Hans-Christian Drömann

Hans-Christian Drömann (born May 31, 1932 in Hildesheim ; † June 19, 2018 there ) was a Lutheran theologian and state superintendent for the Lüneburg district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover and abbot of the Amelungsborn monastery .

Live and act

From 1951 Hans-Christian Drömann studied theology and church music at the universities of Heidelberg , Erlangen , Tübingen and Göttingen . In 1956 he passed the first theological exam and became vicar in the Protestant student community in Göttingen .

From 1957 to 1959 Drömann attended the St. Michaelis seminary in Hildesheim and after the second theological exam took over the pastoral position of the Evangelical Lutheran parish in Brüggen (Leine) . In 1962 he received his doctorate in theology.

In 1971 Drömann became pastor of the Bockenem parish and superintendent of the Bockenem parish . In 1988 Drömann was appointed regional superintendent for the Lüneburg district of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover . He held this office until his retirement in 1997. His successor was Hans-Hermann Jantzen .

From 1996 to 2002 Hans-Christian Drömann was the 57th abbot of the Amelungsborn monastery . He last lived in Hildesheim, his hometown.

Other functions

Drömann exercised numerous sideline jobs, including a .:

Chairman of the Lower Saxony Church Choir Association
President of the Association of Protestant Church Choirs in Germany
Chairman of the Standing Conference for Church Music of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
Evangelical chairman of the working group for ecumenical songs (1998–2001; member since 1979)

Publications

Drömann is the author or (co-) editor of various publications on hymnology and liturgy, in particular on the Evangelical hymnal .

literature

Thomas Krüger, Carola Wolf, Udo Hahn (eds.): Who is where in the Protestant Church? People and functions . Frankfurt am Main, 1999, ISBN 3-932194-29-2

Web links

Literature by and about Hans-Christian Drömann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Former state superintendent Drömann died. In: NDR 1 Lower Saxony . June 20, 2018, archived from the original on June 20, 2018 ; accessed on June 22, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Drömann, Hans-Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lutheran theologian, state superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH	19th June 2018
Place of death	Hildesheim

[1] Former state superintendent Drömann died. In: NDR 1 Lower Saxony . June 20, 2018, archived from the original on June 20, 2018 ; accessed on June 22, 2018 .