Langenburg church district

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The Evangelical Church District Langenburg was a church district or deanery of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . With effect from January 1, 1976, the Langenburg church district was merged with the neighboring Blaufelden church district . The three parishes of Altenberg, Haßfelden and Obersteinbach were incorporated into the Schwäbisch Hall church district.

history

Before 1803, the area of ​​the deanery or church district of Langenburg belonged to the historical Hohenlohe landscape . Their princes from the Hohenlohe family were divided into several lines. The Reformation was introduced in the entire area by the sovereigns by 1556. Langenburg was one of the Hohenlohe residential cities, which also became the seat of a superintendent in 1579. The General Consistory for Hohenlohe was in Öhringen. After Hohenlohe passed to Württemberg , Langenburg became the seat of a Württemberg dean's office in 1807. The associated upper office was initially located in Blaufelden, and from 1811 in Gerabronn. In 1822, the Langenburg deanery was temporarily dissolved and its parishes were divided between the Blaufelden and Ingelfingen deaneries. However, it was rebuilt on December 3, 1828. In the course of its history, the Langenburg dean's office was partially occupied only temporarily. From 1807 it belonged to the Generalate Schwäbisch Hall , after its dissolution it came to the Generalate Heilbronn, from which today's Prelature Heilbronn emerged . By church law of November 28, 1974, the two deaneries or church districts Blaufelden and Langenburg were merged into one church district with effect from January 1, 1976. By ordinance of May 2, 1975, it was named Blaufelden Church District . The parishes of Altenberg, Haßfelden and Obersteinbach were reclassified to the Schwäbisch Hall parish with effect from January 1, 1976.

Deans of the church district Langenburg

  • 1807–1822 Gottlob Gebhard Mehring; Hohenlohe superintendent in Langenburg since 1800
  • 1822–1845 Gebhard Mehring jun. (from Belsenberg); until 1828 only parish priest
  • 1846–1853 Ferdinand Gottlob Jakob Müller (from Winnenden)
  • 1853–1871 Carl Friedrich Ludwig Raiffeisen (von Waldenburg)
  • 1872–1882 Oskar Schwarzkopf (from Aalen)
  • 1883–1890 Theodor Herzog (from Esslingen)
  • 1891–1908 Rudolf Günther (from Stuttgart)
  • 1910–1917 Otmar Schönhut (from Grab)
  • 1917–1930 Friedrich Pfäfflin (from Mühlhausen)
  • 1931–1935 Albert Borst (from Jungholzhausen)
  • 1935–1943 Alfred Brecht (von Maienfels)
  • 1943–1955 Rudolf Bendel (from Wittendorf)
  • 1955–1961 Paul Rohleder (from Obersteinach)
  • 1962–1974 Max Duncker (von Belsen)

Parishes

Before it merged with the church district of Blaufelden, the Langenburg church district comprised the following 17 parishes :

Altenberg, Bächlingen, Billingsbach, Dünsbach, Gaggstatt, Haßfelden (was only reclassified from the Schwäbisch Hall church district by an announcement of August 15, 1934), Herrentierbach, Kirchberg an der Jagst, Langenburg, Lendsiedel, Michelbach an der Heide, Obersteinbach, Riedbach, Ruppertshofen , Schmalfelden, Schrozberg and Unterregenbach (from 1831, previously part of the Künzelsau dean's office).

They belonged to the political cities and communities of Blaufelden , Gerabronn , Ilshofen , Kirchberg an der Jagst , Langenburg , Schrozberg and Wolpertshausen .

literature

  • The Evangelical Württemberg - Its church offices and clergy from the Reformation to the present, collected and edited by Christian Sigel, pastor in Gebersheim, 1910
  • The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg - official description according to districts and municipalities (in eight volumes); Edited by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Department; Volume IV: Stuttgart District - Regional Associations Franconia and East Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1