Hans Preuss

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Hans Preuss (born September 3, 1876 in Leipzig , † May 12, 1951 in Erlangen ) was a Lutheran theologian and professor at the University of Erlangen .

Life

Hans Preuss, the son of a teacher, attended the Nikolaischule in his hometown and the grammar school in Freiberg from 1887 to 1896 . He then studied in Leipzig and Halle and in 1901 submitted a dissertation to Erich Marcks on Luther's writing principle . In 1906 he closed the theol. Licentiate with a treatise on Martin Luther and his ideas about the Antichrist . This was followed by teaching at the Leipzig Thomasschule (1901), at the secondary school in Glauchau (1901-03) and from Easter to Michaelis 1903 at the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig. From 1903 to 1905 he was an inspector at the student residence in Vienna . Then he was employed as a teacher at the grammar school in Zwickau . From Easter 1906 to Michaelmas 1914 he was again a teacher at the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig. He was then appointed as an associate professor for church history in Erlangen, in 1919 appointed personal professor of Hermann Jordan and in 1923 as his successor to the chair of church history and in the seminar for Christian archeology . From the winter semester 1922/23 to the summer semester 1923 he was rector of the University of Erlangen .

As early as 1923 Preuss organized a commemoration for Leo Schlageter in Erlangen. In 1932 and in the Reichstag election in March 1933 , he called for the election of Hitler. During the book burning in May 1933, Preuss was actively involved alongside Helmut Weigel on Erlanger Schlossplatz and on October 20 and 27, 1933, published an essay "Luther and Hitler" in the "Allgemeine Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirchenzeitung" (AELKZ): They are both Leader and destined for the salvation of the people. But Preuss never joined the NSDAP and did not belong to the German Christians . In 1945 he was dismissed and in 1947 the US occupation forces described him as unworthy of a new teaching position. The University of Erlangen imposed a lifelong house ban. Classified only as a fellow traveler, he was rehabilitated in 1949.

Fonts (selection)

  • The development of the writing principle with Luther up to the Leipzig disputation. Shown in connection with Luther's position in relation to the other theological authorities of his time . Leipzig 1901.
  • The ideas of the Antichrist in the later Middle Ages, with Luther and in denominational polemics . Leipzig 1906.
  • Otto Kirn : Grundriss der theologische Ethik , 3rd edition Leipzig 1912 (after the death of the author. Ed. V. Hans Preuß)
  • German Luther Letters Leipzig 1912.
  • Our Luther, an anniversary edition of the General Evangelical Lutheran Conference . Leipzig 1917.
  • Lutheranism around 1530 in words and pictures. A commemorative publication for the 400th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession . Berlin 1930.
  • Martin Luther as an artist . Gütersloh 1931.
  • Martin Luther The Prophet . Publishing house C. Bertelsmann Gütersloh 1933.
  • Martin Luther and Hitler. As an addition: Luther and the women . Neuendettelsau 1933.
  • From the catacombs to the signs of the times. The Church's path through two millennia . Rothenburg ob der Tauber 1936 (2nd edition 1960)
  • Miniatures from my life . Gütersloh 1938.
  • John in the centuries. Gütersloh 1939.
  • Luther to the Germans from 1946. A renewal of his message four hundred years after his death, mostly designed in his own words and applied to the present , Munich 1946

literature

  • Alfred Wendehorst : History of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993 . Munich 1993.
  • Hartmut Lehmann : Hans Preuss 1933 on "Luther and Hitler". In: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte 12 (1999), pp. 287–296; reprinted in: Protestant Christianity in the process of secularization , Göttingen 2001, p. 52 ff. ( digitized version ).
  • Hanns Christof Brennecke : Between Lutheranism and nationalism. Church history in Erlangen . In: Helmut Neuhaus (Hrsg.): History in Erlangen (= Erlanger Studies on History, Vol. 8). Erlangen / Jena 2000, pp. 227-268.
  • Irene Dingel : Instrumentalization of History. National Socialism and Luther's Interpretation using the example of the Erlangen church historian Hans Preuß. In: Stefan Ehrenpreis u. a. (Ed.): Ways of the Modern Age. Festschrift for Heinz Schilling on his 65th birthday (= historical research 85). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, pp. 269-284.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Weinmeister: The teaching staff of the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium during the first 25 years of its existence (1902-1907) , in: Twenty-five anniversary of the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig 1927 , Edelmann, Leipzig 1927, p. 7
  2. ^ Günter Brakelmann: Hitler and Luther 1933 in Bochum . In: Günter Brakelmann / Peter Burkowski (eds.): In the footsteps of contemporary church history: Festschrift for Helmut Geck on his 75th birthday . Lit, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8258-1526-4 , pp. 222 f .

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personal data
SURNAME Preuss, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Preuss, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1951
Place of death gain