Minden church district
The Evangelical Church District Minden is one of 27 church districts within the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . The official seat is the city of Minden . The Minden church district extends over 450 km² and comprises (as of 2020) about 75,000 believers in 23 parishes. Jürgen Tiemann has been the superintendent of the church district since 2005.
History and location
When the Prussian ecclesiastical province of Westphalia was reorganized in 1818, the Minden church district (then still called the "diocese") was founded as one of four church districts in the former area of Minden-Ravensberg . Since the Reformation, the population has been for the most part Evangelical Lutheran. In Minden there was a small Reformed community and a Roman Catholic community. In 1841 the church district Vlotho was created, to which some communities from the area of today's cities Bad Oeynhausen and Porta Westfalica were given. Since then, the area of the church district has remained almost unchanged. In the 19th century, most of the churches were strongly influenced by the revival movement .
The area largely coincides with the north-eastern part of the Minden-Lübbecke district . Only the parish of Frille, which includes the four villages of Frille , Wietersheim , Päpinghausen and Cammer , belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe for historical reasons . The areas of the parishes of Buchholz and Ovenstädt also include areas in the Lower Saxony district of Nienburg / Weser .
Together with the other East Westphalian church districts of Herford , Lübbecke and Vlotho , the Minden church district is merged into a church district association.
Churches and parishes
image | church | place | Parish | Remarks |
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Evangelical Church Barkhausen | Porta Westfalica- Barkhausen | Ev.-luth. Barkhausen parish | ||
Evangelical Church Bergkirchen | Bad Oeynhausen- Wulferdingsen | Ev.-luth. Bergkirchen parish | ||
Evangelical Church Buchholz | Petershagen- Buchholz | Ev.-luth. Buchholz parish | ||
Ss. Peter and Paul | Minden- Dankersen | Ev.-luth. Dankersen parish | ||
Evangelical Church Friedewalde | Petershagen- Friedewalde | Ev.-luth. Parish Friedewalde | ||
Lady Chapel | Minden- Hahlen | Ev.-luth. Parish of Hartum-Holzhausen | ||
Evangelical Church Hartum | Hille- Hartum | Ev.-luth. Parish of Hartum-Holzhausen | ||
Evangelical Church Holzhausen II | Hille- Holzhausen II | Ev.-luth. Parish of Hartum-Holzhausen | ||
Nordhemmern chapel | Hille- Nordhemmern | Ev.-luth. Parish of Hartum-Holzhausen | ||
Evangelical Church Heimsen | Petershagen- Heimsen | Ev.-luth. Heimsen parish | ||
Evangelical Church Hille | Hille | Ev.-luth. Parish Hille | ||
Chapel of Mary Magdalene | Hille- Südhemmern | Ev.-luth. Parish Hille | ||
Evangelical Church in Kleinenbremen | Porta Westfalica- Kleinenbremen | Ev.-luth. Parish of Kleinenbremen | ||
Evangelical Church Lahde | Petershagen- Lahde | Ev.-luth. Lahde parish | ||
Evangelical Church of Bierde | Petershagen- Bierde | Ev.-luth. Lahde parish | ||
Evangelical Church Lerbeck | Porta Westfalica- Lerbeck | Ev.-luth. Parish of Lerbeck | ||
Evangelical Church in Meissen | Minden- Meissen | Ev.-luth. Parish of Lerbeck | ||
Laurentius Chapel | Porta Westfalica- Nammen | Ev.-luth. Parish of Lerbeck | ||
Evangelical Church Neesen | Porta Westfalica- Neesen | Ev.-luth. Parish of Lerbeck | ||
St. James | Minden- Häverstädt | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Jakobus Minden | ||
Evangelical Church Wichernhaus | Minden- Dützen | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Jakobus Minden | ||
St. Mary | Minden | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Marien Minden | ||
St. Matthew | Minden | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Marien Minden | ||
Christ Church | Minden- Todtenhausen | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Marien Minden | ||
St. Luke | Minden- Minderheide | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Marien Minden | ||
St. Mark | Minden | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Markus Minden | ||
St. Martini | Minden | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Martini Minden | ||
Church of the Redeemer | Minden | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Martini Minden | ||
Petrikirche | Minden | Ev.-ref. Petri parish of Minden | ||
St. Thomas | Minden | Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Simeonis Minden | ||
Evangelical Church Oberlübbe | Hille- Oberlübbe | Ev.-luth. Parish of Oberlübbe-Rothenuffeln | ||
Kreuzkirche | Hille- Rothenuffeln | Ev.-luth. Parish of Oberlübbe-Rothenuffeln | ||
Apostle Church | Petershagen- Ovenstädt | Ev.-luth. Ovenstädt parish | ||
Petrikirche | Petershagen | Ev.-luth. Parish Petershagen | ||
Evangelical Church in Schluesselburg | Petershagen- Schluesselburg | Ev.-luth. Parish in Schluesselburg | ||
Evangelical Church Windheim | Petershagen- Windheim | Ev.-luth. Parish of Windheim | ||
Friedenskirche | Petershagen- Neuenknick | Ev.-luth. Parish of Windheim | ||
Church of the Resurrection | Minden | Ev. Salem-Köslin institutional parish |
Superintendent
- 1818–1830: Heinrich Romberg
- 1830–1846: Reinhold Winzer
- 1847–1864: Heinrich Prieß
- 1865–1879: Heinrich Ahlemann
- 1879–1886: Heinrich Poetter
- 1887–1888: Friedrich Kindermann
- 1889–1916: Adolf Prieß
- 1916–1927: Ernst Graeve
- 1927–1937: Heinrich Tummes
- 1937–1945: Otto Heim
- 1945–1948: Karl Lücking
- 1949–1950: Wilhelm Hahn
- 1950–1966: Hermann Hevendehl
- 1966–1980: Diedrich Wilke
- 1980–1996: Alexander Völker
- 1997–2005: Elisabeth Schäffer
- since 2005: Jürgen Tiemann
literature
- Helmut Geck (ed.): Church districts, district synods, superintendents . LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7565-2 .
- Carola Mackenbrock (ed.): Evangelical churches in the Mindener Land. People - stories - treasures. Church district Minden, 2018, ISBN 978-3-00-060586-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The church district of Minden. Ev. Church district Minden, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Ev.-Luth. Parish of Frille. Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Frille, accessed on June 19, 2016 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 38.1 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 59 ″ E