Church district Ravensburg
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| Regional Church : | Evangelical Church in Württemberg |
| Prelature : | Ulm |
| Structure: | 28 parishes |
| Parishioners: | 59,478 (2018) |
| Address of the Dean's Office : |
Marienplatz 3 88212 Ravensburg |
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Dean Codekan: |
Friedrich Slowly Gottfried Claß |
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The Evangelical Church District Ravensburg is one of 44 church districts or church districts of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Its area is congruent with the deanery Ravensburg. Between 1992 and 2003 there were two deanery districts within the Ravensburg church district, Friedrichshafen and Ravensburg, each with a dean at the top. On October 31, 2003 the Friedrichshafen deanery was repealed. Since then, a Codekan has been based in Friedrichshafen. The Dean in Ravensburg has delegated his visitation tasks in the Friedrichshafen area to the Codekan.
geography
The Ravensburg church district is located in the extreme south of the Württemberg regional church. Along with the church district of Biberach, it is the largest church district in the Württemberg regional church. Its parishes include most of the Ravensburg district (the cities and communities of Aichstetten , Aitrach , Amtzell , Argenbühl , Bad Waldsee , Bad Wurzach , Baienfurt , Baindt , Berg , Bergatreute , Bodnegg , Fronreute (only district of Blitzenreute), Grünkraut , Isny im Allgäu , Kißlegg , Leutkirch im Allgäu , Ravensburg , Schlier , Vogt , Waldburg , Wangen im Allgäu , Weingarten , Wilhelmsdorf , Wolfegg and Wolpertswende ) as well as the east of the Lake Constance district (the cities and communities Eriskirch , Friedrichshafen , Kressbronn am Bodensee , Langenargen , Meckenbeuren , Neukirch , Oberteuringen and Tettnang ), as well as the community of Tannheim , the districts of Mühlhausen and Oberessendorf of the community of Eberhardzell and the districts of Ellwangen and Haslach of the community of Rot an der Rot in the district of Biberach .
Neighboring church districts
The church district of Ravensburg borders in the north on the church district Biberach (Prelature Ulm), in the east and southeast on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria , in the south on Lake Constance and in the west it has a border with the Evangelical Church in Baden .
history
In contrast to most of the deaneries of the Württemberg regional church, which were established soon after the Reformation, the Ravensburg church district was re-established in the 19th century. The area of today's church district of Ravensburg is predominantly Catholic, because it belonged predominantly to Upper Austria and to smaller aristocratic and monastic lords that did not carry out any Reformation. Protestant residents only moved here since the 19th century and increasingly after the Second World War. However, some imperial cities had been wholly or partially Protestant since the Reformation. In the imperial city of Isny - the center of the Reformation in the Allgäu - the influx of Catholics was even forbidden until 1803. The Reformation was introduced in Wangen and Ravensburg, but was later wholly or partially reversed. Wangen then remained completely Catholic until 1810, and denominational parity prevailed in Ravensburg for centuries . The imperial city of Leutkirch became Protestant with the Reformation, but a minority that remained Catholic and the Catholic Christians in the immediate vicinity were still able to use the large parish church, while the Protestant citizens built their own new church.
Almost all areas of the deanery came to Württemberg in the years 1803–1810 and were initially assigned to the deanery Blaubeuren, and from 1810 to the deanery Biberach. In 1810 Ravensburg became the seat of a senior office . In 1829, Ravensburg became the provisional seat of a dean within the Biberach deanery, which was called "Upper Sprengel of the Biberach Diocese". The pastor in Ravensburg was appointed dean. In 1843 the deanery in Ravensburg was finally established. The Protestant parishes of the entire surrounding area were assigned to him. It has belonged to the Ulm Generalate since its foundation, from which today's Prelature Ulm emerged in 1924 .
A special feature of the Ravensburg church district is the Evangelical Brethren Community of Wilhelmsdorf, an independent Protestant community founded by Pietists, which, however, has signed a contract with the Evangelical Church in Württemberg, according to which regional church members in Wilhelmsdorf also have the respective pastor of the brothers' community in accordance with their place of residence pastoral care, even if they are not themselves a member of the Brethren Congregation. The Wilhelmsdorf Brothers Congregation is a subsidiary of the Evangelical Brothers Congregation Korntal .
Head of the church district
The church district is managed by the district synod , the church district committee (KBA) and the dean . The current dean has been Dr. Friedrich Slowly, who is also the executive pastor of the Ravensburg parish.
Deans of the Ravensburg church district since 1829
- 1829–1842: Johann Martin Kutter (1763–1843); city pastor in Ravensburg since 1819
- 1843–1862: Johann August Beigel
- 1862–1872: Moritz Ernst Eggel
- 1872–1896: Wilhelm Max Theodor von Biberstein
- 1897–1908: Gotthold Felician Knapp (1848–1908)
- 1908–1913: Friedrich Fischer (1853–1933)
- 1913–1927: Karl Fauser
- 1927–1937: Hermann Ströle (1878–1950)
- 1937–1945: Eugen Kommerell
- 1946–1961: Gerhard Schnaufer
- 1962–1977: Johannes Maisch (1910–1985)
- 1978–1991: Gerhard Döffinger (1929–2001)
- 1991–1997: Jan-Adolf Bühner (* 1948)
- 1997-2008: Jochen Tolk (* 1943)
- since July 2009: Friedrich Langsam (* 1956)
Deans of the Deanery Friedrichshafen (1992–2003) or Codekane of the Ravensburg church district in Friedrichshafen (since 2004):
- 1992–2003: Werner Müller-Bay (* 1940), Dean
- 2004–2012: Ulrich Lange (1960–2012), Codekan
- since 2013: Gottfried Claß (* 1954), Codekan
School dean Frank Eberhardt is responsible for the supervision and supervision of religious education in general and vocational schools.
Church music
District cantor is church music director Michael Bender , who has been cantor and organist at the Evangelical City Church in Ravensburg since 1989. Church music director Sönke Wittnebel, who has been cantor and organist at the Schlosskirche Friedrichshafen since 1992, also has a regional mandate.
Church district institutions
The Diakonisches Werk Oberschwaben Allgäu Bodensee operates advice centers and day-care centers for children. The youth work in the district is coordinated and accompanied by the Evangelical Youth Service Ravensburg (ejw). Adult education is promoted by the Evangelical Educational Organization Oberschwaben (EBO), which is operated together with the church district of Biberach . Also together with the church district of Biberach, the evangelical advice for. Day care centers operated.
The administration of the church district is in the evangelical administration center area Ev. Church district Ravensburg settled. It also performs the tasks of an ecclesiastical administration office (the regional church) for the district and the administration of the Diakonisches Werk as well as the church maintenance authorities in Ravensburg, Weingarten and Baienfurt-Baindt. The administrative center has been in Weingarten since it was set up.
The move of the administrative center, the educational center, the kindergarten specialist advice and the advice centers of the Diakonisches Werk to the specially built house of the Evangelical Church in downtown Ravensburg is planned for autumn 2020 .
Parishes
There are a total of 28 parishes in the Ravensburg church district. Seven parishes have merged to form two total parishes, but remain independent bodies under public law. The area of the church district of Ravensburg is traditionally Catholic. Only the former imperial city of Isny and partly the former equal imperial cities of Ravensburg and Leutkirch are evangelical from historical times . The other evangelical communities did not emerge until the 19th century. The number of parish members is given in brackets after the name of the parish.
Ailingen parish
The parish of Ailingen (1,579 members) comprises the districts of Ailingen and Ettenkirch (excluding Habratsweiler, Hirschlatt, Lindenholz and Waltenweiler, which are now part of the Meckenbeuren parish) of the city of Friedrichshafen. Both places remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents who initially belonged to the parishes of Friedrichshafen and Tettnang have also moved in since the 20th century. A chapel was built in Ailingen in 1937 and a Protestant church of its own in 1949. The independent parish of Ailingen was formed by the announcement of the upper church council on July 21, 1952 after the Ministry of Education recognized the new parish as a public corporation in a letter of June 5, 1952. From the parish of Friedrichshafen, it comprised the former parish of Ailingen with all associated hamlets and Hirschlatt (parish of Ettenkirch) and from the parish of Tettnang the hamlets of Lindenholz and Waltenweiler of the parish of Ettenkirch and the hamlet of Holzreute of the then parish of Kehlen. In 1972 Ailingen became its own parish. The main town of Ettenkirch with some associated hamlets belonged to the parish of Meckenbeuren until 1974 and were only assigned to the parish of Ailingen through the announcement of the upper church council on December 6, 1974.
The congregation usually does not celebrate services in its tiny church (90 seats), but in the worship room (around 380 seats) of the Protestant community center built next door in 1972.
Aitrach parish
The parish of Aitrach (1,087 members) comprises the parishes of Aitrach and Aichstetten (with the district Altmannshofen), the district of Hauerz of the city of Bad Wurzach (all district of Ravensburg) as well as the community of Tannheim and the district of Haslach of the community of Rot an der Rot in the district of Biberach. The district of Ellwangen in the Rot an der Rot parish belongs to the Bad Wurzach parish, the main town of Rot an der Rot and the Spindelwag district to the Erolzheim-Rot parish in the Biberach parish. The Aitrach area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that in 1895 a parish hall could be built in what is now the Aitrach district of Marstetten. A permanent parish administration was established there in 1949 and a branch parish of Leutkirch was also established at that time. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 10, 1951, this was separated from the mother parish of Leutkirch and raised to the status of an independent parish of Marstetten. The Protestant residents of some of the surrounding villages and hamlets were also assigned to it, namely: Rupprechts with Bruis, Martinshof, Sailerle and Zimmermartin (all belonging to Dietmanns; today Bad Wurzach), Ottmannshofen with Bernhard (all belonging to Wuchzenhofen; today Leutkirch) and to then to the parish of Biberach (parish of Rot an der Rot) belonging places Haslach with Hauerz, Buch, Samgraben and Unterhalden (all Hauerz; today Bad Wurzach) as well as Boschen and Senden (belonging to Spindelwag; today Erolzheim-Rot).
In 1974 the parish administration was moved from Marstetten to Aitrach. By the announcement of the upper church council on December 2, 1975, the parish of Marstetten was renamed “Parish Aitrach” and the parish office Marstetten and the parish administration Marstetten into “Pfarramt Aitrach” and “Pfarrverweserei Aitrach” respectively. In 1990 the Catholic parish of Aichstetten donated the St. Wolfgang Chapel on the outskirts of Aichstetten to the Evangelical parish of Aitrach . Since then, it has been the place of preaching of the Evangelical Church Community of Aitrach next to the parish hall in Tannheim and the parish hall in Aitrach.
Until 1965, the Protestant residents of Boschen and Senden were also part of the Marstetten parish. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on December 17, 1965, these were reclassified to the church district of Biberach and assigned to the parish of Rot an der Rot. Until 1975, the Protestant residents of Hofs and the Ottmannshofen and Spitalriedhöe residential areas also belonged to the Marstetten parish. With effect from January 1, 1975, these were assigned to the parish of Leutkirch.
Parish Alttann
The parish Alttann (913 members) includes the parish Wolfegg, with its associated hamlets, including Alttann and the parish Bergatreute as well as the Eintürnen district of the city of Bad Wurzach. The Wolfegg area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Since the 19th century, Protestant residents have also moved in, so that from 1922–1925 in the valley of the Wolfegger Ach in Alttann, called “Höll”, a separate Protestant church with a school could be built. In 1965 a vicariate and later its own parish was established there.
Parish of Atzenweiler-Vogt
The parish of Atzenweiler-Vogt (2,006 members) includes the parish of Grünkraut with the associated hamlets, including Atzenweiler and the parishes of Bodnegg (excluding Hinterberg and Schmitten, which were assigned to the parish of Wangen in 1961), Waldburg and Vogt. Until 1920 the hamlet of Hinzistobel also belonged to the parish of Atzenweiler. By announcement of the consistory of April 21, 1920 this was assigned to the parish of Ravensburg. Until 1964, today's Wangen district of Karsee also belonged to the parish of Vogt. By announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13, 1964, Karsee was assigned to the parish of Wangen im Allgäu. Until 1975 the Protestant residents of Ittenbeuren and Knollengraben (both city of Ravensburg) belonged to the parish of Atzenweiler, before they were assigned to the parish of Ravensburg according to the announcement of the upper church council of February 13, 1975.
The room remained Catholic after the Reformation. In the 19th century, Protestant residents also moved in, so that in 1898 a separate parish was established in the Grünkrauter district of Atzenweiler. A schoolhouse with a prayer room was built there as early as 1884. In 1899 a branch parish was set up in Vogt and the Christ Church was built there in 1901. However, the pastor of Atzenweiler remained responsible. Paul Knapp , pacifist and founder of the German Peace Party, was parish administrator from 1908 to 1911 and then pastor in Atzenweiler until 1949. After the Second World War, the two communities grew strongly due to refugees and immigrants from other parts of Germany. A parish hall was built in Vogt in 1972 and a rectory in 1994. In 2003, the parish of Vogt received a permanent parish office for the first time.
In 2018, the parishes of Atzenweiler (1,288 members) and Vogt (718 members) decided to merge on January 1, 2019. The Sunday services in Atzenweiler and Vogt already took place a few years before the merger at alternating times of the week in a double service by the pastors of Atzenweiler and Vogt.
Parish of Bad Waldsee
The parish of Bad Waldsee (3,005 members) comprises the town of Bad Waldsee with its districts of Gaisbeuren, Haisterkirch, Michelwinnaden, Mittelurbach and Reute as well as the districts of Mühlhausen and Oberessendorf of the municipality of Eberhardzell in the Biberach district. The Bad Waldsee area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that in 1887 a parish administration was established. In 1889 its own church was built, and in 1904 Waldsee became its own parish. In 1974 the community got its own community center. With effect from December 6, 1993 the parish of Waldsee was renamed "Parish of Bad Waldsee". Today there are two parish offices in the Bad Waldsee parish, they are named I and II.
Parish Bad Wurzach
The parish of Bad Wurzach (1,191 members) includes the city of Bad Wurzach with its districts Arnach, Dietmanns (excluding Rupprechts and Bruis, Martinshof, Sailerle and Zimmermartin residential areas), Gospoldshofen, Haidgau, Seibranz, Unterschwarzach and Ziegelbach as well as the Ellwangen district of the Rot community der Rot. Ellwangen was only reclassified from the parish of Rot an der Rot to the parish of Bad Wurzach through the announcement of the upper church council on April 10, 1958. The red district of Haslach belongs to the parish of Aitrach; the main town and the district Spindelwag of the municipality Rot an der Rot belong to the parish Erolzheim-Rot in the church district Biberach. The Bad Wurzach district of Eintürnen belongs to the Alttann parish and the Hauerz district to the Aitrach parish.
The Bad Wurzach area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Mostly only after the Second World War did Protestant residents move in, who initially belonged to the Leutkirch parish. With the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on January 10, 1951, the independent branch parish Bad Wurzach von Leutkirch was founded for the above-mentioned places after the Ministry of Culture recognized it as a corporation under public law in a letter of April 5, 1950. By announcement of July 6, 1954, the Bad Wurzach branch parish was separated from the mother parish of Leutkirch and raised to the status of an independent parish. Bad Wurzach became a parish administration and in 1958/59 the city received its own Protestant church.
Parish of Baienfurt-Baindt
The parish of Baienfurt-Baindt (2,014 members) comprises the parishes of Baienfurt and Baindt. The Baienfurt-Baindt area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Mostly only after the Second World War did Protestant residents move in, who initially belonged to the Weingarten parish. The independent branch parish of Baienfurt was founded on October 12, 1961, when the Upper Church Council announced it. In a letter dated September 8, 1961, the Ministry of Education recognized the new branch parish of Baienfurt as a corporation under public law. In 1971 its own parish was established. By the announcement of the upper church council on February 26, 1987 there was an area correction between the parish Baienfurt and its neighboring parish Weingarten. By order of July 3, 2003, the Baienfurt parish was renamed the Baienfurt-Baindt parish. The associated rectory in Baienfurt is also called Baienfurt-Baindt today.
The Protestant church on the bridge over the Wolfegger Ach in Baienfurt was built as a Catholic church in 1890, sold in 1927 after the construction of the current Catholic parish church and used as a storage room, sports hall and cinema from then on. In 1952, the Protestant parish bought the building and has been worshiping there since 1953. The church was renovated in 1967/1968, 1984 and 2011.
1964–1965 the parish hall on Öschweg in Baienfurt was built, and the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Hall in Baindt at the end of the 1990s .
Parish Bavendorf
The parish Bavendorf (888 members) includes the Ravensburg town of Taldorf with the associated villages and hamlets, including Adelsreute, Bavendorf and Oberzell.
The Bavendorf area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that a separate church was built in 1887. The affiliated branch parish was initially looked after by the parish office of Wilder-Winterbach. Today's Bavendorf church was rebuilt in 1926. In 1968 Bavendorf became its own parish and through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on March 10, 1970, the Bavendorf branch parish, which had previously belonged to the mother parish of Wilder-Winterbach, was elevated to an independent parish.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 26, 1987, the hamlet of Brielhäusle (partly belonging to the core town of Ravensburg) and the hamlets of Bächte, Briel, Bronnetsholz, Funkenhausen, Gringen, Hinterweißried, Hochstätt, Neuhagenbach, Oberhagenbach, Okatreute and Zinsländer, which belong to the Schmalegg district, previously belonged to the parishes of Ravensburg and Wilder-Winterbach, assigned to the parish of Bavendorf.
Adelsreute with associated hamlets then came by law of September 5, 1989 from the Evangelical Church in Baden to the Württemberg regional church and was also affiliated to the Bavendorf parish.
The Sunday services take place at alternating times of the week in a double service with the Wilder-Winterbach parish.
Entire parish of Friedrichshafen
Up until the 20th century, the castle church was the only Protestant church in what was then the city. The Protestant congregation grew rapidly, and so, since the 1930s and especially after the Second World War, other parishes were founded and churches were built. Until September 1, 1993, the Manzell parish was part of the Friedrichshafen parish as a whole. In the other parts of the city there are still parishes in Ailingen (with Ettenkirch, since 1952) and Kluftern, the latter belonging to the parish of Markdorf (Deanery Überlingen-Stockach) of the Evangelical Church in Baden. With the formation of the parish of Ailingen through the announcement of the upper church council on July 21, 1952, the parish of Friedrichshafen transferred the former parish of Ailingen with all its hamlets and the hamlet of Hirschlatt of the parish of Ettenkirch to the new parish of Ailingen.
The total parish of Friedrichshafen (7,455 members) includes the core city with some associated hamlets (e.g. Jettenhausen) of Friedrichshafen. It was formed on April 1, 1935, when the independent parish Fischbach (later renamed Manzell) was formed for the then suburb of Fischbach with Manzell, Columns stone, Schnetzenhausen, Eichenmühle and Grenzhof of the parish of Friedrichshafen, and this at the same time as the parish of Friedrichshafen in the newly formed Friedrichshafen parish was merged. The Ministry of Culture recognized the new parish Fischbach and the entire parish with a letter of April 12, 1935 as corporations under public law. In 1958 the Church of the Redeemer was founded. In 1960 the Manzell parish was raised to an independent parish. Later the Bonhoefferkirchengemeinde and the Paul-Gerhardt-Kirchengemeinde followed as further parishes of Friedrichshafen. In 1993, the Manzell parish left the Friedrichshafen general parish and on January 1, 1994 the Friedrichshafen general parish with its four remaining parishes was rewritten as Schlosskirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen, Bonhoefferkirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen, Erlöserkirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen and Paul-Gerhardt-Kirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen.
Schlosskirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen
The Schlosskirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen (2,729 members) includes the core city of Friedrichshafen and some associated places and hamlets, e.g. B. Seemoos and Windhag, whereby these were initially assigned to the Manzell parish by an announcement of the upper church council of March 18, 1949, but again to the Friedrichshafen parish by an announcement of April 14, 1953. In 1949, however, the places Gerbertshaus, Gunzenhaus and Lochbrücke with Hechelfurt and Schürten were separated from the Friedrichshafen parish and assigned to the Tettnang parish. Furthermore, the places Kappelhof, Oberlottenweiler, Weiler an der Ach and Weilermühle, all of which belonged to the former community of Ailingen, were reclassified from the parish of Oberteuringen-Neuhaus to the parish of Friedrichshafen.
The Friedrichshafen area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in at the beginning of the 19th century. At first it was mainly civil servants and servants of the Württemberg king who moved into Hofen Palace, the former monastery. King Friedrich von Württemberg founded a Protestant parish for them, to which he made the baroque castle church available. In 1845 a parish was established here.
Bonhoefferkirchen parish Friedrichshafen
The Bonhoefferkirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen (1,297 members), established in 1968, comprises parts of the core city of Friedrichshafen.
Redeemer parish in Friedrichshafen
The Erlöserkirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen (1,533 members), established in 1958, comprises parts of the core city of Friedrichshafen.
Paul Gerhardt parish in Friedrichshafen
The Paul-Gerhardt-Kirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen (1,099 members), established in 1978, essentially comprises the Jettenhausen district.
Isny parish in the Allgäu
The parish of Isny (2,677 members) includes the town of Isny im Allgäu with its districts of Beuren, Großholzleute, Neutrauchburg and Rohrdorf and the districts of Christazhofen, Eisenharz, Göttlishofen and Siggen of the municipality of Argenbühl (the other districts of Argenbühl belong to the parish of Wangen). A church in Isny was mentioned as early as 1288 when the parish church of St. Nicholas was rebuilt after a fire in 1284. Isny was previously part of the Rohrdorf parish. In 1397 the Church of St. Nicholas was incorporated into Isny Monastery. In 1525 the imperial city of Isny introduces the Reformation. Thereafter Isny was exclusively Protestant until 1803. Only the Isny monastery with its small territory remained Catholic. In 1782 it was even made imperial, but in 1803 it was abolished and then rebuilt as a castle by Count Ott von Quadt, later it was used as a retirement home. Most of the parish church in Isny , which has been Protestant since the Reformation, burned down in the town fire in 1631. It was rebuilt in 1636, the choir dates back to the 15th century. In 1806 Isny became part of Württemberg and the Protestant community became part of the Württemberg regional church. From 1854 to 1860 as well as in 1910 and 1968/72 the Isny town church was completely renovated. A Protestant community center was built in 1974/75 on the site of the former hospital, which was demolished. The portal and the vaulted hospital room are still preserved. The hospital church, which was changed in the neo-Gothic style in the 19th century, was also demolished. The area around Isny remained Catholic. The Protestant residents were assigned to the Isny parish. In addition to the church in Isny, there is also the Lukaskirche in the Neutrauchburg district. Today there are two parishes in the Isny parish. They are named I and II.
Parish of Kißlegg
The Kißlegg parish (989 members) comprises the Kißlegg parish with its districts Immenried and Waltershofen. The Kißlegg area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that in 1885 a church of their own could be built. In 1955 it was expanded and in 1973 a parish administration was established in Kißlegg, which was later elevated to a parish. The associated parish was initially a branch of Wangen im Allgäu, to whose overall parish Kißlegg belonged until 1983. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 7, 1983, the Kißlegg branch parish was raised to an independent parish and the entire parish of Wangen im Allgäu was dissolved.
Kressbronn parish
The parish of Kressbronn (1,761 members) comprises the parish of Kressbronn am Bodensee , which was merged from the former offices of Hemigkofen and Nonnenbach, as well as all the associated hamlets and the Langnau district of the city of Tettnang .
The Kressbronn area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 20th century. These initially belonged to the parish of Langenargen. With effect from April 1, 1947, the independent branch parish of Kreßbronn was established. Together with the parish of Langenargen, this formed the entire parish of Langenargen. The Kreßbronn branch parish and the entire parish were recognized as corporations under public law in a letter from the State Secretariat for the French-occupied area of Württemberg in Tübingen on March 17, 1947. In 1957, a separate church, the Christ Church, was built in Kreßbronn. As early as January 7, 1957, the evangelical residents of what is now the Tettnang district of Langnau were assigned to the Kreßbronn branch parish by the Tettnang parish. Finally, by an announcement of April 13, 1957, the Kreßbronn branch parish was separated from the mother parish of Langenargen and made an independent parish after its own parish had also been established. At the same time the entire parish of Langenargen was abolished.
Parish Langenargen-Eriskirch
The parish of Langenargen-Eriskirch (2,456 members) comprises the parishes of Langenargen and Eriskirch. The Langenargen area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that an Protestant prayer hall was built in Langenargen in 1882 and the Protestant Church of Peace in 1914, and later the independent Protestant parish of Langenargen was also established. In 1930 Langenargen became its own parish. In today's Eriskirch district of Schlatt, another Protestant church of the parish of Langenargen was built in 1970 and its own rectory was set up there. Since then, the parish offices have been named after the two political communities within the parish of Langenargen, which was finally renamed "Parish Langenargen-Eriskirch" with effect from February 28, 2007.
Until 1947 the Protestant residents of Kressbronn also belonged to the parish of Langenargen, until the independent branch parish of Kressbronn was formed there with effect from April 1, 1947, with the establishment of the entire parish of Langenargen. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on April 13, 1957, the Kressbronn branch parish was separated from the Langenargen mother parish and made an independent parish. At the same time, the entire parish of Langenargen was repealed.
Leutkirch parish
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The parish of Leutkirch (2,901 members) includes the city of Leutkirch in the Allgäu with its districts Diepoldshofen, Friesenhofen, Gebrazhofen, Herlazhofen, Hofs, Reichenhofen, Winterstetten and Wuchzenhofen (excluding Ottmannshofen and Bernhard). A church and parish was mentioned in Leutkirch as early as 788. In 797 it appeared as St. Martin's Church, which was donated to Stams Abbey in 1352 by King Charles IV. In the end, it was exchanged for the Weingarten Monastery. The Reformation did not find its way into Leutkirch until 1546. The population joined the Augsburg Confession and the Schmalkaldic League. In 1562 a settlement was made between the city and the patron saint of St. Martin's Church. Thereafter, the Catholics kept the parish church of St. Martin, the Protestants were given the hospital church. This was expanded in 1589 and is now called the Memorial Church. In 1613/15 the evangelical community built the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, the first evangelical church in Upper Swabia and today's main evangelical church in Leutkirch. The architect was Daniel Schopf. The Protestant parish of Leutkirch remained independent until 1802 and was incorporated into the Evangelical Church in Württemberg in 1810 and assigned to the Ravensburg deanery. In 1857/60 the Trinity Church was redesigned in a neo-Gothic style. In 1972/73 the interior was completely redesigned in the sense of a multifunctional community center. It hardly shows any traces of a historical situation. In 1963 the Markushaus was built.
Protestant residents also moved to the districts of Leutkirch, especially after the Second World War, who were affiliated to the Protestant parish of Leutkirch, although in the case of Hofs and the residential areas Ottmannshofen and Spitalriedhöfe this was only implemented with effect from January 1, 1975. Previously, these places belonged to the parish of Marstetten (today Aitrach). After the Second World War, a branch parish of Leutkirch was formed in Marstetten. This was dissolved by the announcement of the upper church council of January 10, 1951 by the mother parish and raised to an independent parish. A few neighboring places were assigned to her (see the Aitrach parish for scope). With the same decree, the new evangelical branch parish of Bad Wurzach was formed. It includes residents who until 1951 belonged to the parishes of Leutkirch and Waldsee. The branch parish of Bad Wurzach from then on formed the Leutkirch parish together with the parish of Leutkirch. By the announcement of the upper church council on July 6, 1954, the branch parish of Bad Wurzach was separated from the mother parish of Leutkirch and made an independent parish.
Today there are two parish offices in the Leutkirch parish. They are named North and South. In addition to the Trinity Church in Leutkirch, Protestant services are also regularly held in the districts of Unterzeil, Gebrazhofen and Friesenhofen, mostly in the local Catholic churches or parish halls.
Manzell parish
The Manzell parish (1,783 members) includes the districts of Fischbach, Manzell, Raderach and Schnetzenhausen (with the towns of Grenzhof, Heiseloch, Seemoser Horn, columns stone, Sparbruck and in Stockerholz) of the city of Friedrichshafen. The area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents have also moved here since the 20th century. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 18, 1935, the Fischbach parish was formed within the newly formed Friedrichshafen parish for the places Fischbach, Manzell, column stone, Schnetzenhausen, Eichenmühle and Grenzhof, after the Ministry of Culture wrote the new parishes as corporations on April 12, 1935 recognized under public law. In 1938, a church was built in Manzell and an own parish was established. In the meantime, the branch parish of Friedrichshafen has been renamed the Manzell parish and finally separated from the parent parish of Friedrichshafen and made an independent parish through the announcement of the upper church council on January 11, 1960. However, it initially remained in the entire Friedrichshafen parish. On March 18, 1949, the evangelical residents of Seemoos and Windhag were assigned to the Manzell parish by the parish of Friedrichshafen, but by a new announcement of April 14, 1953 they were reassigned to the Friedrichshafen parish.
Raderach only came from the Evangelical Church in Baden (Markdorf parish) to the Württemberg regional church by law of September 5, 1989, and was affiliated to the Manzell parish.
With effect from September 1, 1993, the Manzell parish was separated from the Friedrichshafen parish as a whole. The Manzell parish is responsible for two kindergartens, "Under the Rainbow" and "Noah's Ark".
Meckenbeuren parish
3The Meckenbeuren parish (2,217 members) includes the Meckenbeuren parish with the Kehlen district, but without its hamlets Sibratshaus, Schübelbeer, Schuppenwies, Sassen and Motzenhaus, which have belonged to the Tettnang parish since 1975. Meckenbeuren also includes the hamlets of Habratsweiler, Hirschlatt, Lindenholz and Waltenweiler in the Ettenkirch district of the city of Friedrichshafen, which initially belonged to the Tettnang parish, from 1952 to the Ailingen parish and finally came to Meckenbeuren. The other districts of Ettenkirch have belonged to the parish of Ailingen since 1975.
The Meckenbeuren area remained Catholic after the Reformation. In the 20th century, Protestant residents also moved in, who initially belonged to the Tettnang parish. In 1952, a separate Protestant church was built in Meckenbeuren, and the Meckenbeuren branch parish was established as a daughter parish of Tettnang through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on October 23, 1953. Both parishes formed the entire parish of Tettnang. In a letter dated July 29, 1953, the Ministry of Education recognized the Tettnang branch church as a corporation under public law. In 1954, a parish of its own was also established in Meckenbeuren and through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on January 12, 1956, the Meckenbeuren branch parish was finally separated from the mother parish of Tettnang and made an independent parish. In 1968, a Protestant community center was built in the hamlet of Gerbertshaus in the Kehlen district. Today there are two parishes within the parish of Meckenbeuren. They are named I and II.
Mochenwangen parish
The parish of Mochenwangen (1,181 members) comprises the communities Wolpertswende with the associated hamlets (including Mochenwangen), the district of Blitzenreute and some hamlets in the district of Fronhofen of the community of Fronreute. The hamlet of Baienbach, which belongs to Blitzenreute, was only assigned to the Mochenwangen parish by the parish of Weingarten after an announcement by the Upper Church Council on October 18, 1951, and the Fronhofen district by an announcement of September 10, 1980.
The Wolpertswende area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that in 1890/91 a separate church was built in what is now the Mochenwangen district. It became the center of a branch parish of Ravensburg. In 1948 an evangelical vicariate was established in Mochenwangen and in 1973 a permanent parish administration was established. With effect from January 1, 1974, the Mochenwangen branch parish was separated from the Ravensburg mother parish and made an independent parish. Today there is also its own parish there.
Parish of Oberteuringen-Neuhaus
The parish of Oberteuringen-Neuhaus (893 members) includes the parish of Oberteuringen with the associated hamlets (including Neuhaus). Oberteuringen remained Catholic after the Reformation. In the 20th century, Protestant residents also moved in and a separate parish was formed, which also included the places Kappelhof, Oberlottenweiler, Weiler an der Ach and Weilermühle (all of Ailingen at that time). By announcement of the upper church council of March 18, 1949 these places were assigned to the parish of Friedrichshafen and by further announcement of July 21, 1952 the evangelical inhabitants of the hamlet Huiweiler of the parish of Ettenkirch were reclassified from the parish of Tettnang to the parish of Oberteuringen-Neuhaus. In 1956 a Protestant church was built in Oberteuringen and later also a parish of its own.
Entire parish of Ravensburg
The total parish of Ravensburg (7,762 members) includes the city of Ravensburg without the town of Taldorf (including Taldorf, Bavendorf and Oberzell), which belongs to the parish of Bavendorf. The entire parish was formed with effect from November 12, 1989. At that time, the previously sole parish of Ravensburg was divided into the two parishes Stadtkirche Ravensburg and Johanneskirche Ravensburg. With effect from July 1, 1994, the Eschach parish was formed, so that the Ravensburg parish today consists of the three following parishes.
Parish Ravensburg City Church
The parish Stadtkirche Ravensburg (4,010 members) comprises the core city and most of the associated hamlets of Ravensburg. The hamlet of Brielhäusle has been part of the Bavendorf parish since 1987.
In 1544 the Reformation was introduced in Ravensburg under pressure from the guilds. At first there were big differences between the supporters of Luther and Zwingli. But the Lutherans were finally able to prevail. There were also supporters of Kaspar Schwenckfeld. After the Schmalkaldic War from 1547, however, there was resistance to the Reformation and large parts of the population were re-Catholicized. The result was a de facto parity between the two denominations, which was only formally established after the Thirty Years' War in 1649. In numerical terms, the Catholics were in the majority. The Protestant congregation received the nave of the Carmelite Church as a place of worship, which was henceforth called the city church. The choir of the church, consecrated in 1349, remained in the possession of the Carmelite Order until 1806; the church was thus divided between the two denominations. A wall separated the two areas. For centuries, disputes over the use of the church were fought, which sometimes degenerated into a downright guerrilla war.
The Protestant parish in Ravensburg remained independent until 1802 and was then incorporated into the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. Ravensburg then became the seat of a deanery. The Protestant town church in Ravensburg received a tower in 1842/45. A second Protestant church existed as early as 1628. It was a former granary that had been converted into the Trinity Church. This church was demolished in 1852. After the Second World War, two more churches were built, the Johanneskirche from 1963 (with its own parish from November 12, 1989) and the church in Eschach (with its own parish from July 1, 1994). Together with the town parish, they form the Ravensburg parish, which was established in 1989. There is another parish in Bavendorf (which also includes Adelsreute, Taldorf and other hamlets). The Ravensburg district of Schmalegg belongs to the parishes of Bavendorf and Waeler-Winterbach, although the hamlets of Wolfsberg and Unterwolfsberg were only reclassified from the parish of Ravensburg to the parish of Wilder-Winterbach by the notice of the Oberkirchenrat on February 26, 1987. The Protestant residents of the residential areas Ittenbeuren and Knollengraben belonged to the parish of Atzenweiler until 1975. They were assigned to the Ravensburg parish according to the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13, 1975. The hamlet of Hinzistobel also belonged to the parish of Atzenweiler until 1920 and was assigned to the parish of Ravensburg by the consistory of April 21, 1920.
Today there are three parish offices (Stadtmitte, Südstadt and Nordstadt) as well as a hospital parish office within the parish Stadtkirche Ravensburg.
Eschach parish
The parish of Eschach (1,535 members) comprises the southern districts of Ravensburg. It was founded on July 1, 1994. Regular services are celebrated in the Lukas community center in Oberhofen and in the Evangelical Church in Weißenau (the former chapter house of the Weißenau monastery).
Parish Ravensburg Johanneskirche
The parish of Ravensburg Johanneskirche (2,217 members) covers the west of the city center of Ravensburg. The Johanneskirche was consecrated in 1963. With effect from November 12, 1989, the independent parish Johanneskirche Ravensburg was formed on it. At the same time, the Ravensburg parish was founded.
Martin Luther parish Tettnang
The parish of Tettnang Martin Luther Church (2,903 members) includes the city of Tettnang with the district of Tannau, the community of Neukirch and the hamlets of Gerbertshaus, Gunzenhaus and Lochbrücke with Hechelfurt and Schürten as well as Sibratshaus, Schübelbeer, Schuppenwies, Sassen and Motzenhaus in the district of Kehlen Municipality of Meckenbeuren, although the last five hamlets mentioned were only reclassified from the parish of Meckenbeuren to the parish of Tettnang by an announcement by the Upper Church Council on December 6, 1974. Gerbertshaus, Gunzenhaus and Lochbrücke with Hechelfurt and Schürten had already been reclassified from the parish of Friedrichshafen to the parish of Tettnang by an announcement of March 18, 1949. The Tettnang district of Langnau also belonged to the parish of Tettnang until 1957, but was assigned to the then branch parish of Kressbronn on Lake Constance by an announcement of the upper church council on January 7, 1957. Likewise, through the announcement of the Upper Church Council on July 21, 1952, the evangelical residents of the hamlet of Huiweiler in the Ettenkirch parish were reclassified from the Tettnang parish to the Oberteuringen-Neuhaus parish. The new parish of Ailingen was formed with the same decree. This received from the parish of Tettnang the places Lindenholz and Waltenweiler (parish Ettenkirch) as well as Holzreute and Großbuch (former parish of Kehlen), which now mainly belong to the parish of Meckenbeuren.
The Tettnang area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century. Protestant services were then celebrated in the castle chapel from 1854. In 1860 a parish administration was established in Tettnang and in 1891 a separate parish was established. Today's community center was built in 1966/67. The Evangelical Church Congregation Tettnang was then renamed the Evangelical Martin Luther Church Congregation Tettnang by order of the Upper Church Council on February 5, 2002. Today there are two parishes in the Martin Luther parish. They are named I and II.
Until 1956, the Meckenbeuren branch parish, formed in 1953, also belonged to the Tettnang parish as a subsidiary parish. Both parishes formed the entire parish of Tettnang. In 1956, Meckenbeuren became an independent parish and dissolved from the mother parish of Tettnang.
Parish of Wilder-Winterbach
The parish of Wilder-Winterbach (911 members) includes the parish of Horgenzell with its districts of Hasenweiler, Kappel, Wolketsweiler (with the associated hamlets of Wilder and Winterbach) and Zogenweiler, the community of Wilhelmsdorf with its districts of Esenhausen, Pfrungen and Zußdorf and the district of Schmalegg (with Except for a few hamlets that have belonged to the Bavendorf parish since 1987) in the city of Ravensburg. The Horgenzell area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that from 1846 the Protestants met as a house congregation in Waeler, and on October 26, 1887 the Protestant parish was founded. The newly built church in Winterbach was consecrated on October 22nd, 1891, and in 1897 Wilder-Winterbach was made a permanent pastor's office.
Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 26, 1987, the hamlet of Brielhäusle (partly belonging to the core town of Ravensburg) and the hamlets of Bächte, Briel, Bronnetsholz, Funkenhausen, Gringen, Hinterweißried, Hochstätt, Neuhagenbach, Oberhagenbach, Okatreute and Zinsländer, which belong to the Schmalegg district, became the previously belonged to the parishes of Ravensburg and Wilder-Winterbach, assigned to the parish of Bavendorf. In return, the parish of Wilder-Winterbach received the hamlets of Wolfsberg and Unterwolfsberg from the parish of Ravensburg.
The hamlets Höhreute, Niederweiler and Tafern belonging to Wilhelmsdorf (until 1971 part of the Illwangen municipality, then until 1973 part of the Illmensee municipality) as well as the Tepfenhart part of Wolkenweiler (part of the Adelsreute municipality up to 1974) only came off by the law of September 5, 1989 the Evangelical Regional Church in Baden to the Württemberg regional church and were affiliated to the parish of Wilder-Winterbach.
The small diaspora community has four church music groups with young wind players, trombone choir, children's choir and church choir. The Sunday services take place at alternating times of the week in double service with the Bavendorf parish.
Wangen parish
The parish of Wangen (4,484 members) includes the city of Wangen im Allgäu with its districts Deuchelried, Karsee, Leupolz, Neuravensburg, Niederwangen and Schomburg, as well as the communities of Achberg and Amtzell, the districts of Eglofs and Ratzenried of the community of Argenbühl and, since 1961, the districts of Hinterberg and Schmitten of the municipality of Bodnegg. The other Argenbühler districts belong to the parish of Isny im Allgäu. Today's Wangener Ortsweil Karsee belonged to the parish of Vogt until 1964. By the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 13, 1964, Karsee was reclassified to the parish of Wangen. The Bodnegg districts Hinterberg and Schmitten were reclassified from the parish of Atzenweiler to the parish of Wangen by an announcement on October 12, 1961.
The Wangen area remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents also moved in in the 19th century, so that in 1850 a permanent parish administration was established. The community first met in a prayer room in the former Capuchin monastery. In 1888 its own parish was established and in 1893 the parish built its own church. Another Protestant church was built in Amtzell in 1960. In 1963 the Protestant parish of Wangen received a community center in the Wittwais district of Wangen. Today there are three parish offices in the parish of Wangen. They are named I, II and Amtzell.
The Achberg community was only assigned to the Wangen parish in 1987. Before that, the Protestant residents of this parish belonged as an exclave to the parish of Sigmaringen in the church district of Balingen because they historically belonged to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. By the announcement of the upper church council on February 26, 1987, however, they were reclassified to the church district Ravensburg and assigned to the parish of Wangen.
Until 1983 the entire parish of Wangen in the Allgäu still existed, to which, in addition to Wangen, the branch parish of Kißlegg also belonged. Through the announcement of the Oberkirchenrat on February 7, 1983, the Kißlegg branch parish was raised to an independent parish and the entire parish of Wangen im Allgäu was dissolved.
Weingarten parish
The parish Weingarten (5,973 members) includes the town of Weingarten, the communities Berg and Schlier and some hamlets in the Fronhofen district of the community of Fronreute. Fronhofen itself was assigned to the parish of Mochenwangen by the parish of Weingarten by an announcement by the upper church council on September 10, 1980. Until 1951, the hamlet of Baienbach belonging to Blitzenreute also belonged to the Weingarten parish. By the announcement of the upper church council of October 18, 1951, this was assigned to the parish of Mochenwangen. Through the announcement of the upper church council on February 26, 1987, there was an area correction between the parish Weingarten and its neighboring parish Baienfurt-Baindt, whose Protestant residents were still part of the parish Weingarten until 1961.
The Weingarten area, which was shaped by Weingarten Monastery , remained Catholic after the Reformation. Protestant residents did not move in until the 19th century (the first orphans and their tutors from the Ludwigsburg orphanage), so that a separate Protestant parish was founded with a decree of the Royal Evangelical Consistory of May 13, 1825. The first Protestant pastor in Weingarten was Christian Heinrich Fritz. The growing industry and the establishment of a garrison in 1868 contributed to the further influx of Protestant Christians. In 1879–1883, architect Christian Friedrich von Leins built the Protestant town church in neo-Gothic style; The church was renovated in 1931, 1952 and 1980. At the beginning of the 1950s, the Martin Luther parish hall (with kindergarten) was opened next to the city church, in 2017-2018 its north wing was torn down and rebuilt during a renovation. The Berg Community Center was established in 1993 as a conversion and extension of the old Berger schoolhouse.
Today there are three parishes in the parish of Weingarten. They are named I, II and III. The parish runs three kindergartens in Weingarten. The Protestant students in Weingarten are looked after by the ecumenical "Evangelical / Catholic University Community Weingarten" (EKHG).
Evangelical Brethren Congregation Wilhelmsdorf
The Evangelical Brethren Congregation Wilhelmsdorf (approx. 520 members, as of 2004) is an independent Protestant congregation that does not belong to the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. The 1,246 regional church Christians living in Wilhelmsdorf are also looked after by the pastor of the Brethren parish.
The Brethren Congregation was founded in 1824 as a subsidiary of the pietistic Evangelical Brethren Congregation of Korntal, which was founded in 1819 . For further history cf. the article Wilhelmsdorf .
literature
- Christian Sigel: The Evangelical Württemberg. Its church offices and clergy from the Reformation to the present . 1910
- Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VII: Tübingen administrative region . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4
- 175 years of the Evangelical Dean's Office in Ravensburg. History, institutions, communities . Evangelical Dean's Office, Ravensburg 2004 (60-page information brochure)
Sources and further information
- ↑ 58,232 in the parishes of the church district plus 1,246 regional church Christians in Wilhelmsdorf; As of December 31, 2018
- ↑ http://www.schuldekan-ravensburg.de/wir-sind-fuer-sie-da/
- ↑ until 2020 Diakonisches Werk Ravensburg
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Status: December 31, 2018
- ↑ site of the parish Vogt iA
- ↑ a b Status: December 31, 2018
- ^ Website of the Bad Waldsee parish
- ^ Website of the Bad Wurzach parish
- ↑ Website of the parish of Baienfurt
- ↑ Website of the parish Bavendorf
- ^ Website of the Friedrichshafen parish as a whole
- ^ Website of the Bonhoefferkirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen
- ^ Website of the Erlöserkirchengemeinde Friedrichshafen
- ^ Website of the Isny parish
- ↑ Website of the parish of Kißlegg ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website of the Kressbronn parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Langenargen
- ↑ Website of the parish Leutkirch iA
- ^ Website of the Manzell parish
- ↑ Website of the Meckenbeuren parish ( Memento of the original from September 28, 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.
- ^ Website of the Mochenwangen parish
- ^ Website of the parish of Oberteuringen
- ^ Website of the Ravensburg parish as a whole
- ^ Website of the Martin Luther parish in Tettnang
- ↑ Website of the parish Wolzen-Winterbach
- ↑ Paul Krauss: One hundred and five years of the Evangelical Church in Weingarten . Ravensburg 1930 ( digitized version )
- ^ Website of the Weingarten parish
- ↑ EKHG Weingarten
- ↑ Agreement between the Evang. Brethren Church Wilhelmsdorf and the Evang. Regional church in Württemberg, the Ravensburg church district and the Wilder-Winterbach parish , 1971
- ^ Website of the Wilhelmsdorf Brethren
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