |
Bishop of the Ev. Church of the Görlitz church area 1979–1985 |
Joachim Rogge |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wollstadt, Hanns-Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, bishop of the Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mollwitz , Brieg district |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4th 1991 |
| Place of death | Goerlitz |