Hans Hoppe (Superintendent)

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Hans Hoppe (born July 17, 1887 in Hamburg , † January 15, 1959 in Celle ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Hans Hoppe was a son of the scientist Edmund Hoppe . After studying theology, he was ordained on April 27, 1913 in Hildesheim's Michaeliskirche and introduced there as a parish collaborator. He took up his first pastor's position in Elstorf in 1915 . In 1918 he became pastor at the Pauluskirche in Harburg , in 1922 at the Erlöserkirche in Freiburg im Breisgau . From 1927 to 1931 he was pastor in Ebstorf , from 1931 to 1955 first pastor at the town church of St. Marien and superintendent in Celle . Under his leadership, the pastors of the parish of Celle-Bedenbostel issued a majority declaration on April 20, 1934 in the presence of Regional Bishop Marahrens and high-ranking representatives of the regional church office, in which the church government of the Hanoverian regional church, which is dominated by the German Christians , and the principle of leadership that is asserted there was attacked. Shortly afterwards, Hoppe joined the confessional community . In a statement on the Stuttgart confession of guilt , he noted after the Second World War that it was fatal when representatives of the church made declarations of religious content for political reasons . Hoppe was one of the Hermannsburg Lutheran of conference, an association confessional faithful pastors who are against joining the Hanover regional church for EKD pronounced because it is an illegitimate Union saw.

In the time of National Socialism he distinguished himself by helping fellow Jews.

On September 1, 1955, Hoppe retired.

His son is the district court president Heinrich Hoppe .

literature

  • Ecclesiastical gazette for the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church Hanover , February 5, 1959 (obituary)
  • Mijndert Bertram: Christians, churches and parishes in Celle during the Nazi era - fragments of a picture . In: Manfred Leenders, Hans-Walter Schütte (ed.): Church in Celle. Contributions to church history . Celle 1992, pp. 157-182

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Gailus and Hartmut Lehmann: National Protestant Mentalities in Germany (1870-1970) , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, ISBN 978-3525358665 , p. 396 [1]
  2. ^ The Hermannsburg Missionary Institution and National Socialism p. 410
personal data
SURNAME Hoppe, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1959
Place of death Celle