State superintendent of Lauenburg

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The Landessuperintendentur Lauenburg was an Evangelical Lutheran supervisory and administrative district under changing political and ecclesiastical conditions in the Lauenburger Land from 1564 to 1976. According to the exact name there was a Landessuperintendentur Lauenburg only since the Schleswig-Holstein church constitution came into force from 1922 on November 1st 1924. From 1564 to 1585 and again from 1705 to 1924 the official name was the senior clergy in the country Lauenburger namely " Superintendent " 1585-1705 " General Superintendent ," only from 1924 to 1976 " Superintendent ". The first superintendent was Franz Baring , the last state superintendent Joachim Heubach .

Political history

Today the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein belonging to the Duchy of Lauenburg was among the since 1260 Ascanians an independent Saxe-Lauenburg called, at that time also "Lower Saxony", fell in 1705 to Hanover , was in personal union with the Kingdom since 1816 Denmark joined, and in 1865 was as Schleswig-Holstein Prussian .

In the brief episode of the French era , Lauenburg belonged to the arrondissement of Lübeck in the department of the Elbe estuary from 1806 to 1813 .

Church history

During the Reformation, the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg received its own Lauenburg or Lower Saxony church ordinance , according to which, in contrast to Schleswig-Holstein, in addition to the Confessio Augustana with the Book of Concord , the concord formula of 1577 also applies.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lauenburger Land has been downgraded several times in the course of history in terms of canon law and organization:

Superintendent of Lauenburg on the Elbe (1564–1585)

In 1564, Duke Franz I appointed Franz Baring as the first superintendent, based in Lauenburg / Elbe , who was supposed to reform the parishes in the Lutheran sense.

The general visit of 1581, which Francis II carried out in the first year of his administration as administrator of the duchy (for his father), uncovered great abuses in teaching, sermons and the way of life of the pastors in the country. Baring was released as superintendent in 1582. He was succeeded by Gerhard Sagittarius (1583–1592), who received the title “Superintendens generalis” (= general superintendent) with the new Lauenburg church ordinance of 1585.

General superintendent of the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg (1585–1705)

In coordination with his older brother Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg , theologian and Lutheran administrator of the Archbishopric of Bremen and the monasteries of Osnabrück and Paderborn, Franz II issued the Lutheran Lower Saxony Church Ordinance written by Andreas Pouchenius the Elder , which established the regional church of the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg has been. The spiritual direction was from then on a general superintendent as well as (for the near future) regionally responsible for the offices in Ratzeburg and Neuhaus or Stapel called "special superintendents" or "superintendents", as well as a consistory based in Lauenburg / Elbe.

In the middle of the 17th century, the special superintendents provided for in the Lauenburg Church Ordinance of 1585 were discontinued.

From 1697 to 1703 the general superintendent in Lauenburg was vacant.

When Georg Wilhelm , Prince of Lüneburg in Celle took over the regency in Saxony-Lauenburg in 1702 , the Lauenburg church order remained untouched.

The first spiritual director to be named by Georg Wilhelm still held the traditional title of “General Superintendent” from 1703 to 1705 in Lauenburg / Elbe.

Superintendent of the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg (1705–1877)

On May 17, 1705, Georg Wilhelm moved the superintendent and consistory to Ratzeburg . Since then, the title of the leading clergyman in the Lauenburger Land has only been "Superintendent".

Superintendent of the Duchy of Lauenburg District (1877–1924)

The introduction of the parish and synodal order for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Province of Schleswig-Holstein on November 4, 1876 took place in the course of 1877 with the result of the abolition of the Lauenburg Consistory and subordination of Lauenburg to the consistory in Kiel . The confession of the church in the Lauenburger Land remained unaffected.

State superintendent of the Duchy of Lauenburg district (1924–1976)

Lauenburg special rights in the constitution of 1922/1924

When a new church constitution was issued in 1922 after the previous sovereign church regiment had ceased to exist, the two general superintendent in Schleswig and Kiel were given the title of bishop , and the superintendent in Ratzeburg became state superintendent . The episcopal duties and rights in the old Duchy of Lauenburg were granted to him. At the same time he was a member of the church government with an advisory vote, the regional synod and the regional church office.

The constitution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig-Holstein , passed on September 30, 1922, entered into force through the Prussian state law of April 8, 1924 with effect from November 1, 1924. The special law of Lauenburg was contained in various constitutional provisions, namely in:

"Section 102:

(1) In the district of the Duchy of Lauenburg, the Lauenburg Synod takes the place of the Provost Synod.

(2) The provost's rights and duties are exercised by the state superintendent for Lauenburg.

§ 124:

(4) In the case of Lauenburg questions, the state superintendent for Lauenburg joins the church government. In the case of a vote, the bishop who does not preside must then abstain. In the case of questions of general ecclesiastical importance, the state superintendent for Lauenburg is entitled to take part in the negotiations of the church government in an advisory capacity.

§ 135:

(3) The state superintendent for Lauenburg is elected by the Lauenburg Synod on the proposal of the church government.

§ 142:

(1) For the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of the Duchy of Lauenburg district, the rights and duties of the bishop are exercised by the state superintendent for Lauenburg.

(2) The provisions of §§ 136 Paragraphs 1 and 2, 138, 139, 141 (ie about the bishop) apply mutatis mutandis to the state superintendent.

(3) With regard to the introduction of the state superintendent, the tradition [sc. Introduction of the state superintendent by the seven most senior Lauenburg pastors]. "

According to § 143, the regional church office consisted of the president, the vice-president, the bishops and the state superintendent for Lauenburg as well as other spiritual and non-spiritual members.

Lauenburg special rights in the legal system from 1958

State Superintendent Ernst Fischer before the Lauenburg Synod on October 1, 1969 in Mölln :

“The new legal system ... has not changed much in this [previous] situation. The state superintendent in Lauenburg is a born member of the church leadership with an advisory voice. He has the right to vote in Lauenburg matters. He participates in the meetings of the regional church office part, can indefinitely take on the Synod any time the word is, in his own diocese Superintendent with episcopal duties and rights and to simultaneously his own pastor and pastor in Ratzeburg . So he has a threefold office. ...

The regional superintendent in the regional church, that is Lauenburg's special contribution to the overall church. It has never harmed the church leadership that someone who combines three offices on three levels in his existence takes part in the church leadership in an advisory capacity. If the state superintendent for Lauenburg didn't exist, we would have to invent such an office in our regional church. It would mean impoverishment for the church leadership and its deliberations if such a threefold office were not represented in the church leadership. The special thing about Lauenburg is not the much-mentioned and controversial special rights. I do not like to use the word in my mouth, and during my term of office you will not have heard it from me either in the regional church office or in the church leadership. What I would like to talk about is Lauenburg's Lutheran mission in the regional church. The peculiarity of Lauenburg is not due to dynastic reasons, such as the independence of the Eutin regional church, the peculiarity of Lauenburg is due to the religious status. In Lauenburg the Book of Agreements applies , the Reformation Confessions from the Augsburg Confession to the Formula of the Agreement . This is where Lauenburg's special mission lies in the regional church. "

The question of the continued existence of the “Lauenburg special rights” had already played a role in the deliberations on the drafts of the legal system of the Schleswig-Holstein regional church in the 1950s . Oskar Epha , President of the Regional Church Office in Kiel from 1954 to 1964, commented in detail on Rudolf Laun's opinions from 1952 in the convent of church workers in 1957 .

Laun's thesis was that there is an independent regional church in the Duchy of Lauenburg. This claim was justified with a contract dated March 15, 1876, which was concluded between the commissioner of the ducal-Lauenburg government and a commissioner of the "knights and landscape" on the one hand and a commissioner of the royal Prussian state government on the other.

Epha contradicted this thesis and stated that this contract only referred to property law relationships, but could not be used to justify any special church rights. The thesis that the Prussian law of July 23, 1876 can be used to establish a special contractual right of the Lauenburg Church vis-à-vis the Schleswig-Holstein Church was not shared by Epha. Klaus Blaschke's comment 1986:

“It should be noted that the legal system of the Schleswig-Holstein regional church recognized Lauenburg special rights, but not as a permanent guarantee. Epha emphasizes that every effort was made to take Lauenburg's special circumstances into account when advising the legal system. As in 1877, it was of the opinion that changes could occur through church legislation. "

In Art. 124 and 125 of the legal system of the Ev.-Luth. State Church of Schleswig-Holstein dated May 6, 1958 in the version dated November 14, 1969 read:

"Art. 124:

(1) In the state superintendent of Lauenburg, the rights and duties of the bishop are exercised by the state superintendent for Lauenburg, as are the rights and duties of the provost.

(2) The state superintendent is elected by the Lauenburg Synod on the proposal of the church leadership.

(3) In the state superintendent's office, the Lauenburg synod takes the place of the provost synod, and the synodal committee takes the place of the provost executive. "

Art. 125 dealt with the chapel communities. In addition, the state superintendent took part in the meetings of the church leadership without voting rights (Art. 105).

The 1958 legal system remained in force until January 1, 1977. There was only a change in the composition of the church leadership in 1961, when, with the creation of the office of a provost for Südholstein, he was accepted into the church leadership as an advisory member analogous to the regulation for the provincial superintendent for Lauenburg and instead of voting rights in questions relating to his area of ​​responsibility of the second bishop.

In 1979 the Lauenburg state superintendent (since January 1, 1977, when the constitution of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church came into force, nominally parish of the Duchy of Lauenburg , subject to review by the church court) was not reoccupied with the departure of Joachim Heubach . After a period of vacancy, he was followed on August 18, 1981 by Hermann Augustin as provost without episcopal rights.

Munich report on the Lauenburg special rights 1971

On May 21, 1970, a constitutional majority through a church treaty merged the regional churches of Eutin, Hamburg, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein and the Harburg parish to form the North Elbian Church (NEK). To this contract, drawn up by an intersynodal commission of the participating churches, principles and guiding principles were added, according to which the constitution of the NEK should be drawn up by the constituent synod. These principles could only be deviated from with a qualified majority. The Lauenburg special rights were not mentioned either in the contract or in the principles.

The Lauenburg Synodal Board then asked the Protestant canon lawyer Axel von Campenhausen to comment on the question of whether the Schleswig-Holstein State Synod was entitled to approve the North Elbe Treaty, including the basic principles and guiding principles, without having been a member of the Lauenburg Synod.

The report by the EKD's Canon Law Institute answered this question in the negative.

In the detailed justification, it was stated that the state superintendent has no longer been an independent church since 1877/80, but that the Lauenburg special rights “were not only an essential part of the legal status created by the integration from the beginning, but also a condition for the consensual integration from the Lauenburg to the Schleswig-Holstein regional church ”.

In conclusion, the report stated that, after almost a hundred years of respect, the Lauenburg special rights had not acquired absolute, but nevertheless a relative lasting force compared to the access of the entire synod.

"As long as they have not proven to stand in the way of the church's mandate or have obviously become absolute and as long as the Lauenburg congregations still have a reasonable interest in their continued existence, a regional synod that understands their mandate may not simply or even eliminate purely optical uniformity reasons. Lauenburg's interest is obvious. Aside from the details, the awareness of the historical peculiarities of such a small area can be a legitimate, enlivening moment for church life. Even more, the proximity of the provincial superintendent, who has a certain degree of independence with episcopal functions, is a value for the parishes that deserves to be preserved. "

Heinz Brunotte wrote:

"The report admits under I, 1 and 2 that from a positivistic point of view the approach of the Schleswig-Holstein State Synod could appear unassailable. The regional synod had the right to change the legal system. A threshold clause in favor of Lauenburg is nowhere given in the legal system. The Landessuperintendentur Lauenburg was not an independent church either. When the Duchy of Lauenburg was incorporated into the province of Schleswig-Holstein on June 23, 1873, the consistory had already been abolished and the consistory in Kiel had become responsible.

Thereafter, a Lauenburg synod from September 20 to 25, 1877 expressly approved the church association, which was then implemented by a royal decree of November 7, 1877. The expert opinion rightly sees this as a “connection” or “entry” into the Schleswig-Holstein regional church. There was also no contractual relationship. The fact that the concord formula of 1580 applies in Lauenburg, whereas in Schleswig-Holstein only partially and with dubious status does not stand in the way of complete union (I, 4). One could add that the denomination status is not uniform in other Lutheran regional churches either. For example, the Evangelical Regional Church of Hanover offers an extremely colorful picture with regard to the validity of the concord formula. "

Klaus Blaschke : “Despite this assessment, the report comes to the conclusion that the Schleswig-Holstein regional synod could not freely dispose of Lauenburg's special rights. This opinion was justified in detail with reference to the constitutional lawyer Paul Laband . "

Lawsuit against the loss of special rights in 1976

Section 7 of the Introductory Act to the Constitution of the NEK dated June 12, 1976 stated succinctly: “Church districts of the North Elbian Church are within their boundaries when the constitution came into force” (alongside the other church areas) “the provosts and the Lauenburg regional superintendent of the former Evangelical Lutheran regional church Schleswig-Holstein ”. The Lauenburg special rights were also not mentioned in the North Elbe Introductory Act.

The Landessuperintendentur Lauenburg brought an action against this in December 1976 before the church court. The report of the Church Law Institute of the EKD was presented to substantiate the complaint.

The retired Lauenburg state superintendent Ernst Fischer commented on October 21, 1977 on the "Trial of the North Elbian Church".

Judgment of the Constitutional and Administrative Court of the VELKD 1980

The question of special rights came to an end with the judgment of the Constitutional and Administrative Court of the VELKD on July 7, 1980. The guiding principles of the court stated:

"1. According to the Schleswig-Holstein legal system, the state superintendent for Lauenburg had some episcopal powers for his area, but not the constitutional position of a bishop.

2. The state superintendent was not entitled to make an application in constitutional matters in accordance with § 2 I b Church Law on the Church Court of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg from 1972. "

The court had thus brought the question of the Lauenburg special rights to a certain conclusion.

“It is regrettable that, for formal reasons, the court did not take a position on the questions of state church law and church law, as the state superintendent could not be granted the right to make an application in this matter. It was certainly not easy for the parish of the Duchy of Lauenburg to come to terms with this judgment. "

Communal facilities of the state superintendent of Lauenburg

With the end of the Lauenburg special rights through the entry into force of the constitution of the North Elbian Church in 1977, the Lauenburg State Superintendent was a North Elbian parish , since the merger with the parish of Lübeck, a spiritual supervisory district called Propstei .

Church district of the Duchy of Lauenburg

After the lost trial for the Lauenburg special rights, the church district synod decided on November 26, 1980 to introduce the designation "Church District Duchy of Lauenburg" and to use the addition "Lauenburgisch (e / er)" for the church district synod and the church district council. The church leadership of the North Elbian Church agreed on the 8th / 9th. December 1980 too. In the church district of the Duchy of Lauenburg, certain Lauenburg special regulations continued to apply in the church district statute of November 14, 1984, namely the obligation of the management bodies:

"1. to bring the Lauenburg confession to the attention of the congregation by signing the pastor's convention and at the introductory church service;

2. the observance of the church ordinance of 1585 in the statements still valid today;

3. the assistance of the seven most senior pastors in the church district in introducing the provost;

4. The self-organized missionary work responsible for the Lauenburg church district synod, which every Lauenburg church community is obliged to support;

5. the Lauenburg-Ratzeburg Bible Society;

6. the Martin-Luther-Bund (Lauenburgischer Gotteskasten);

7. To promote the independence of the Lauenburg chapel communities in Basedow, Fuhlenhagen, Grambek, Salem, Schnakenbek, Schmilau, Schretstaken, Talkau, Tramm and Witzeeze;

8. to maintain the right of patronage in relation to the Duchy of Lauenburg through the patronage representatives in the chapel and church councils, to the city patrons of Ratzeburg and Mölln, and in relation to the private patrons in Basthorst, Gudow, Gülzow, Kogel and Wotersen;

[9.] and to hold on to the Lauenburg robe as an official costume recognized for the North Elbe Church as far as possible. "

The President of the North Elbian Church Office, Klaus Blaschke , gave a lecture on March 24, 1985 in the St. Petri Church (Ratzeburg) for the 400th anniversary of the Lauenburg Church Order:

“By signing the Lauenburg Church Ordinance, the pastors of the parish of the Duchy of Lauenburg have received a special right that in no way contradicts the constitution of the North Elbe Church, but is at the same time an obligation for this church. The signature, even if only carried out in the traditional sense, makes it clear what value the acceptance of church order has. The order of church life thus becomes a kind of “spiritual constitution”. It is important to pass this on to the pastors of the other church districts, how important it is to listen to church orders. The obligation arises from the voluntary acceptance of this regulation. It is crucial that this order, and in this the obligation for the entire Church is to be seen, grows out of the worship center of the community. At the same time, the parish is the norm addressee of the church order.

So the commemoration of the Lauenburg church order could be an obligation for the entire North Elbian Church to create such a 'spiritual constitution'. "

Provost Peter Godzik (1998–2007) spoke at the synod on "The future of the parish of the Duchy of Lauenburg" on May 26, 1999 on the lasting significance of the Lauenburg special rights in the figurative sense:

“The parish of the Duchy of Lauenburg has often been ridiculed for these nine special traditions in Lauenburg. We don't hold on to them because we are hopelessly backward-looking and traditional. We also recognize future-oriented aspects in our legacy that we want to defend and make shine again.

So could z. B. the patronage law can be understood as an early forerunner of sponsorship . In the future, too, we must succeed in getting wealthy community members (and those responsible for local politics) to take on a special commitment in stewardship of our communities by being willing to provide financial means, time and gifts for community work.

Our own Bible society points to the fundamental importance of the biblical message for a future church. Especially at a time when knowledge of the Bible book is terribly waning, it will be increasingly important to familiarize people with the fundamental treasure of their history and culture through Bible pedagogical activities.

The Martin Luther Bund (Lauenburgischer Gotteskasten) makes it clear that preaching is not possible without diaconal responsibility for the brothers and sisters in faith and without a willingness to share. It is representative of the numerous diaconal activities that characterize the life of our parishes in the performance of public tasks, for example in the area of kindergartens and social welfare stations .

The self-organized missionary work of Lauenburg keeps us in lively connection with the experiences of young churches all over the world. Missionary work under the conditions of today does not mean a one-way street to convey our beliefs and values, but a partnership based on mutual give and take aiming to learn from the other and to grow in faith and love.

The Lauenburg (Lower Saxony) church order from 1585 is written in an ancient language and can only be understood today in a modern translation and with explanations. However, it contains tips for the behavior of church councils and pastors, which are still worth taking to heart today. She advises peace and building among one another, she gives recommendations for a 'unanimous church leadership' ( Schleiermacher ), which we should not despise, but should open up to ourselves.

The concord formula of 1577 , which is valid in Lauenburg in addition to the Augsburg Confession of 1530, teaches us that faith cannot be described and established once and for all in a certain formula. Against the background of the Bible and early church confessions , we have to react anew to the challenges and disputes of the time and to express our apostolic faith in the world in fellowship with our other Christian brothers and sisters and in listening to them.

Dress questions and questions of order can each be regulated anew; they do not bind us forever. But in the respect for traditional traditions and in the recognition, for example, of the independent chapel communities in the Lauenburg region, it is also expressed that we only pass on what we have received: 'We are not the ones who could keep the church there. Our ancestors weren't either. It will not be our descendants either, but he was, still is and will be who says: I am with you every day until the end of the world '( Martin Luther ). "

Propstei Lauenburg in the parish of Lübeck-Lauenburg

On May 1st, 2009 the parishes of the Duchy of Lauenburg and Lübeck merged to form the parish of Lübeck-Lauenburg. Two provosts were formed as spiritual supervisory districts within the church district: Lübeck and Lauenburg.

“The 23 parishes of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and the 34 parishes of the Duchy of Lauenburg work together in the parish of Lübeck-Lauenburg. A church district is a supervisory and administrative district of a regional church. He supports both the church congregations and the services and works. He is under the supervision of one or more provosts. In the Propstei Lübeck is the provost Petra Kallies with office in the church chancellery, in the Propstei Lauenburg the provost Frauke Eiben is in the Petri-Forum. "

See also

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  • Hermann Augustin (Ed.): Lauenburg Church Order 1585. Part 1 and 2 , Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1985.
  • Traugott von Heintze : The constitution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig-Holstein and the church laws and implementing provisions that have been issued since its enactment (from 1922 to 1926). With a historical introduction and introduction to the constitution , Bordesholm: Heliand 1928.
  • Rudolf Laun : Expert opinion 1952 (typewritten EB).
  • Legal system of the Ev.-Luth. State Church of Schleswig-Holstein. Special print from “Ev. Church law for Schleswig-Holstein ”by Göldner-Muus , Kiel 1959, p. 37 f.
  • Introductory Act to the Constitution of the North Elbe Evangelical Lutheran Church of June 12, 1976 ( online ).
  • Constitution of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church of June 12, 1976 ( online )
  • Axel von Campenhausen (ed.): Munich expert opinion. Canon law reports in the years 1970–1980 (Jus ecclesiasticum, vol. 30) , Tübingen: Mohr 1983 ( content ), pp. 51–62: On the special rights of the state superintendent of Lauenburg .
  • Statutes of the parish of the Duchy of Lauenburg from October 22nd / 14th November 1984 , in: GVOBl. Der NEK No. 16 of August 1, 1985, pp. 169–172 ( online ).

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Burmester : Contributions to the church history of the Duchy of Lauenburg , self-published, Ratzeburg 1832, p. 82. ( online ); 2nd ed. 1882.
  • Friedrich Bertheau: The prehistory of the Lauenburg church order , in: Archive of the Association for the History of the Duchy of Lauenburg , Annual Volume 1884, Issue 1, pp. 1–26 ( online ).
  • Traugott von Heintze : Lauenburg special law. The special position of the Duchy of Lauenburg district in the field of public law with special consideration of the historical development , Ratzeburg 1909, pp. 254–264: Church conditions.
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (ed.): The constitution of 1922 as the basis for the later church leadership , in: Landeskirchliches Archiv , 20.01 ( online ).
  • Oskar Epha : About the position of the state superintendent of Lauenburg in the Schleswig-Holstein regional church , in: Convent of church workers , 3rd year 1957, 1st special issue, p. 6 ff.
  • Ernst Fischer : Speech to the Lauenburg Synod on October 1, 1969 in Mölln , in: Joachim Heubach (Ed.): No reason for melancholy. Sermons - letters - speeches - essays by the regional superintendent Ernst Fischer on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Compiled by Kurt Kroll , Berlin: Die Spur 1973, pp. 205–217.
  • Heinz Brunotte : To the Lauenburger special rights , in: ZevKR 26 (1981), p. 175-186.
  • Hermann Augustin : Church of Jesus Christ in the Lauenburgische Land - from the beginning to the end of the state superintendent , in: ders. (Ed.): Land, hear the Lord's word. Ev.-luth. Church and churches in the Duchy of Lauenburg , Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1984, pp. 289–323.
  • Klaus Blaschke : The Lauenburg Church Ordinance of March 25, 1585 - 400 years of ecclesiastical constitutional history as an obligation of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church , in: Association for Schleswig-Holstein Church History (Ed.): The Lauenburg State Superintendent as a North Elbian Church District Lectures and speeches on the 400th anniversary of the “Lauenburg Church Order” from 1585 , Neumünster: Wachholtz 1986 ( content ), pp. 44–54.
  • Kurt Kroll: The Duchy of Lauenburg as reflected in the general church visits of 1581/82, 1590, 1614 and the church ordinance of 1585, part 3 , in: Lauenburgische Heimat 114 (1986), pp. 1–28.
  • Robert-Dieter Klee: The Landessuperintendentur Lauenburg , Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 1989.
  • Klaus Blaschke: The establishment of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church, taking into account the former special position of the Lauenburg Church within the Schleswig-Holstein regional church , in: Kurt Jürgensen (Ed.): The Church in the Duchy of Lauenburg. Contributions to their past and present , Neumünster: Wachholtz 1994, pp. 130–137.
  • Claudia Tanck: The church conditions , in: William Boehart, Heinz Bohlmann, Cordula Bornefeld, Christian Lopau (eds.): Between standstill and change. The special path of the Duchy of Lauenburg into modernity , Schwarzenbek 2001, pp. 301–307.
  • Hermann Harms: A look at the church history of Lauenburg , in: Eckardt Opitz (Hrsg.): Duchy of Lauenburg. The country and its history. A handbook , Neumünster 2003, pp. 540–553.
  • Christian Lopau: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Duchy of Lauenburg and the “seizure of power” , in: Lauenburgische Heimat 180 (2008), pp. 78–91.
  • Benjamin Hein: The Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Schleswig-Holstein. Data - facts - materials. On the 150th anniversary of the regional church office in Kiel (writings of the regional church archive of the northern church, volume 3) , Kiel 2017 ( online version ), esp.p. 12 f., 15, 17, 27.
  • Claudia Tanck, Manfred Maronde: Salt of the earth - light of the world. Evangelical Lutheran Church between Trave and Elbe , Rostock: Hinstorff 2016 (review online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ https://www.nordkirche.de/adressen/institutionen/detailansicht/institution/kirchenkreis-luebeck-lauenburg/
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  4. ↑ Burmester 1832, p. 29.
  5. ↑ Burmester 1832, p. 29; Augustin 1984, p. 315.
  6. ↑ Fischer 1969 in Heubach 1973, p. 206.
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  11. ↑ Ernst Fischer 1969 in Heubach 1973, p. 206 f.
  12. ↑ Blaschke 1986, p. 46 f.
  13. ↑ Quoted from Blaschke 1986, p. 45.
  14. ↑ The North Elbian Church: The foundation: 1970 or 1977? ( online ).
  15. ↑ Axel von Campenhausen (Ed.): Munich expert opinion. Canon law reports in the years 1970–1980 (Jus ecclesiasticum, vol. 30) , Tübingen: Mohr 1983.
  16. ↑ a b Quoted from: Lauenburger Sonderrechte and Nordelbien , in: Nordelbischeimmen , 17th year, No. 4, April 1971.
  17. ↑ Brunotte 1981, p. 176.
  18. ↑ a b c Blaschke 1986, p. 46.
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  20. ^ Ernst Fischer: Trial of the North Elbian Church. Statement of October 21, 1977 ( online ).
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  25. ↑ Blaschke 1986, p. 53.
  26. ↑ Peter Godzik: Shine like heaven's shine. Signs of life from the Lauenburg region. Selected sermons , Rosengarten near Hamburg: Steinmann 2008.
  27. ↑ Sermon for the opening of the district council 4/1998 ( online )
  28. ↑ Sermon for the Bible Festival 04/2003 ( online )
  29. ^ Sermon for the Diakonie Jubilee 11/1998 ( online )
  30. ↑ Sermon for the Mission Festival 09/2003 ( online )
  31. ↑ Lauenburg (Lower Saxony) church ordinance from 1585 ( online )
  32. ↑ Excerpt from the Lauenburg Church Ordinance of 1585 ( online )
  33. ↑ Sermon on the forgiveness of sins and the resurrection 04/1998 ( online )
  34. ↑ Sermon to welcome the newly elected Ratzeburg city representatives 05/1998 ( online )
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  36. ↑ Faith community between Geesthacht and Travemünde. Out and about together in the Lübeck-Lauenburg church district ( online)