List of the German Evangelical Church Congresses and persons involved
This is a list of the German Evangelical Church Days (DEKT) and the numbers of all people involved. Those responsible, d. H. the respective presidents as well as the acting general secretaries of the DEKT are named. The list also includes the Whitsun Ecumenical Meeting (1971) and the Ecumenical Church Days (since 2003).
The first event took place in 1949, since 1957 the Protestant and Catholic Kirchentag have alternated.
Church days with their topics and number of participants
year | Kirchentag | place | motto | Permanent participant | Participants in the general meeting / final meeting / closing service |
Contributors | comment |
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1949 July 28th – 1st August |
German Evangelical Week | Hanover | "Church on the move" | 3,000-7,000 | Final meeting 35,000 | Valid as the 1st German Evangelical Church Congress . | |
1950 23-27 August |
2nd German Evangelical Church Congress | eat | "Save the man" | 25,350 | Annual General Meeting 180,000 | ||
1951 11-17 July |
3rd German Evangelical Church Congress | Berlin | "We are brothers" | 69,000-91,600 | Annual General Meeting 200,000 | ||
1952 27. – 31. August |
4th German Evangelical Church Congress | Stuttgart | "Choose life" | 30,750-40,000 | Annual General Meeting 200,000 | ||
1953 December 12-16 August |
5th German Evangelical Church Congress | Hamburg | "Don't throw away your trust" | 40,900-60,000 | Annual General Meeting 250,000 | ||
1954 7-11 July |
6th German Evangelical Church Congress | Leipzig | "Rejoice in hope" ( Rom 12.12 LUT ) |
60,450 | Annual General Meeting 650,000 | Last all-German church convention until reunification . | |
1956 8th – 12th August |
7th German Evangelical Church Congress | Frankfurt am Main | "Be reconciled to God" | 55,000-61,700 | Annual General Meeting 600,000 | ||
1957 October 27th |
Church Sunday | different places | "The Lord is God, the Lord is God" | 3,000 delegates from the Federal Republic and the GDR at the "autumn meeting" in Berlin | The planned 8th German Evangelical Church Congress in Erfurt was canceled for political reasons; instead there were 17 regional church days and from 25th to 27th October an “autumn meeting” took place in Berlin . | ||
1959 December 12-16 August |
9th German Evangelical Church Congress | Munich | "You shall be my people" | 40,000-48,500 | Annual General Meeting 350,000 | ||
1961 19th - 23rd July |
10th German Evangelical Church Congress | Berlin | "I am with you" | 42,900 | Annual General Meeting 82,000 | ||
1963 24.-28. July |
11th German Evangelical Church Congress | Dortmund | "Living with Conflict" | 14,500 | Annual General Meeting 350,000 | ||
1965 July 28–1. August |
12th German Evangelical Church Congress | Cologne | "To exist in freedom" | 13,000 | Annual General Meeting 120,000 | ||
1967 21-25 June |
13th German Evangelical Church Congress | Hanover | "Peace is among us" | 12,300-14,500 | Annual General Meeting 40,000 | ||
1969 16-20. July |
14th German Evangelical Church Congress | Stuttgart | "Starving for Justice" | 17,150 | Final meeting 40,000 | ||
1971 3rd – 5th June |
Ecumenical Pentecost meeting | augsburg | "Accept one another as Christ accepted us" ( Rom 15.7 EU ) |
8,270 | Final meeting 18,000 | Forerunner of the Ecumenical Church Congress . | |
1973 June 27-1. July |
15th German Evangelical Church Congress | Dusseldorf | "Not from bread alone" | 7,420-10,400 | Closing service 24,000 | Lowest number of permanent participants. | |
1975 11-15 June |
16th German Evangelical Church Congress | Frankfurt am Main | "In fears - and see, we live" | 14,920-15,000 | Final meeting 40,000 | ||
1977 8-12 June |
17th German Evangelical Church Congress | Berlin (West) | " Bear one another's burden" ( Gal 6,2 LUT84 ) |
58,950 | Final meeting 35,000 | ||
1979 13-17 June |
18th German Evangelical Church Congress | Nuremberg | "Called to Hope" | 78,860 | Final meeting 120,000 | 15,733 | First evening meal . |
1981 17th - 21st June |
19th German Evangelical Church Congress | Hamburg | "Do not be afraid" | 117,600 | Final meeting 90,000 | 19,867 | Shaped by the retrofitting debate . |
1983 8-12 June |
20th German Evangelical Church Congress | Hanover | "Return to life" | 114.050 | Final meeting 95,000 | 20,856 | The Kirchentag of the “purple cloths” with which the participants made the retrofitting debate a central topic. |
1985 5th - 9th June |
21st German Evangelical Church Congress | Dusseldorf | "The earth is the Lord's" | 118,000-129,900 | Final meeting 85,000 | 22,929 | |
1987 17th - 21st June |
22nd German Evangelical Church Congress | Frankfurt am Main | "See what a man" ( Joh 19,5 LUT84 ) |
125.054 | Final meeting 85,000 | 25,254 | For the first time with Eleonore von Rotenhan, a woman led the Evangelical Church Congress. |
1989 7-11 June |
23rd German Evangelical Church Congress | Berlin (West) | "Our time in God's hands" | 151,422 (evening of encounter: 220,000) |
Closing service 95,000 | 24,998 | |
1991 5th - 9th June |
24th German Evangelical Church Congress | Ruhr area | "God's Spirit Set Free To Live" | 104,492 (evening of encounter: 143,000) |
Closing service 80,000 | 26,351 | |
1993 9-13 June |
25th German Evangelical Church Congress | Munich | "Accept one another" | 124,338 (evening of encounter: 140,000) |
Closing service 100,000 | 23,319 | |
1995 14-18 June |
26th German Evangelical Church Congress | Hamburg | "You have been told, man, what is good" ( Mi 6,8 ESV84 ) |
125.012 | Closing service 85,000 | 24,024 | |
1997 18th - 22nd June |
27th German Evangelical Church Congress | Leipzig | "In the way of righteousness there is life" ( Prov 12.28 LUT84 ) |
98,658 | Closing service 98,658 | 24,000 | First church convention in the new federal states after reunification . |
1999 16. – 20. June |
28th German Evangelical Church Congress | Stuttgart | "You are the salt of the earth" ( Mt 5,13 LUT84 ) |
98.099 | 27,127 | ||
2001 13-17 June |
29th German Evangelical Church Congress | Frankfurt am Main | "You set my feet in a broad place" ( Ps 31.9 LUT84 ) |
92,947 | Closing service 70,000 | 31,166 | |
2003 May 28 –1. June |
1st Ecumenical Church Congress | Berlin | "You should be a blessing" | 191,349 | Closing service 200,000 | 41,290 | |
2005 25-29 May |
30th German Evangelical Church Congress | Hanover | "If your child asks you tomorrow ..." ( 5 Mos 6.20 ELB ) |
102,428 (opening evening : 400,000) |
Closing service 105,000 | 33,941 | |
2007 6-10 June |
31st German Evangelical Church Congress | Cologne | "Lively and strong and sharper" ( Heb 4,12 LUT84 ) |
103,726 (opening evening : 300,000) |
Closing service 100,000 | 33,968 | |
2009 20th - 24th May |
32nd German Evangelical Church Congress | Bremen | "Man, where are you?" ( 1 Mos 3,9 ELB ) |
99,440 (opening night: 300,000) |
Closing service 100,000 | 30,435 | |
2010 12-16 May |
2. Ecumenical Church Congress | Munich | "So that you have hope" (based on 1 Petr 1,21 LUT84 ) |
127,000 (opening night: 300,000) |
Closing service 120,000 | 39,299 | |
2011 1st - 5th June |
33rd German Evangelical Church Congress | Dresden | "... your heart will also be there" ( Mt 6:21 ELB ) |
118,843 (opening night: 300,000) |
Closing service 120,000 | 38,223 | |
2013 1st - 5th May |
34th German Evangelical Church Congress | Hamburg | "As much as you need" ( 2 Mos 16:18 LUT84 ) |
117,484 (opening night: 350,000) |
Closing service 130,000 | 35,923 | |
2015 3rd - 7th June |
35th German Evangelical Church Congress | Stuttgart | "So that we become wise" ( Psalm 90:12 LUT84 ) |
97.127 | Closing service
95,000 |
36,200 | |
2017 24.-28. May |
36th German Evangelical Church Congress | Berlin and Wittenberg | "You see me" ( 1 Mos 16:13 LUT ) |
105.171
(Opening evening: 70,000) |
Closing service
120,000 |
22,595 | On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation , six church days were held simultaneously on the way in eight cities in Central Germany , with a joint festive service on the Elbe meadows in front of Wittenberg on May 28, 2017 . |
2019 19. – 23. June |
37th German Evangelical Church Congress | Dortmund | "What a trust" ( 2 Kings 18:19 LUT ) |
approx. 80,000
(plus about 41,000 day visitors) |
Closing service in the stadium and Westfalenpark together
37,000 |
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Scheduled events | |||||||
2021 12th-16th May |
3rd Ecumenical Church Congress | Frankfurt am Main | "Look" ( Mk 6:38) | ||||
2023 7th-11th June |
38th German Evangelical Church Congress | Nuremberg |
Presidents
Each church convention is headed by a president. Since 1970 the ownership of this office has changed every two years:
- 1949–1964: Reinold von Thadden-Trieglaff
- 1964–1970: Richard von Weizsäcker
- 1970–1971: Gertrud Osterloh
- 1971–1973: Heinz Zahrnt
- 1973–1975: Kurt Sontheimer
- 1975–1977: Helmut Simon
- 1977–1979: Klaus von Bismarck
- 1979–1981: Richard von Weizsäcker
- 1981–1983: Erhard Eppler
- 1983–1985: Wolfgang Huber
- 1985–1987: Eleonore von Rotenhan
- 1987–1989: Helmut Simon
- 1989–1991: Erhard Eppler
- 1991–1993: Erika Reihlen
- 1993–1995: Ernst Benda
- 1995–1997: Rainer Meusel
- 1997–1999: Barbara Rinke
- 1999–2001: Martin Dolde
- 2001–2003: Elisabeth Raiser
- 2003–2005: Eckhard Nagel
- 2005–2007: Reinhard Höppner
- 2007–2009: Karin von Welck
- 2009–2011: Katrin Göring-Eckardt
- 2011–2013: Gerhard Robbers
- 2013–2015: Andreas Barner
- 2015–2017: Christina Aus der Au
- since 2017: Hans Leyendecker
The designated incumbent for the Evangelical Church Congress 2019 was Frank-Walter Steinmeier .
Evangelical Presidents of the Ecumenical Church Congress were Elisabeth Raiser in Berlin in 2003 and Eckhard Nagel in Munich in 2010 .
General Secretaries
The General Secretariat heads the College of the Kirchentag. In consultation with the board of directors, it represents the Kirchentag externally and has the right to speak directly in the presidential assembly, the presidium, the conference of the state committees and in the finance committee.
Official:
- 1950–1961: Heinrich Giesen
- 1961–1982: Hans Hermann Walz
- 1982–1984: Klaus Reblin
- 1985–1994: Christian Krause
- 1994–1999: Margot Käßmann
- 2000–2005: Friederike von Kirchbach
- 2006–2017: Ellen Ueberschär
- since 2017: Julia Helmke
See also
literature
- Church Congress Berlin 1951:
- Berlin 1951 - Report booklet - The German Evangelical Church Congress in words and pictures. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- We are brothers after all - documentary report of the third German Evangelical Church Congress in Berlin. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Kirchentag Stuttgart 1952:
- Choose life - preparation booklet for the German Evangelical Church Congress in Stuttgart. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Stuttgart 1952 - Report book with the results of the working group, contributions to discussions, speeches and speeches, the word of the Kirchentag and a. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Choose life - documentary report from the fourth German Evangelical Church Congress in Stuttgart. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Church Congress Hamburg 1953:
- Don't throw away your trust - preparation booklet for the German Evangelical Church Congress in Hamburg. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Hamburg 1953 - Report book with the results of the working group, contributions to discussions, speeches and speeches, the word of the Kirchentag and the like. a. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Don't throw away your trust - documentary report from the fifth German Evangelical Church Congress in Hamburg. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Leipzig Church Congress 1954:
- Be happy in hope - preparation booklet for the German Evangelical Church Congress in Leipzig. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart
- Happy in Hope - The Leipzig Kirchentag 1954, all-German edition (edited by Heinrich Giesen ), Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart 1954
- Martin Niemöller ; Helmut Gollwitzer : Christ our hope. Bible study at the German Evangelical Church Congress in Leipzig. Sermon on Church Day Sunday in Bonn. ISBN 3-8076-0082-5
- Kirchentag Stuttgart 1969:
- Lienhard Pflaum : German Evangelical Church Congress 1969, review and reflection. Publishing house of the Liebenzeller Mission 1969
- Ecumenical Pentecost Meeting Augsburg 1971:
- Ecumenical Pentecost Meeting Augsburg 1971. Documents. Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart u. Verlag Bonifatius Druckerei, Paderborn 1971, ISBN 3-7831-0366-5 (Kreuz-Verlag), ISBN 3-87088-067-8 (Verlag Bonifatius)
- Kirchentag Berlin 1977:
- German Evangelical Church Congress. Berlin 1977. Documents. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-7831-0523-4
- Dietrich Goldschmidt / Peter von der Osten-Sacken / Martin Stöhr: Direction. Jewish and Christian Bible studies and lectures. 17th German Evangelical Church Congress in Berlin 1977. Institute Church and Judaism 1978, ISBN 3-923095-08-2
- Kirchentag Nuremberg 1979:
- Johannes Hanselmann ; Arno Schoenberger; Karl G. Kaster; Helmut Angermaier: Reformation in Nuremberg - upheaval and preservation. Organized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum… 18th German Evangelical Church Congress, 1979. Germanisches Nationalmuseum 1979, ISBN 3-924991-13-8
- Harald Uhl: German Protestant Kirchentag Nuremberg 1979. Documents. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-7831-0592-7
- Kirchentag Hamburg 1981:
- Carola Wolf: The Kirchentag pocket book Hamburg '81. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-7831-0642-7
- Karl Günther Petters / Dirk Römmer / Rolf Christiansen: Fear not I - Kirchentag 1981. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1984, ISBN 3-579-01972-4
- Karl Günther Petters / Dirk Römmer / Rolf Christiansen: Fear not II - Kirchentag 1981. Gütersloher publishing house 1984, ISBN 3-579-01973-2
- Kirchentag Hannover 1983:
- Numbers - facts - background from the Evangelical Church in Germany. Church statistics. Kirchentag 1983 in Hanover. People and events. Lfg. 3, Jg. 110/1983, ISBN 3-579-00156-6
- Günther Gert: Inciting people to continue. Workbook Kirchentag 1983. Luther-Verlag Bielefeld 1984, ISBN 3-7858-0283-8
- Kirchentag Düsseldorf 1985:
- Heinrich Albertz ; Heino Falcke ; Günter Gaus ; Stephan Hermlin : German conversation. Dialogues and speeches from the Kirchentag in Düsseldorf. Wichern-Verlag 1985, ISBN 3-88981-018-7
- Andreas Feige; Ingrid Lukatis; Wolfgang Lukatis: Kirchentag between church and world. Looking for answers. An empirical study at the 21st German Evangelical Church Congress in Düsseldorf 1985. Wichern-Verlag 1987, ISBN 3-88981-029-2
- Preserve the earth. Reconciliation of work and life. Impulses from the Düsseldorf Kirchentag. ISBN 3-7831-0802-0
- Rolf Christiansen: On the way to the Düsseldorf Kirchentag 1985. A paperback to prepare. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1984, ISBN 3-579-01280-0
- Kirchentag Frankfurt 1987:
- See what a man! Kirchentag '87. ISBN 3-579-01094-8
- Konrad von Bonin: German Evangelical Church Congress. Frankfurt 1987. Documents. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-7831-0861-6
- Church Congress Berlin 1989:
- Gerhard Rein; Heinrich Albertz; Klaus von Dohnanyi ; Erhard Eppler : German insights. Speeches and talks between Germans from both countries at the Evangelical Church Congress in Berlin. Wichern-Verlag 1989, ISBN 3-88981-042-X
- Rüdiger Runge (Ed.): Kirchentag '89. Reports and materials from Berlin. Kaiser, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-459-01835-6
- Raul Neumann: Church Congress 1989 Berlin. Our time in God's hands. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1989, ISBN 3-579-01104-9
- German Evangelical Church Congress. Berlin 1989. Documents. Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-7831-0999-X
- Berlin '89. Impulses for the Kirchentag. ISBN 3-7831-0960-4
- Kirchentag Ruhrgebiet 1991:
- God's living spirit. Kirchentag 1991. Topics and Accents - A preparation book. ISBN 3-459-01876-3
- Raul Niemann: Kirchentag 91 Ruhr area. God's Spirit sets us free to live. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1991, ISBN 3-579-01112-X
- Rüdiger Runge (Ed.): Kirchentag '91. The reading book. 24th German Evangelical Church Congress, Ruhr area 1991. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1991, ISBN 3-579-05103-2 , Kaiser Verlag Munich 1991, ISBN 3-459-01901-8
- German Evangelical Church Congress (24th), Ruhr area 1991. Documentary volume. ISBN 3-459-01902-6
- Konrad von Bonin: German Protestant Kirchentag Ruhrgebiet 1991. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1991, ISBN 3-579-02271-7
- Kirchentag Munich 1993:
- Susanne Schullerus-Kessler (Ed.): Accept one another. Kirchentag 1993. Preparation book. Kaiser, Munich 1992 ISBN 3-459-01951-4
- Konrad von Bonin: German Evangelical Church Congress. Munich 1993. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1993, ISBN 3-579-02095-1
- Rüdiger Runge: Kirchentag '93. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1993, ISBN 3-579-01123-5
- Helmut Braun; Andreas Link; Klaus Raschzok: Perceptions. Sculptures in the Kirchentag '93. Slides, texts, meditations. Klaus and Stoll-Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-928691-08-2
- Accept one another. Kirchentag 1993. A preparation book. Edition Chr. Kaiser, ISBN 3-579-05126-1
- Hellmut Santer: Therefore, accept one another. Texts for the 1993 Kirchentag. ISBN 3-7600-0628-0
- Church Congress Hamburg 1995:
- Rüdiger Runge: Kirchentag '95. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1995, ISBN 3-579-01129-4
- Anne Christiansen: You were told, man, what is good. Kirchentag Hamburg 1995. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1994, ISBN 3-579-02360-8
- Anne Christiansen: Good? Views of the Kirchentag 1995. Lutherische Verlagsgesellschaft 1994, ISBN 3-87503-062-1
- Konrad von Bonin: German Evangelical Church Congress Hamburg 1995. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1995, ISBN 3-579-02096-X
- Kirchentag Leipzig 1997:
- Rüdiger Runge: Kirchentag '97 Leipzig. 27th German Church Congress, Leipzig, June 18-22, 1997. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1997, ISBN 3-579-01133-2
- Konrad von Bonin: German Evangelical Church Congress Leipzig 1997. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1997, ISBN 3-579-02097-8
- Kirchentag Stuttgart 1999:
- Church presence in public space. Faith and Architecture in the 21st Century (23rd Evangelical Church Congress, September 15-19, 1999 in Stuttgart). ISBN 3-923974-91-4
- Konrad von Bonin; Anne Gidion: German Evangelical Church Congress Stuttgart 1999. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1999, ISBN 3-579-02098-6
- Kirchentag Frankfurt 2001:
- Action space. Evangelischer Kirchentag 2001. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2001, ISBN 3-930206-53-6
- Christoph Quarch; Dirk Rademacher: German Evangelical Church Congress Frankfurt am Main 2001. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2003, ISBN 3-579-00469-7
- Raul Niemann: You put my feet in a wide space - Kirchentag 2001. Frankfurt am Main. Lutheran Publishing House 2001, ISBN 3-7859-0826-1
- Ecumenical Church Congress Berlin 2003:
- Theodor Bolzenius (ed.): You should be a blessing. Documentation. Ecumenical Church Congress, May 28th – May 1st June 2003 in Berlin. Gütersloher publishing house u. Butzon & Bercker, Gütersloh u. Kevelaer 2004, ISBN 3-579-00468-9 (Gütersloher Verlagshaus), ISBN 3-7666-0538-0 (Butzon & Bercker)
- Rüdiger Runge (Ed.): You should be a blessing. Thinking impulses from personalities from society, churches and politics. Ecumenical Kirchentag 2003. Gütersloher Verlagshaus u. Herder, Gütersloh u. Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, ISBN 3-579-02389-6 (Gütersloher publishing house), ISBN 3-451-28031-0 (Herder)
- Kirchentag Hannover 2005:
- Rüdiger Runge; Eckhard Nagel: How can we believe? How do we want to live? How should we act? Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2005, ISBN 978-3-579-06910-4
- Eckhard Nagel; Christoph Quarch; Christiane Begerau: German Evangelical Church Congress Hanover 2005. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2006, ISBN 978-3-579-00467-9
- Kirchentag Cologne 2007:
- Ellen Ueberscher; Silke Lechner: Lively and strong and hotter. Perspectives for people, community and the world. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-00465-5
- German Evangelical Church Congress: German Evangelical Church Congress 2007. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-00466-2
- Church Congress Bremen 2009:
- Ellen Ueberschär; Silke Lechner: Man, where are you? Horizons of faith, perspectives for society, opportunities for the world. 32nd German Evangelical Church Congress, Bremen 20. – 24. May 2009. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2009, ISBN 978-3-579-08201-1
- Silke Lechner (Ed.): Documents. German Evangelical Church Congress Bremen 2009. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2010, ISBN 978-3-579-08200-4
- Ecumenical Church Congress Munich 2010:
- Theodor Bolzenius; Silke Lechner (Ed.): So that you have hope. 2nd Ecumenical Church Congress Munich 12. – 16. May 2010. Documentation. Butzon & Bercker u. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2011, ISBN 978-3-7666-1497-1
- Kirchentag Dresden 2011:
- Rüdiger Runge; Ellen Ueberschär (Ed.): ... your heart will also be there, Matthew 6:21. Theology and Faith, Society and Politics, World and Environment. 33rd German Evangelical Church Congress, Dresden 1. – 5. June 2011. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2011, ISBN 978-3-579-08206-6
- Silke Lechner (Ed.): Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag Dresden 2011. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2012, ISBN 978-3-579-08205-9
- Kirchentag Hamburg 2013:
- Silke Lechner; Ellen Ueberschär (Ed.): As much as you need (Exodus 16:18). The right measure in economy, society and religion. 34th German Evangelical Church Congress, Hamburg 1. – 5. May 2013. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2013, ISBN 978-3-579-08207-3
- Silke Lechner; Heide Stauff (Ed.): German Evangelical Church Congress Hamburg 2013. Documents. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2014, ISBN 978-3-579-08208-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 1. German Evangelical Church Congress (1949) In: kerlin.de , accessed on January 16, 2019.
- ↑ kirchentag.de: Von Welck - The solution is a stroke of luck. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Statistics on the Kirchentag Leipzig 1997 ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b Statistics on the Kirchentag Stuttgart 1999 ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Statistics on the Kirchentag Frankfurt am Main 2001 ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b kirchentag.de: Statistics on the Kirchentag Berlin 2003 ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b c d kirchentag.de: Statistics on the Kirchentag Hannover 2005 ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b c d kirchentag.de: Statistics on the Kirchentag Cologne 2007 ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b c d kirchentag.de: Statistics on the Kirchentag Bremen 2009. ( Memento from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d oekt.de: The 2nd Ecumenical Church Congress in Numbers ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ a b c d kirchentag.de: Statistics on the Kirchentag Dresden 2011 ( Memento from February 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d kirchentag.de: Statistics on the Kirchentag Hamburg 2013
- ↑ kirchentag.de: 2015 ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ a b Kirchentag in numbers | German Evangelical Church Congress. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d Berlin and Wittenberg 2017 | German Evangelical Church Congress. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ News and Press Releases | German Evangelical Church Congress. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ News and Press Releases | German Evangelical Church Congress. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Press release from the City of Frankfurt am Main : Evangelical Church Congress 2021 will take place in Frankfurt , March 4, 2016.
- ^ Message from the German Evangelical Church Congress: Kirchentag 2023 in Nuremberg , accessed on March 4, 2019.
- ↑ kirchentag.de: President of the Kirchentag and all predecessors.
- ↑ One president and two presidents for the Church Days 2015, 2017 and 2019 In: kirchentag.de , accessed on January 16, 2019.