Hans Encke

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Hans Encke (born January 12, 1896 in Potsdam , † August 2, 1976 in Cologne ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

Hans Encke was the oldest son of the garden architect Fritz Encke . He attended the Evangelical Lyceum and the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Cologne. He was confirmed by Carl Jatho . After graduating from high school , he fought as a soldier in World War I , including in Russia, where he was wounded and lost a leg. 1921 Beginning of the teaching vicariate with Pastor Nack. First sermon in the Antoniterkirche (Cologne) . Ordination in 1922 in Cologne. From 1923 hospital chaplain of the Evangelical Community of Cologne , later first full-time religion teacher at the municipal vocational school. Head of the Evangelical People's Youth Cologne in the Federation of German Youth Associations. From 1925 he was pastor at the Kreuzkapelle in Cologne-Riehl .

During the time of National Socialism , Encke was a shop steward for the Cologne Synod of the Confessing Church and was also briefly imprisoned in 1937. In 1935 he took part in the Confession Synods in Berlin-Dahlem and Berlin-Steglitz . In 1945 Encke was a co-founder of the Cologne CDU . In 1945 he was superintendent of the church district Cologne was, in this capacity from 1953 to 1955 managing director of Antoniter settlement mbH and 1951/1952 instrumental in involved that the sculpture The Floating of Ernst Barlach in the Antoniterkirche came. In 1964 he became the first city superintendent of the Evangelical City Church Association in Cologne.

Encke is u. a. was portrayed by Anton Räderscheidt . Hans Encke had six children: Hans, Klaus, Lene, Helga, Walter and Karin-Bettina Encke. He died in 1976 at the age of 80 and was buried in Cologne's southern cemetery.

Honors

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Irmtraud Schumacher: The earth rotates and we rotate with it. Pastor Dr. Dr. Helmut Hochstetter 1909–2009. (PDF; 1.2 MB) A portrait. (No longer available online.) May 2009, p. 16f , formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 18, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gnadenkirche-gl.de  
  2. ^ Adolf Klein: Cologne in the Third Reich: City History of the Years 1933-1945 . Greven, 1983, p. 195 books.google.de
  3. ^ Wilhelm Niemöller: The Prussian Synod at Dahlem . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997, ISBN 3-525-55532-6 , p. 245, books.google.de
  4. ^ Wilhelm Niemöller: The Synod of Steglitz . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997, ISBN 3-525-55524-5 , p. 376, books.google.de
  5. ↑ Otto Dann: Cologne after National Socialism . Peter Hammer Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-87294-177-1 , p. 215, books.google.de
  6. ↑ Individual confession. Woman listens . In: Der Spiegel . No. 51 , 1960, p. 44 ( online ). Quote: "Shepherd of the soul Schumann is the spokesman for those eleven pastors with whose help Superintendent Hans Encke wants to get the faithful of his church district officially to confess."
  7. ↑ 50 years of Antoniter Siedlungsgesellschaft mbH. (PDF; 1.8 MB) Festschrift. (No longer available online.) Ed .: Antoniter Siedlungsgesellschaft mbH (ASG), 2001, p. 29 , archived from the original on May 26, 2005 ; Retrieved June 18, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.antoniter.de
  8. ↑ Antje Löhr-Sieberg, Annette Scholl (ed.): Barlachs Engel. Voices to the Cologne floating. With the collaboration of Anselm Weyer. Greven Verlag, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-7743-0481-9 .
  9. ↑ burial place. In: findagrave.com. Accessed July 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Encke, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1976
Place of death Cologne