Hansjörg Eichmeyer

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Hansjörg Eichmeyer (born January 4, 1940 in Vöcklabruck ; † May 12, 2019 ) was an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian .

Life

Hansjörg Eichmeyer studied Protestant theology at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau . In 1968 he became pastor in Attersee am Attersee and in 1974 at the Friedenskirche in Vöcklabruck , where his father had already been pastor. Member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church AB and the General Synod of the Evangelical Church A. u. HB became Eichmeyer in 1980.

In 1985 Hansjörg Eichmeyer was elected deputy to Superintendent Herwig Karzel of the Evangelical Superintendent of Upper Austria , until he was elected superintendent himself in 1990 as his successor. The opening of the Protestant Diocesan Museum in Rutzenmoos in 2000, the construction of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer student dormitory in Linz and the restructuring of the Protestant educational institute all took place during his term of office . In the field of ecumenism, he worked closely with the Roman Catholic Bishop Maximilian Aichern . Eichmeyer was also a member of the board of trustees of the Diakoniewerk Gallneukirchen and the hospice movement . In 2005 Gerold Lehner succeeded him as Upper Austrian Superintendent.

Hansjörg Eichmeyer was the father of five children and was married to Ulrike Eichmeyer-Schmid for the second time. He died in 2019 at the age of 80.

Fonts

  • Help in the spirit of Christ . In: Günther Hartl (Ed.): A Path to the Heart - 15 Years of ORF Peace Light . Trauner, Linz 2000, ISBN 3-85487-168-6 , pp. 21-22
  • Dissension and temptation of Moses and Aarons Church - plea in favor of the option for the poor from the perspective of the Protestant Church AB In: Severin J. Lederhilger (Ed.): God or Mammon. Christian ethics and the religion of money . Lang, Frankfurt am Main, Vienna et al. 2001, ISBN 3-631-37324-4 , pp. 207-212
  • “Falling in the spokes of the wheel”. Dietrich Bonhoeffer . Person and work. In: Franz Eichinger (ed.): Learning to believe in a mature world . Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85073-014-X , pp. 13–24
  • Stefan Fadinger. Upper Austrian Protestantism as reflected in literature . In: Michael Bünker , Karl W. Schwarz (Ed.): Protestantism & Literature. A cultural studies dialogue . Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85073-301-4 , pp. 95–116

Awards and honors

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal for the Evangelical Church in Austria . 8th piece, year 2005, pp. 22-23
  2. ↑ Hansjörg Eichmeyer: Former superintendent was a pastor with body and soul. In: OÖNachrichten. May 13, 2019, accessed May 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ http://www.linz.at/presse/archiv/001127.htm , accessed on January 22, 2011
  4. ^ Province of Upper Austria: Great Golden Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria for Superintendent Mag. Hansjörg Eichmeyer. In: land-oberoesterreich.gv.at. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
  5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  6. ↑ http://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/salzkammergut/art71,399497 , accessed on January 22, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Eichmeyer, Hansjörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Vöcklabruck
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 2019