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
image | church | place | region | local community | Remarks |
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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 |
literature
- Helmut Geck (ed.): Church districts, district synods, superintendents . LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7565-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Article in the magazine "Focus", accessed on January 28, 2011
- ↑ Archive version of the report by Westdeutscher Rundfunk from January 19, 2011 ( Memento from January 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 20.6 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 15.6 ″ E