Johannes Wolff (pastor)
Johannes Emil Karl Wolff (born August 1, 1884 in Lachem ; died February 28, 1977 in Hanover ) was a German Protestant theologian.
Life and work
Johannes Wolff's father was a superintendent , his mother came from a pastor's family. He attended grammar school in Verden and studied theology in Erlangen, Leipzig and Göttingen. In 1909 Wolff began as an inspector (home manager) and assistant teacher at the high school in Hann. Münden , moved in the following year 1910 to Harburg as an assistant chaplain and from 1910 to 1913 as pastor to Quickborn . From 1913 to 1923 he was head of the Pestalozzi Foundation in Burgwedel . From 1923 to 1960 he was Paul Oehlker's successor as head of the Stephansstift in Hanover-Kleefeld . During the time of National Socialism , the deacons trained there were brought up "in the sense of the National Socialist educational ideology".
From 1946 to 1950 he was also head of the state youth welfare office in Hanover. For many decades he was chairman of the General Welfare Education Day (AFET) .
Awards
- 1948: Honorary doctorate in theology from the University of Göttingen
- 1952: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1964: Great Cross of Merit of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit
- 1974: Lorenz Werthmann plaque from the German Caritas Association
literature
- Paul Schmidle (1964): Pastor D. Wolff 80 years old , in: Jugendwohl. Catholic Journal for Children and Youth Welfare 45 (9)
- Klee: Personenlexikon (2003), pp. 685-686
- Niedersachsen-Lexikon (1969), p. 425
- Peter Reinicke : Wolff, Johannes , in: Hugo Maier (ed.): Who is who of social work . Freiburg: Lambertus, 1998 ISBN 3-7841-1036-3 , p. 639
- Philipp Meyer: The pastors of the regional churches of Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippes since the Reformation , Vols. 1–3, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1941–1953.
- Board of Directors of the General Welfare Education Day (AFET) (Ed.): Education based on a Christian attitude: Festschrift for Pastor D. Johannes Wolff on his 70th birthday on Aug. 1, 1954 , Hanover 1954
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Reinicke, Wolff, Johannes , 1998
- ↑ Bundesanzeiger, vol. 4., number 105 of June 4, 1952, p. 1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolff, Johannes Emil Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laughter |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1977 |
| Place of death | Hanover |