Jiří Otter

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Jiří Otter (born July 31, 1919 in Pilsen ; † February 2, 2018 in Prague ) was a Czech Protestant theologian , pastor and church councilor of the Church of the Bohemian Brethren .

Live and act

Otter studied Protestant theology and was ordained pastor of the Church of the Bohemian Brethren. During the time of the occupation of Czechoslovakia , as a Bohemian patriot , he had to reckon with observation and persecution. In 1944 and 1945 he was interned in camps of the German occupiers , about which he published an experience report in 2009.

After the liberation of the Nazi tyranny he put a church historical dissertation on the history of Hussite ago and became a doctor of theology doctorate . After a time as a parish priest and senior , he was appointed church council in 1972 and coordinated the relations of his church with its partners in the ecumenical movement . This included contacts with the Gustav-Adolf-Werk of the EKD , with which a continuous exchange and mutual visits were organized. Otter received numerous tour groups in Prague , to whom he introduced the history of the Hussites and parish life in the Brethren Church.

Jiří Otter was a member of the Christian Peace Conference , at whose 1st All-Christian Peace Assembly he was involved in 1961 in Prague.

On his 90th birthday, Otter was awarded the “Golden Heart for Europe” by the Friends of the German-Czech Understanding.

Fonts

  • Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brothers in CSR , ed. by the Synodal Council of the ECCB in Prague by the ENA Church Publishing House, ENA Church Publishing House, Prague 1991.
  • The lot of the German-Czech neighborhood. Eman Verlag, Heršpice [Herspitz] 1994.
  • The German-Czech togetherness. From the bright sides of the common history. Mariánské Lázně [Marienbad] 1998.
  • Five tours through Prague on the trail of the Bohemian Reformation , Kalich Verlag, Prague 2002, ISBN 80-7017-565-6
  • Behind bars and barbed wire - also a little different , Prague 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.gaw-wue.de/aktuelles/freundesbriefe/sep-09.html
  2. ^ The report on the trip from June 3rd to 10th, 2002 to Prague and Bohemia. Archived from the original on September 20, 2005 ; accessed on April 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Laudation for Mr. ThDr. Jirí Josef Otter. In: Golden Heart for Europe. Retrieved April 15, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Otter, Jiří
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech Evangelical Church Council
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Pilsen
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 2018
Place of death Prague