Hartmut Hegeler

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Hartmut Hegeler

Hartmut Hegeler (born June 11, 1946 in Bremen ) is a German Protestant pastor and author . Hegeler campaigns for the rehabilitation of the victims of the witch trials and also operates a website about Anton Praetorius (see web links ).

Life

Hegeler graduated from the Ratsgymnasium Bielefeld and then studied theology in Bethel , Marburg and Heidelberg. After completing his studies, he went to India as vicar of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . He then worked as a pastor of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia in Recklinghausen. From 1974 to 1976, Hegeler was sent to North Yemen as a project coordinator by Services in Übersee , a working group of the Evangelical Church in Germany .

From 1976 to 1982 Hegeler was parish pastor in the parish of Dortmund-Huckarde . He then worked as a parish priest in the Protestant church district of Unna and taught Protestant religious studies at the Märkischer Vocational College . Between 1999 and 2009, Hegeler was the district representative for Protestant religious instruction at vocational schools in the church district of Unna. Furthermore, he organized teacher training for religious teachers at the Pedagogical Institute Villigst and in the Evangelical Church District Unna. He has been retired since 2010. Hegeler lives in Unna .

Work on witch hunt and rehabilitation of victims of the witch trials

Since 2000, stimulated by questions from schoolgirls, Hegeler has been concerned with the subject of witch trials and the possible rehabilitation of victims who were convicted by secular courts (not by trials under canon law). In 2000 he founded the Witch Persecution Working Group in Westphalia , which was renamed the Witch Trials Working Group in 2005 .

As part of this working group, Hegeler developed numerous activities: He gives lectures in academies, adult education centers, schools and parishes, participates in exhibitions on the persecution of witches and the life of Anton Praetorius and organizes further training for teachers on the subject of witch persecution. Hegeler has presented numerous publications on these topics and his activities have attracted wide media coverage.

Many places have taken up his suggestion to commemorate Pastor Anton Praetorius , fighter against torture and the persecution of witches. Hegeler organized the Ecumenical Church Conference in Berlin 2003 and the Evangelical Church Conference in Hanover 2005, Cologne 2007, Dresden 2011 and Hamburg 2013, Stuttgart 2015, Berlin 2017, Dortmund 2019 as well as the Catholic Days Osnabrück 2008, Mannheim 2012, Regensburg 2014, and Münster 2018 together with the Friedrich-Spee-Gesellschaft Ratingen information stands.

At the second Ecumenical Church Congress in Munich in 2010 , Hegeler and the Witch Trials working group held a service in memory of the victims of the witch trials.

Historical research

For the history of his hometown Unna , Hegeler researches the introduction of the Reformation , the history of the Unna town church and the gravestones in the nave. Since 2020, Hegeler has been involved in organizing the series of lectures of the SGV and Heimatverein Unna.

Exhibitions

Publications (selection)

Books

  • Anton Praetorius, fighter against witch trials and torture. Unna 2002.
  • (with Stefan Wiltschko): Anton Praetorius and the 1st large barrel from Heidelberg. 2nd edition 2007, Verlag Traugott Bautz, ISBN 978-3-88309-405-2 .
  • Media package witch trials , secondary level I / II, audio book Hexenbuhle (CD) and reading, teaching materials student booklet and teacher volume, Unna.
  • Anton Praetorius and the "Witch". In: Exploring History. Elementary school general education. Erhard Friedrich Verlag, Seelze, Material 43 /, 2009.
  • Witch trials, the churches and guilt. History workshop Büdingen, 3rd edition Büdingen 2010.
  • (with Hetty Kemmerich): Hexengedenkstätten im Rheinland , Unna 2010. 978-3-940266-08-8
  • Witch monuments in Westphalia and Lippe , Unna 2010. ISBN 978-3-940266-07-1
  • (with Ursula Vaupel): Witch monuments in Hessen: memorial stones, memorial plaques for the victims of witch trials and witch persecution in Hessen , Unna 2011. ISBN 978-3940266-15-6

Essays

  • Anton Praetorius (1560-1613). In: Journal for Church History 114th Volume 2003, Issue 3, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, pp. 357–363.
  • The reformed pastor Anton Praetorius - fighter against witch trials and torture . In: J. Marius J. Lange van Ravenswaay, Herman J. Selderhuis (eds.): Reformed traces. Lectures of the fourth Emden conference on the history of Reformed Protestantism, volume 8. Wuppertal, Foedus 2004.
  • The Protestant Pastor Anton Praetorius . In: Renate Jost, Marcel Nieden (eds.): Hexenwahn, Eine theologische Selbstbesinnung. In: Theologische Akzente, publications of the Augustana University Neuendettelsau, Volume 5, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, pp. 153-173.
  • Anton Praetorius , in: Protestant Profiles in the Ruhr Area. Five hundred life pictures from five centuries. Edited by Michael Basse , Traugott Jähnichen , Harald Schroeter-Wittke . Hartmut Spenner Publishing House, Kamen 2009.
  • Anton Praetorius (1560–1613): There is nothing in God's word about torture. In: Christen an der Ruhr, Volume 4, 2010, pp. 14–24.
  • Witch memorials in Hessen. In: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association, Darmstadt / Kassel, Volume 61, 2010, pp. 323–385.

literature

  • Eva Mohr: This researcher decodes the secret of the werewolves , in: Bildzeitung, Bild Ruhrgebiet, August 2, 2010, p. 11.
  • Bernd Dörries: Witches don't do witches at all: How a Protestant pastor fights for the rehabilitation of medieval victims of justice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 2, 2011, p. 11.
  • Peter Kracht: Giving back the dignity - The retired pastor Hartmut Hegeler. In: Westfalium - Magazine for Society, Culture and Lifestyle, No. 43, Münster 2012, p. 48.
  • Guido Mingels: On-site visit: The bad conscience. In Cologne, a pastor pleads for the rehabilitation of an alleged witch. In: Der Spiegel, edition 8/2012, p. 67.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartmut Hegeler on the website www.anton-praetorius.de
  2. ↑ Mindener Tageblatt March 9, 2012, lecture Minden was a stronghold of witch hunts
  3. ^ WAZ April 30, 2013, lecture Heimatpfleger district Soest
  4. ^ Lippstadt, Der Patriot, May 3, 2013, lecture Heimatpfleger Kreis Soest
  5. ↑ see Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 2, 2011, p. 11
  6. ^ Dpa article Rehabilitation witches Cologne 2011
  7. ↑ Spiegel online: Germany Rehabilitates Its Persecuted 'Witches' 2011
  8. ^ WDR: Rehabilitation for Katharina Henot? Burned as a witch December 29, 2011 ( Memento from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Chrismon evangelisch.de on witch rehabilitation 2012
  10. ^ The Times. May 3 2019. David Crossland: German priest demands pardon for 25,000 executed 'witches'
  11. ↑ Irish Legal News Ltd. 7 May 2019: Retired pastor calls for pardons for witches executed in early modern Europe
  12. ^ Corriere della Sera. 5 maggio 2019. Paolo Valentino: LA STORIA. Katharina, Agnes e migliaia di altre: battaglia del pastore per le «streghe». Dopo cinque secoli, l'evangelico Hegeler contesta l'accusa di rapporti col diavolo.
  13. ↑ The world. May 2nd, 2019 Claudia Becker: For the victims of the witch craze. Ex-pastor Hartmut Hegeler tries to rehabilitate the persecuted. (Print version Panorama page 23)
  14. ↑ Český rozhlas. 05/12/2019 Německý farář žádá rehabilitaci pro desetitisíce upálených čarodějnic ( The German priest calls for the rehabilitation of tens of thousands of burned witches )
  15. ^ Deutsche Welle. June 11th 2019 David Crossland: Germany: Cleric battles to exonerate innocent 'witches'
  16. ↑ Berlino Magazine. 14.06.2019 Marta Miotto: In Germania un prete vuole scagionare le streghe
  17. ↑ Ev. Parish Laudenbach November 2nd, 2010
  18. ↑ Rev. Manuela Rimbach-Sator unveiled the plaque at Anton Praetorius House ( Memento of 12 November 2013, Internet Archive ), Allgemeine Zeitung
  19. ↑ Hellweger Anzeiger, Kamen May 15, 2019 Stephanie Tatenhorst: Torture still exists today: Commemoration of a hero of his time. Citizen application to Anton Praetorius
  20. ^ WAZ, What the "Kirchplatz Zukunft" from Westphalia shows at the Kirchentag: Witches rehabilitation , May 2, 2013
  21. ↑ In Unna the AK took part in the opportunities market on the occasion of the Westphalian Synod Jubilee of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia on June 18, 2011.
  22. ↑ Stadtspiegel Lokalkompass March 13, 2015, Jürgen Thoms: Hartmut Hegeler in the Nicolaihaus on the topic of the salt war and denominational struggle
  23. ↑ Stadtspiegel Lokalkompass March 10, 2018, Jürgen Thoms: Two retired pastors: Jürgen Düsberg and Hartmut Hegeler with an exciting lecture in the Nicolaihaus
  24. ↑ Hellweger Anzeiger Unna March 6, 2018, Anna Gemünd: Evangelische Stadtkirche Unna. Gravestones tell a story. Hartmut Hegeler and Jürgen Düsberg research history
  25. ↑ Hartmut Hegeler: These places are sacred, consecrated to the memory of holy men of God. The epitaph for Thomas Balthasar Davidis in the Evangelical City Church in Unna . In: Schöne Westfalen Jahrbuch 2020, pp. 112-117. ISBN 978-3-402-15826-5 .
  26. ↑ Hellweger Anzeiger Unna April 15, 2020, Anna Gemünd: The speaking stones of the Unna city church. Hartmut Hegeler and Jürgen Düsberg
  27. ↑ Dirk Becker: New team saves SGV lecture series in the Nicolaihaus , Hellweger Anzeiger, Unna. 02/15/2020
personal data
SURNAME Hegeler, Hartmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen