Church leaves
The Kirchliche Blätter is the monthly publication of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania ; they are published in Hermannstadt (Sibiu), Transylvania .
The editorial office is located in the regional church bishop's palace. The publisher is the regional consistory of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania. With a history of almost 120 years, the Kirchliche Blätter is the oldest periodical in Transylvania and Romania that has been published in German to this day .
history
The first considerations for founding a school and church newspaper for the Transylvanian Saxons were made in 1843 by the pastor, school reformer and revolutionary hero Stephan Ludwig Roth . However, a permanently established magazine could not be brought into being until half a century later: The Kirchliche Blätter was published in 1897, during the tenure of Bishop Friedrich Müller the Elder. Ä. , under the name Kirchliche Blätter from the Protestant regional church A. B. in the sevenb. Parts of Hungary. Evang. Weekly for the co-religionists of all classes founded as a weekly newspaper. The price for a six-month subscription was 1.50 guilders at the time. The first editor of the newspaper was Josef Josephi.
In 1909 the magazine was divided into an "official" and a "non-official" section. A recounting of the issues was introduced, and the Kirchliche Blätter appeared continuously until August 1944. In the interwar period, the newspaper was influenced by, among other things, the writings of the doctor Heinrich Siegmund , who, together with Evangelical Welfare, created a supplement to the Kirchliche Blätter in which he published his health and social policy considerations.
The immediate post-war period, the period of the gradual takeover of power by the communist party and the establishment of the totalitarian regime, brought not only a series of expropriations of church real estate , extensive legal restrictions and the dissolution of all church associations. From August 1944 to June 1946 the publication of the Kirchliche Blätter was interrupted for the time being. From 1948, the magazine was no longer allowed to appear for a period of 25 years.
It was only during the term of office of Bishop Albert Klein that the Kirchliche Blätter were able to be published again from 1973 onwards .
The masthead decorated throughout many years stylized representations of the fortified church of Biertan (Biertan), a building from the 14/15. Century, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 . The village of Biertan was the seat of the Saxon bishops for almost three hundred years .
present
The Kirchliche Blätter have also been available in electronic format since 2008 . In 2013 it was decided to publish the official gazette of the Evangelical Church A. B. in Romania, the regional church information as a supplement to the church gazettes . A more comprehensive online presence to complement the print edition of the Kirchliche Blätter is currently (2013) in planning.
content
The editorial contributions of the Kirchliche Blätter are aimed primarily at the parishioners of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania, i.e. at Evangelical Lutheran, German-speaking Christians in Romania, as well as a smaller regular readership abroad. The magazine is also shaped by the multi-ethnic and multi-denominational structure of society in Transylvania. Ecumenical issues have traditionally been given great weight. In addition to sermon texts and devotions, the magazine mainly contains articles about life in the parishes of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania, but also articles on international topics.
The authors of the Kirchliche Blätter who have regularly published since 1990 include the regional church bishops Christoph Klein and Reinhart Guib as well as the Transylvanian theologians Hans Klein , Paul Philippi and Hermann Pitters , Gerhild Rudolf (editor 1999–2012), Beatrice Ungar (editor 2012–2013) and many more.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Church papers, No. 1/1897
- ↑ Gerhild Rudolf: 110 years since the first edition of the Kirchliche Blätter. Sibiu-Hermannstadt 2007.
- ^ Annemarie Weber: Romanian Germans? - Discourses on the group identity of a minority (1944–1971). Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2010, Appendix.
- ↑ Church papers, No. 9/2013
- ↑ kbl.evang.ro (accessed on October 19, 2013)