Hans Matthießen

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Hans Eduard Christian Matthießen (born December 21, 1895 in Farnewinkel ( Meldorf parish ), † June 6, 1975 Lübeck ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and state superintendent for Lauenburg , based in Ratzeburg .

Professional background

After his ordination in 1923, Matthießen first became provincial vicar and later pastor in Odenbüll on Nordstrand .

In 1928 he went to Sant'Ilario near Genoa as a seaman's pastor . After his return to Germany in 1934 he was appointed to the pastorate in Sahms .

From 1944 to 1959 he was state superintendent for Lauenburg and at the same time pastor at St. Petri-Ratzeburg .

Matthießen, who had been with the “ German Christians ” in the early 1930s and now bitterly regretted his “sins”, was one of the “eleven personalities of different backgrounds” who called for the elections for the provost synods and the provisional synod in June 1945 signed. Under his chairmanship, the provisional "Lauenburg Synod" met on July 18, 1945, at which the repeal of all laws and measures of the National Socialists was demanded. Matthießen offered to resign, but was held in office by the Lauenburg Synod.

The first years of his tenure as state superintendent were characterized by the church and diaconal care of the refugees who had flown into the district area and their integration into the existing parishes. For this, Matthießen received an honorary theological doctorate in Kiel.

On July 13, 1952, Matthießen inaugurated the "Swedish Church" in Grünhof-Tesperhude ( Geesthacht ), which was built from Swedish donations . It was named St. Thomas Church after the large altar painting by the Swedish painter Gerda Höglund, which shows the disciple Thomas before the risen Christ.

Honors

  • Honorary theological doctorate from the Faculty of Theology in Kiel

See also

literature

  • Hermann Augustin (Ed.): Country, hear the word of the Lord. Ev.-luth. Church and churches in the Duchy of Lauenburg , Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1984, p. 320 f.
  • Friedrich Hammer : Directory of the pastors of the Schleswig-Holstein regional church 1864–1976 , Neumünster: Wachholtz undated , p. 244.
  • Kurt Jürgensen : The hour of the church. The Ev.-Luth. State Church of Schleswig-Holstein in the first years after the Second World War , Neumünster: Wachholtz 1976.
  • Kurt Jürgensen: In memory of Dr. theol. Hans Matthießen, state superintendent from 1944 to 1959, and at his time , in: ders. (Ed.): The Church in the Duchy of Lauenburg. Contributions to their past and present , Neumünster: Wachholtz 1994, pp. 108–129.
  • Eckardt Opitz (Ed.): Biografisches Lexikon Herzogtum Lauenburg , Husum 2015, p. 278 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgensen 1976, pp. 42 f., 179, 233, 245.
  2. ↑ Augustin 1984, p. 321.
  3. ↑ See: Marion Josephin Wetzel: The integration of refugees in evangelical parishes: The example of Schleswig-Holstein after 1945 (Kiel studies on folklore and cultural history) , Münster: Waxmann 2009.
  4. ↑ Augustin 1984, p. 320.
  5. ↑ See Gerda Höglund in the Swedish Wikipedia
  6. ^ History
predecessor Office successor
Johannes Lange State superintendent of the
Lauenburg district of the
Ev.-Luth. Lutheran Church in Schleswig-Holstein
1944 - 1959 		Ernst Fischer
personal data
SURNAME Matthießen, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthießen, Hans Eduard Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and state superintendent for Lauenburg, based in Ratzeburg
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Farnewinkel ( Meldorf parish )
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1975
Place of death Lübeck