Johannes Schlingensiepen

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Johannes Schlingensiepen, 3rd person from the left (1934)

Johannes Schlingensiepen (born January 17, 1898 in Barmen ; † February 6, 1980 in Bonn ) was a German Protestant theologian and active in the church struggle during the National Socialist era .

Life

Johannes Schlingensiepen studied Protestant theology in Tübingen , Halle and Bonn after his deployment in the First World War . After the first exam in 1922, he became the Rhenish state warden and advisor for work abroad for the Evangelical Student Biblical Circle , received his ordination in 1924 and in 1930 became a pastor at the Unterbarmer main church . There he played a leading role in building up the Confessing Church . He belonged to the Rhenish Brother Council , was head of the training office of the Confessing Church and took part in Confession Synods of the German Evangelical Church in Berlin-Dahlem in 1934, Augsburg in 1935 and Bad Oeynhausen in 1936. He has been arrested several times for his activities.

On May 15, 1945, Johannes Schlingensiepen formed the provisional management of the Ev. Together with Joachim Beckmann (executive chairman), Heinrich Held , Rudolf Harney , Karl Mensing , Helmut Rößler and the general superintendent Ernst Stoltenhoff . Church of the Rhine Province . In 1946 he became superintendent in Barmen and shortly thereafter senior church councilor . From 1948 to 1968 he was a member and training officer of the new church leadership of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland , and in 1957 he became theological conductor .

From 1966 onwards, Schlingensiepen was President of the Rhenish Mission and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Church University of Wuppertal . He was also the first chairman of the Evangelisches Jugenddienstverlag , from which the Peter Hammer Verlag emerged on July 18, 1966 with an entry in the Wuppertal register of associations , whereby Schlingensiepen u. a. was a founding member together with Hermann Schulz and Johannes Rau .

family

Johannes Schlingensiepen's parents were the manufacturer Hermann Schlingensiepen († 1922) and his wife Maria geb. Stein († 1920). He had an older sister Maria (married Tappenbeck), and a brother, the Protestant theologian Hermann Schlingensiepen (1896–1980).

Honors

In 1976 Schlingensiepen received the ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal . In Wuppertal, Johannes-Schlingensiepen-Strasse is also named after him. The University of Bonn awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1958 .

Fonts (selection)

  • with Udo Smidt & Friedrich Schramm: Hermann Ehlers , youth service, Wuppertal 1955
  • Boy watch. A sheet of Protestant youth , Wuppertal-Barmen approx. 1956–1962 (later: Motive. Protestant school magazine , from 1965)
  • with Heinrich Giesen, Manfred Müller, Adam Weyer and Jürgen Schroer: Ideology and Christian Faith , Series: The Conversation Book 40, Youth Service, Wuppertal 1962
  • Resistance and Hidden Guilt: Memories of the Struggle of the Confessing Church in Barmen . Youth Service, Wuppertal 1976 (2nd edition 1977)

literature

  • Joachim Beckmann (Ed.): Festschrift for Johannes Schlingensiepen. For the 70th birthday . Wuppertal 1968

Web links

Commons : Johannes Schlingensiepen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Responsibility for the Church: Stenographic Notes (page 692) by Hans Meiser, Hannelore Braun, Carsten Nicolaisen - 1985 , accessed May 2008
  2. ^ Association for Rhenish Church History ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed May 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.verein-fuer-rheinische-kirchengeschichte.de
  3. ↑ The Peter Hammer Verlag - A Wuppertal Story  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 527 kB), accessed May 2008@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / exil-club.de  
  4. ↑ List of winners of the ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal ( Memento from February 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Werner-Steinbach.de, accessed May 2008
  5. ↑ Minutes of the public meeting of the Heckinghausen district council on February 11, 2003  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed May 2008@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wuppertal.de  
personal data
SURNAME Schlingensiepen, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1980
Place of death Bonn