Herford parish

The Evangelical Church District Herford is the third largest of 27 church districts within the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . The official seat is the city of Herford . In 2020, the Herford parish had around 116,000 parishioners in 25 parishes in the Herford district . The church district employs 1400 people, 90 of them pastors. There are 3700 places in the 53 day-care centers. In addition, the church district operates two state-approved substitute schools. Michael Krause is the superintendent .

The Herford parish is united in a parish association with the other East Westphalian church districts of Minden , Lübbecke and Vlotho .

history

When the Prussian ecclesiastical province of Westphalia was reorganized in 1818, the Herford parish was founded as one of four parishes in the former Minden-Ravensberg area . On November 16 of the same year, the first district synod met in Herford's cathedral . At that time the four parishes of the city of Herford as well as the villages and towns of Stiftberg , Jöllenbeck , Exter , Valdorf , Vlotho , Rehme , Rödinghausen , Bünde , Hiddenhausen , Gohfeld , Löhne , Enger , Spenge and Wallenbrück belonged to the church district. In Herford and Vlotho there was a Reformed church each; all other congregations were Lutheran. Pastors such as Johann Heinrich Volkening (1838–1869 in Jöllenbeck), Hermann Ameler (1838–1885 in Herford, from 1871 also superintendent) and Theodor Schmalenbach (1863–1899 in Mennighüffen, from 1885 also superintendent ) made the church district in the 19th century strongly influenced by the revival movement .

In 1841 the church district Vlotho was created, to which the parishes of Exter, Gohfeld, Rehme, Valdorf and Vlotho were given. The community Jöllenbeck came to the parish of Bielefeld . At the same time, the Herford parish was expanded to include the parishes of Kirchlengern , Mennighüffen and Quernheim Abbey from the Lübbecke parish . From 1954 to 1996 the parish took over the trustee administration of the parishes Bad Sachsa and Tettenborn , which belonged to the Evangelical Church of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony , which was in the GDR. In 1964 the parishes of Spenge and Wallenbrück, which had been transferred to the newly founded parish of Halle in 1838 , returned to the parish of Herford.

Today the church district, which includes almost the entire Herford district with the exception of Vlotho and parts of the city of Löhne, is divided into the five regions of Bünde (with Rödinghausen and Kirchlengern), Enger-Spenge, Herford, Hiddenhausen and Löhne.

Superintendent

from	to	Surname
1818	1847	Friedrich Wilhelm Johanning
1847	1865	Karl Maßmann
1865	1871	Gottlieb Schröder
1871	1885	Hermann Ameler
1885	1899	Theodor Schmalenbach
1899	1915	August Höpker
1915	1925	Karl Niemöller
1925	1929	Fritz Pape
1930	1940	Friedrich Niemann
1940	1952	Hermann Art
1953	1967	Wilhelm Bartelheimer
1967?	1976	Helmut Gaffron
1976	1991	Rudolf Müller-Knapp
1991	1996	Hans-Detlef Hoffmann
1997	2009	Gerhard Etzien
2009	2020	Michael Krause

Press reports on special funds in January 2011

In January 2011 it became known that the church district had secretly saved around 49.7 million euros since 1967. The church district was sharply criticized for this, among other things because at the same time jobs were cut due to lack of money and employees in the social sector were dismissed. The public prosecutor's office was investigating several parties. In some cases, heavy fines were imposed on some of those responsible at the time.

Churches and parishes

church	place	region	local community	Remarks
Noah's Ark	Frets	Bünde region	Bünde-Lydia
Laurentiuskirche	Frets	Bünde region	Bünde-Lydia
Luther Church	Kirchlengern- Südlengern	Bünde region	Bünde-Lydia
Pauluskirche	Frets	Bünde region	Bünde-Lydia
Church of Reconciliation	Bünde- Südlengern	Bünde region	Bünde-Lydia
Evangelical Church Thin	Frets- thin	Bünde region	Thin
Kreuzkirche	Bünde- Ennigloh	Bünde region	Bünde-Philip
Advent chapel	Bünde- Muckum	Bünde region	Bünde-Philip
Hagedorn Evangelical Church	Kirchlengern- Häver -Hagedorn	Bünde region	Hawthorn
Lukas Church	Bünde- Holsen	Bünde region	Bünde-Philip
Johanneskirche	Fret hops	Bünde region	Hunnebrock-Hüffen-Throwing
Protestant church	Kirchlengern	Bünde region	Kirchlengern
Bartholomäuskirche	Rödinghausen	Bünde region	Rödinghausen
Evangelical church beers	Rödinghausen beers	Bünde region	Rödinghausen
Christ Church	Bünde- Spradow	Bünde region	Spradow
Quernheim Collegiate Church	Kirchlengern- Quernheim Abbey	Bünde region	Quernheim Abbey
Michael Church	Rödinghausen Bruchmühlen	Bünde region	West Kilver
Collegiate Church of St. Dionysius	Tighter	Enger-Spenge region	Tighter
Oldinghausen Evangelical Church	Enger- Oldinghausen	Enger-Spenge region	Tighter
Evangelical Church Steinbeck	Enger- Belke-Steinbeck	Enger-Spenge region	Tighter
Evangelical Church Westerenger	Narrow Westerenger	Enger-Spenge region	Tighter
St. Martinus	Spenge	Enger-Spenge region	Spenge
Evangelical Church Hücker-Aschen	Spenge Hücker ashes	Enger-Spenge region	Spenge
Paulus Church	Spenge- Lenzinghausen	Enger-Spenge region	Spenge
Marienkirche	Spenge Wallenbrück	Enger-Spenge region	Spenge
Groß-Aschen chapel	Melle - large ashes	Enger-Spenge region	Spenge	Ecclesiastically, Groß-Aschen belongs to the Herford parish, although it is in Lower Saxony.
Friedenskirche	Herford- Elverdissen	Herford region	Elverdissen
Christ Church	Herford	Herford region	Emmaus
St. Mark's Church	Herford	Herford region	Emmaus
Thomas Church	Herford- Schwarzenmoor	Herford region	Emmaus
Trinity Church	Herford- Falkendiek	Herford region	Emmaus	Dedicated in 2008
Jakobikirche	Herford	Herford region	Herford center
Johanniskirche	Herford	Herford region	Herford center
Herford Minster St. Marien and Pusinna	Herford	Herford region	Herford center
Wolderus Chapel	Herford	Herford region	Herford center
Evangelical Church Herringhausen	Herford- Herringhausen	Herford region	Herringhausen
Kreuzkirche	Herford	Herford region	cross
Church of the Resurrection	Herford- Laar	Herford region	Laar
Marienkirche	Herford- Stiftberg	Herford region	Marien Stift Berg
Petrikirche	Herford	Herford region	Petri, ev-ref.	Evangelical Reformed Church
Evangelical Church Eilshausen	Hiddenhausen- Eilshausen	Hiddenhausen region	Hiddenhausen-Stephanus
St. Gangolf	Hiddenhausen - Hiddenhausen	Hiddenhausen region	Hiddenhausen-Stephanus
Evangelical Church Lippinghausen	Hiddenhausen- Lippinghausen	Hiddenhausen region	Hiddenhausen-Stephanus
Evangelical Church Oetinghausen	Hiddenhausen- Oetinghausen	Hiddenhausen region	Hiddenhausen-Stephanus
Church of Reconciliation	Hiddenhausen- Schweicheln	Hiddenhausen region	Hiddenhausen-Stephanus
Sundern Evangelical Church	Hiddenhausen- Sundern	Hiddenhausen region	Hiddenhausen-Stephanus
Martin Luther Church	Wages	Region wages	Wages
Evangelical Church Mennighüffen	Wages- Mennighüffen	Region wages	Mennighüffen
Christ Church	Löhne- Obernbeck	Region wages	Obernbeck
Heilandkirche	Wages-Mennighüffen	Region wages	Siemshof