Kurt Engelbert

Kurt Engelbert (born July 17, 1886 in Wansen , Province of Silesia , † September 12, 1967 in Hildesheim ) was a German Catholic church historian .

Life

Kurt Engelbert studied Catholic theology at the University of Breslau . After his ordination in 1911 he became chaplain in Thomaswaldau and in 1912 chaplain in Trebnitz . In 1918 he was appointed to the Vicariate General in Breslau . In 1923 he graduated as Dr. theol. with the dissertation Kaspar von Logau , Bishop of Breslau (1562–1574). A contribution to the Silesian Reformation history . In the same year he was elected as a member of the Historical Commission for Silesia ; In 1926 he was promoted to Ordinariats- und Konsistorialrat and in 1940 to director of the diocesan archive, the diocesan museum and the cathedral library. After the expulsion in 1946 he was appointed to the Vicariate General of the Diocese of Hildesheim and appointed Vicariate General and Head of the Hildesheim Cathedral Library in 1947 and Vice-Official in 1949 . In 1954 he was elected as a member of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen . In 1961 he retired.

1956 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

History of the parish of St. Michael in Wroclaw . Hildesheim 1949, OCLC 73335438 .
Adolf Cardinal Bertram . Prince Archbishop of Wroclaw (1914–1945) . Hildesheim 1949, OCLC 21248616 .
Sources on the history of the Neiss diocese based on the three oldest Neiss camp books . Würzburg 1964, OCLC 644552876 .
The German soul of Silesia . Osnabrück 1966, OCLC 73713937 .

Bernhard Stasiewski (ed.): Contributions to the Silesian church history. Memorial for Kurt Engelbert . Cologne 1969, OCLC 73628074 .

personal data
SURNAME	Engelbert, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic church historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 17, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wansen , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1967
Place of death	Hildesheim