Horst Dietrich Schlemm

Horst Dietrich Schlemm (born April 9, 1919 in Spenge ; † November 24, 2011 ) was a German Lutheran clergyman and trombonist.

Life

Schlemm was born the fourth son of a pastor in the Westphalian regional church . He grew up partly in Wernigerode , where his father later got a pastor's position. After studying theology, he was ordained on April 14, 1953 in Brinkum , where he was introduced as a pastor in 1954. In 1962 he became pastor of the parish in Nice- Upstedt. On October 1st, 1984 he retired, which he spent in Lippoldsberg on the Weser.

Schlemm made particular contributions to the trumpet work of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover . During his studies from 1945 to 1953 there were first activities with the Göttingen Trumpet Mission, which he co-founded. As a pastor in Nette, he was part-time trombone attendant for the Hildesheim district of the Hanover regional church. In this function he supervised more than 100 trombone choirs and led the selection choir of the Sprengels. After his retirement he took over the direction of the Oberweser Trombone Choir. Schlemm wrote numerous works on the history of evangelical trombone work, which were published in six volumes from 1989 to 2002.

Works

• Nice, Umstedt, Söder in transition (Nice 1984)
• GPM: Göttingen Trumpet Mission (Lippoldsberg 1986)
• Contributions to the history of Protestant trombone work (6 volumes, Gütersloh 1989–2002)

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Schlemm's estate is in the State Church Archives Hanover (holdings N 140).

literature

• Hans-Jürgen Lange: "His praise resounds in the trumpet". The history of trombone work in the Hanoverian regional church . Munster 1999.

Web links

• Literature by and about Horst Dietrich Schlemm in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary on the website of the Förderverein Posaunenwerk Hannover
• Obituary of the Evangelical Trumpet Service in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ecclesiastical gazette for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover 1/2012, p. 39