Kurt Rommel

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Kurt Rommel (born December 20, 1926 in Kirchheim unter Teck ; † March 5, 2011 in Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt ) was a pastor of the Württemberg Evangelical Church , hymn poet and spiritual author .

Career

Kurt Rommel officiated as parish priest in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance and in Villingen-Schwenningen . He was a youth pastor in Stuttgart , where he wrote and composed numerous New Spiritual Songs . He founded in February 1962 as a " cinema worship " rather than the organ played in the cinema a band. From 1974 Rommel was theological editor, later until 1992 he was editor- in- chief of the Evangelical Community Gazette for Württemberg . In addition to numerous book publications, also author of a series of records. Most recently he lived in Weil der Stadt .

Works

Musical works (selection)

Rommel wrote about 800 songs and 1000 canons . Six of them have found their way into the Evangelical Hymnal , eight are recorded in the former Catholic Praise to God (1975 edition).

  • Lord give us courage to listen , 1964; EG-Bayern-Thuringia 588; EG-West (Rhineland, Westphalia, Lippe-Detmold, Reformed Church) 605
  • Let us in your name, Lord , 1965; EG-West 658, EG-Bayern-Thuringia 634, EG-Hessen 614, EG-Nordelbien 577
  • Sing, give thanks to our God , 1963; EG-West 597
  • You called us, Lord, in 1967; EG 168
  • Give Us Peace Every Day , 1963; EG 425. First stanza and melody by Rüdeger Lüders (contained in some children's and youth songbooks)
  • Let us hear, Lord and God , music: Alfred Hans Zoller
  • Lord, give me courage to build bridges , 1963; in the EG-Bayern-Thuringia 646, EG-West 669, EG-Bremen-Hannover-Oldenburg-Braunschweig-Schaumburg Lippe 612 with a melody by Paul Gerhard Walter (1978); EG-Württemberg 649, EG-Hessen 628 with the originally favored melody by Paul Bischoff from 1965.
  • A child has arrived , 1968; EG-Bavaria-Thuringia 575

He is also often represented in Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swiss hymn books. In 2007, a songbook with a representative selection was published under the title Fest verurzelt .

Publications

Rommel authored 70 books, including:

  • Courage to mourn , Quell-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1974, ISBN 3-7918-2106-7
  • On the lust and burden of old age , Quell-Verlag, Gütersloh, 2001, ISBN 3-579-03419-7
  • People, churches, anecdotes. Discoveries in our Württemberg communities , Quell Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-7918-2317-5
  • Cheerful and serious things from the history of the church in Württemberg
  • Some like it Christian. Texts for thinking ahead Edition Gemeindeblatt, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-920207-17-9

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eva-Stuttgart: Kurt Rommel has died. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 27, 2010 ; Retrieved March 8, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eva-stuttgart.de
  2. ↑ Kurt Rommel, p. 189
  3. ↑ Kurt Rommel, p. 192
personal data
SURNAME Rommel, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchheim unter Teck
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 2011
Place of death Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt