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
	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

• Website of the church district of Minden

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The church district of Minden. Ev. Church district Minden, accessed on February 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ 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