Heinrich Giesen
Heinrich Giesen (born September 10, 1910 in Barmen , † October 12, 1972 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian.
Giesen was shaped by the Confessing Church . He was first a student pastor in Cologne and Aachen before he became general secretary of the German Evangelical Church Congress in 1950 . He had a major impact on ten church days. In 1961 he took over the management of the Berlin City Mission and the office of Commissioner for Mission in Berlin. He founded the minute devotions in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church . His devotional books ( be quiet for five minutes, etc.) appeared in large numbers and in various foreign languages.
He became known to a wide audience as a regular speaker for the ARD program Das Wort zum Sonntag . His son Traugott Giesen also became a pastor.
literature
- Hans-Georg Filker (Ed.): Please, come to the point: Heinrich Giesen and the Berlin City Mission . Neukirchen-Vluyn 1992
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Giesen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Finding aid from the estate of Pastor Heinrich Giesen in the archive of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Individual evidence
- ↑ See speakers since 1954 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giesen, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1972 |
| Place of death | Berlin |