Church district Paderborn

The Evangelical Church District Paderborn is one of 27 church districts within the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . The official seat is the city of Paderborn . The parish of Paderborn comprises around 78,000 believers and is divided into 14 parishes in the districts of Höxter and Paderborn as well as in the city of Lügde in the district of Lippe , whose parish in the core city is an exclave of the parish of Paderborn as well as the Westphalian regional church.

With over 2,474 km², the church district is the second largest in the regional church. Until it was founded in 1840, the area belonged to the Bielefeld church district .

Churches and parishes

image	church	place	local community	Remarks
	George's Church	Beverungen- Amelunxen	Amelunxes
	Evangelical Church Bad Driburg	Bad Driburg	Bad Driburg
	Evangelical Church Altenbeken	Altenbeken	Bad Driburg
	Evangelical Church Neuenheerse	Bad Driburg- Neuenheerse	Bad Driburg
	Evangelical Church Bad Lippspringe	Bad Lippspringe	Bad Lippspringe
	Evangelical Church Beverungen	Beverungen	Beverungen
	Stephen Church	Borchen	Borchen
	Evangelical Church Borgentreich	Borgentreich	Borgentreich
	Church of the Resurrection	Brakel	Brakel
	Evangelical Church of Bruchhausen	Höxter- Bruchhausen	Bruchhausen
	Evangelical Church Büren	Büren	Büren-Fürstenberg
	Evangelical Church Wewelsburg	Büren- Wewelsburg	Büren-Fürstenberg
	Evangelical Church Fürstenberg	Bad Wünnenberg- Fürstenberg	Büren-Fürstenberg
	Immanuel Church	Bad Wünnenberg	Büren-Fürstenberg
	Evangelical Church Delbrück	Delbruck	Delbruck
	Church of the Redeemer	Paderborn- Elsen	Elsen
	John's Church	Hövelhof	Hövelhof
	Kiliani Church	Höxter	Höxter
	Petrikirche	Höxter	Höxter
	Marienkirche	Höxter	Höxter
	Protestant church	Lichtenau	Lichtenau
	St. Johannis	Lie	Lie
	Kreuzkirche	Never home	Marienmünster-Nieheim
	Marienmünster Chapel	Marienmünster	Marienmünster-Nieheim
	Himmighausen Chapel	Nieheim- Himmighausen	Marienmünster-Nieheim
	Abdinghof Monastery	Paderborn	Paderborn district Abdinghof
	Matthew Church	Paderborn	Paderborn district of Matthäus
	Markus Center	Paderborn	Paderborn district of Markus
	Johannes Center	Paderborn	Paderborn district Johannes
	Martin Luther Center	Paderborn	Paderborn district Martin Luther
	Luke Center	Paderborn	Paderborn district Lukas
	Evangelical Church Peckelsheim	Willebadessen- Peckelsheim	Peckelsheim
	Evangelical Church of Salzkotten	Salzkotten	Salzkotten
	Evangelical Church in Rimbeck	Warburg- Rimbeck	Scherfede-Rimbeck
	Evangelical Church of Neuhaus Castle	Neuhaus Castle	Neuhaus Castle
	Paul Gerhardt Church	Paderborn- Sennelager	Neuhaus Castle
	Evangelical Church Steinheim	Steinheim	Steinheim
	Maria in the vineyard	Warburg	Warburg-Herlinghausen
	Evangelical Church Herlinghausen	Warburg- Herlinghausen	Warburg-Herlinghausen

structure

As in all Westphalian church districts, the district synod is the highest decision-making body. It elects the superintendent and the other members of the district synod committee, who leads the church district between the meetings of the district synod. Volker Neuhoff has been the superintendent since 2016.

Superintendent

from	to	Surname
1841	1857	Friedrich Baumann
1858	1890	Konrad Beckhaus
1892	1904	Georg Baersch
1905	1928	Karl Klingender
1928	1944	Johannes Nobbe
1944	1956	Konrad Korte
1956	1961	Christian Harre
1961	1970	Friedrich Knoch
1970	1985	Helmuth Koegel-Dorfs
1986	1996	Hans-Joachim Ziemann
1996	2004	Christoph Berthold
2004	2015	Anke Schröder
2016	...	Volker Neuhoff

literature

• Richard Janus, Gesine Dronsz (ed.): "Let yourself be built as living stones into a spiritual house". 175 years of the Evangelical Church District Paderborn. Bonifatius, Paderborn 2017, ISBN 978-3-89710-707-6 .

Web links

• Website of the Paderborn Church District

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to superintendent and superintendent of the Evangelical Church District Paderborn on the website of the Church District Paderborn.

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 42.2 "  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 35.8"  E