Herbert Venske
Herbert Wilhelm Robert Venske (born December 7, 1908 in Stettin ; † January 28, 2001 in Worpswede ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and writer .
Life
Herbert Venske comes from a Pomeranian family (he was the uncle of the presenter Henning Venske ) and grew up in his native city of Stettin. He studied in Tübingen and Greifswald. After his ordination in Stettin on October 8, 1933, he took up his first pastor's position in Muttrin und Damen , Belgard district , in Pomerania . Venske came to West Germany by fleeing at the end of the war, returning home and then being expelled . There he was again active as a pastor in the transitional hospital in Munsterlager , in 1947 in Datteln Westfalen , 1948 in Solingen , 1961 in Bremen-Lesum and 1967 in the municipality of Bremen Switzerland. When he retired in 1968, he turned to his writing activities.
While on the run, temporarily housed in the Swinoujscie parsonage, Venske experienced a severe Anglo-American air raid . The house received a direct hit. He was buried and after five hours he was the only one recovered seriously injured. His wife Gertraud, his almost four-year-old son, five relatives and numerous other refugees were all killed. In 1946 he married again. This marriage remained childless.
As co-author (selection)
- Fritz Rienecker: Lexicon to the Bible . R. Brockhaus, 1st edition 1998, ISBN 3-417-24678-4
- Theodor Schieder u. a .: Documentation of the expulsion of Germans from East Central Europe . Publisher: Federal Ministry for Expellees, Refugees and War Victims 1954ff .; again Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , 1984 a. ö. ISBN 3-423-03270-7 ; last in 1994
- Herbert Rister: Historical and regional literature of Pomerania 1971-1976 . JG Herder Institute, 1979, ISBN 3-87969-154-1
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer ; Eberhard Bethge (theologian) Ed .: Conspiracy and imprisonment 1940-1945 . Chr. Kaiser, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-579-01886-8
literature
- Bremer Pfarrerbuch Volume 2, Verlag HM Hauschild Bremen, 1996, ISBN 3-929902-96-6
- Daily newspaper '' Weser-Kurier '' from October 12, 1983
- Official Journal of the Pomeranian Protestant Church , issue 3–7 / 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laws, ordinances, etc. Announcements, Bremen Evangelical Church (PDF; 78 kB), published by the Church Committee, year 2001, Bremen, April 30, 2001, No. 1, accessed in June 2011
- ↑ Report ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the documentation of the expulsion of Germans from East-Central Europe
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Venske, Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Venske, Herbert Wilhelm Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2001 |
| Place of death | Worpswede |