Church district Wertheim
| Evangelical church district Wertheim | |
|---|---|
| Regional Church: | Evangelical Church in Baden |
| Church district : | North Baden |
| Parishes : | 10 |
| Parishes : | 21st |
| Parishioners: | around 20,000 (as of 2016) |
| Dean : | Hayo Büsing |
| Address of the Dean's Office : |
Mühlenstrasse 3-5 97877 Wertheim |
| Website: | kirchenbez-wertheim.de |
The Evangelical Church District Wertheim (also Evangelical Dean's Office Wertheim ) with its seat in Wertheim in the Main-Tauber-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg is one of 24 church districts or deaneries of the Evangelical Church in Baden . It belongs to the parish of North Baden and comprises 10 parishes with 21 parishes.
history
The Counts of Wertheim had a connection to Martin Luther , which was shown by the early written request of the then Count Georg II for the mediation of a Protestant preacher. In 1522 the first evangelical preacher moved to Wertheim.
structure
Parishes
The Wertheim church district is divided into the following ten parishes :
| Parishes | associated parishes with branch and diaspora locations |
|---|---|
| Bettingen - Urphar - Lindelbach | Christ Church (Bettingen) with the Evangelical Parish House Bettingen, Jakobskirche (Urphar) , Evangelical Church (Lindelbach) |
| Dertingen - Kembach - Dietenhan | Fortified church (Dertingen) with the Evangelical parish hall in Dertingen, Evangelical church (Kembach) with the parish hall in Kembach, Evangelical church (Dietenhan) with the civil hall in Dietenhan |
| Külsheim - Niklashausen - Höhefeld | Evangelical community center with church room (Külsheim), Evangelical Church (Niklashausen), Evangelical Church (Höhefeld) |
| Königshofen - Grünsfeld | Nikolaus-Höniger parish hall (Königshofen), Evangelical parish hall Grünsfeld (former Meinhard barn), Caritasheim St. Elisabeth (Grünsfeld), church service room in the town hall (Unterwittighausen) |
| Lauda | Peace Church (Lauda), Lauda Evangelical Community Center |
| Nassig - Sonderriet | Resurrection Church (Nassig) with the Nassig parish hall, Friedenskirche (Sonderriet) |
| Sachsenhausen - Waldenhausen | Leonhardskirche (Sachsenhausen), fortified church (Waldenhausen) |
| Tauberbischofsheim | Christ Church (Tauberbischofsheim) , Evangelical Community Center Tauberbischofsheim |
| Wenkheim | Evangelical Church (Wenkheim) with the Evangelical Parish Hall in Wenkheim |
| Wertheim | Martin Luther Church (Besteheid) , Christ Church (Grünenwört), St. Veit Church (Eichel / Hofgarten) with the Eichel / Hofgarten parish hall, Motherhouse Church (Eichel / Hofgarten), Emmaus parish of Wertheim Abbey (also Wertheim Abbey), Ecumenical Church Center (Wartberg), Michael’s Church (Reinhardshof) with the Reinhardshof parish hall |
organization structure
The ecclesial communities of the church district Wertheim own the rights to a public body , that is, they are contrary to parishes as parishes designated. A parish council is elected every six years in the respective parishes. This administers the parish together with the supervising pastor. Usually several parishes are looked after by one parish office . The parishes receive allocations from the Evangelical Church in Baden in accordance with the statutory provisions on financial equalization.
Demographic and socio-spatial structure
The Wertheim church district borders the Württemberg regional church in the south and the Bavarian regional church in the north . Wertheim is the northernmost of the 24 church districts in the Baden regional church . Around 20,000 Protestant Christians live in the 21 parishes with branch and diaspora locations in the district. These are looked after by 13 parish priests. The church district is located in the northern Main-Tauber district and extends along the Main from Freudenberg in the north about 45 km up the Tauber to Königshofen in the south.
Ecumenical cooperation
In the area of ecumenical cooperation, the Roman Catholic deanery Tauberbischofsheim covers the areas of the church district Wertheim. There is also a Syrian Orthodox community in Tauberbischofsheim.
The mosque communities of Wertheim and Lauda play a special role in interreligious encounters on site.
Cycle path churches
Along the Taubertal Cycle Path , which leads through the church district, there are over 30 cycle path churches that, reliably open, invite you to spiritual reflection and prayer. Some of them belong to the church district of Wertheim.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Wertheim church district: Evangelical church district Wertheim ( 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. . Online at kirchenbez-wertheim.de. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ Wertheim church district: Parishes . Online at kirchenbez-wertheim.de. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ A b Deanery Tauberbischofsheim: Pastoral conception of the Deanery Tauberbischofsheim . (PDF, 1.3 MB). Resolution of July 21, 2011. Online at www.kath-dekanat-tbb.de. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ^ Evangelical regional church in Baden: cycle path churches in the lovely Taubertal . Online at www.ekiba.de. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ↑ Church district Wertheim: Church and Tourism ( 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. . Online at kirchenbez-wertheim.de. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ' N , 9 ° 30' E