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Ilse Junkermann born Meister (born May 31, 1957 in Dörzbach ) is a German Protestant theologian. On March 21, 2009 she was elected regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany and on August 29, 2009, she was introduced to the office in Magdeburg Cathedral . She was released from office on July 6, 2019.

Life

Ilse Junkermann studied Protestant theology in Tübingen and Göttingen . She was pastor in Horb am Neckar and Stuttgart . In 1994 she became the director of studies for pastoral theology and sermon teaching at the parish seminary in Stuttgart-Birkach . In 1997 Junkermann was elected senior church councilor of the Württemberg regional church . There she headed the department of theological training and pastoral service.

Outside of her job, Junkermann was involved in asylum and migrant work. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the International Martin Luther Foundation . In 2010 she called on Stasi victims and perpetrators to reconcile and not to condemn those responsible for repression.

She has a son from her first marriage and has been married to Michael Wolf for the second time since December 11, 2009.

Ilse Junkermann has been the anniversary ambassador of the v. Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel .

Junkermann's wish to remain in office for four years after the end of her term of office until reaching retirement age, which would be possible at the request of the regional church council, was rejected by the regional church council on November 22, 2017. Thus her term of office ended after ten years. From September 1, 2019, the Research Center for Church Practice in the GDR was set up for them at the University of Leipzig . The academic analysis of the particularities of church life in the GDR was limited to August 2023, six months before her retirement.

In addition, from 2009 to 2019 she was chairwoman of the Church Foundation for Art and Culture in the ecclesiastical province of Saxony .

Web links

Commons : Ilse Junkermann  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilse Junkermann in the Munzinger archive , accessed on January 25, 2012 ( beginning of article freely available)
  2. ^ Press release , accessed on March 21, 2009.
  3. ^ Press release , accessed on August 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ Angela Stoye: After ten years, State Bishop Ilse Junkermann was released. In: Glaube und Heimat , July 6, 2019, accessed on July 8, 2019.
  5. ^ Board of Trustees of the International Martin Luther Foundation
  6. ^ Stasi - Bishop Junkermann calls for reconciliation. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .
  7. ^ Bishop Ilse Junkermann | Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017 ; Retrieved April 25, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Bishop Ilse Junkermann is no longer allowed to remain in office. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung , November 23, 2017.
  9. ↑ [1] Church constitution of the EKM, Art. 66, election, introduction and termination of the service of the regional bishop and the regional bishops.
  10. ↑ evangelisch.de
predecessor Office successor
Christoph Kähler (Thuringia)
Axel Noack (Church Province of Saxony)		 Bishops of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
2009–2019 		Friedrich Kramer
personal data
SURNAME Junkermann, Ilse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meister, Ilse (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, elected regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Dörzbach