Hermann Barnikol

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August Hermann Barnikol (born December 27, 1890 in Barmen , today in Wuppertal , † 1952 ) was a German Protestant theologian and pastor in Jülich .

Life

Hermann Barnikol was the son of a car manufacturer from Barmen and was initially trained at a school in his hometown. Like his younger brother Ernst Barnikol , he studied Protestant theology and received his doctorate in 1925 at the University of Bonn with the dissertation Calvin's teaching of the unfree will and its relationship to the teaching of the other reformers and Augustine .

From 1920 Barnikol was pastor in Jülich. In 1933 he first became a member of the German Christians , but of the moderate so-called Elberfeld direction . He later revised his attitude towards National Socialism . In his sermons he dared bold sentences. During the pogrom night from November 9th to 10th, Pastor Barnikol, who lived in the vicinity of the Jülich synagogue , which was inaugurated in 1862 , was the initiator of the only public protest against the desecration of the synagogue. From then on, the pastor's family was exposed to pressure and threats from the National Socialists. The family lived in constant fear that the father might be picked up. This was also the case in 1942, when Barnikol was taken into Gestapo custody for a few days in neighboring Aachen .

In 1946 Barnikol he became superintendent of the Jülich church district . He had to give up the office again in 1948 because of his poor health. He also held the parish office in Inden until 1952 , when he took early retirement.

family

Hermann Barnikol was married to his wife Hildegard and had five children. The son Hanns-Christoph (1931-2013) also became a Protestant pastor, the son Horst-Martin (* 1934) a theology professor.

Honors / awards

Sixty years later, the city of Jülich named a street after the theologian to honor his “courageous step”.

literature

  • Wolfgang Gunia: Memory of Hermann Barnikol. In: The Citadel. Announcements from the Citadel of the City of Jülich High School Issue 35, 2006, p. 109 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ekir / Barmen - Wuppertal Church District. In: evangelisch-wuppertal.de. www.evangelisch-wuppertal.de, accessed on November 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Aachener Zeitung: Jülich: Traveling exhibition accompanies the commemoration of the Reichspogromnacht . In: Aachener Zeitung . ( aachener-zeitung.de ).
  3. ^ Hermann Barnikol: Calvin's teaching of the unfree will and its relationship to the teaching of the other reformers and Augustine ... Heusersche Buchdruckerei (J. Meincke), 1927 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ^ Entry in the DNB.
personal data
SURNAME Barnikol, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnikol, August Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH 1952