Klaus Kuntz
Klaus Kuntz (born March 23, 1935 in Silesia ; † March 19, 2018 in Reutlingen ) was a Protestant pastor and founding father of the Reutlingen Vesper Church .
Life
Klaus Kuntz was born in Silesia in 1935 . After the Second World War , he and his family were expelled from Silesia. So he came to the refugee camp in St. Johann (Württemberg) and from there to Reutlingen . After leaving school, studied Kuntz at the University of Tübingen Theology , where he met his future wife Jutta. He became pastor of the Marienkirche community in Reutlingen, where he was the managing pastor of the Marienkirche community for 12 years. From 1999 to 2004 Klaus Kuntz was a member of the Reutlingen City Council in the SPD parliamentary group.
On January 25, 1998, Pastor Klaus Kuntz founded the Reutlingen Vesper Church. He also co-founded the Reutlinger Tafel and built it up in a leading role. For 20 years he was active in the diaconal work of the Protestant Diakonieverband Reutlingen. The Reutlingen Vesper Church was particularly close to his heart. Kuntz laid out the leading Bible verse Break your bread to the hungry and those in misery without shelter lead into the house ( Isa 58.7-12 Lut ) for the Reutlingen Vesper Church. The idea for this arose, according to Kuntz, in a conversation with a homeless person in Reutlingen. Pastor Klaus Kuntz was of the opinion that there should never be such poverty in a rich city like Reutlingen. For 25 years, Kuntz campaigned for the homeless and poor at the AWO Arbeiterwohlfahrt Reutlingen. Together with the AWO, Kuntz founded the first oases (homes and frost protection for the homeless and needy people in Reutlingen) in buildings of the GWG Reutlingen. In 1997, Kuntz retired from work, but fought against poverty and homelessness in Reutlingen until his death. Pastor Kuntz was known far beyond the Reutlingen district as pastor of the poor . In 2006, Mayor Barbara Bosch recognized Kuntz for his social commitment with the Medal of Merit of the City of Reutlingen . In 2007, Pastor Klaus Kuntz was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by Federal President Horst Köhler from State Secretary Dieter Hillebrand . Klaus Kuntz rests in the Reutlingen cemetery Unter den Linden .
Awards / honors
- 2006 Medal of Merit from the City of Reutlingen
- February 18, 2007 Awarding of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by Federal President Horst Köhler by State Secretary Dieter Hillebrand. The laudation was given by Prelate Claus Maier in Reutlingen .
Web links
- Mourning for Klaus Kuntz Source: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger April 5, 2018. Accessed April 18, 2018.
- The father of the Vesper Church is no longer. Source: Südwest-Presse March 28, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ Cross of Merit on Ribbon for Pastor Klaus Kuntz. Source: Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration Baden-Württemberg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuntz, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th March 2018 |
| Place of death | Reutlingen , Baden-Württemberg , |