Martin Petzoldt

Martin Petzoldt (right) and Rüdiger Lux laying the foundation stone for the Pauliner altar in the St. Pauli University Church in 2014

Martin Petzoldt (born April 13, 1946 in Rabenstein near Chemnitz , † March 13, 2015 in Leipzig ) was a German theologian and Bach researcher.

Life

Petzoldt studied at the Kreuzschule and was a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor under Rudolf Mauersberger . He completed his theology studies at the University of Leipzig in 1969 with the state examination. This was followed by his doctorate in 1976 as a Dr. theol. and the habilitation 1985 in Leipzig .

In 1973 he became pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony . Since 1986 he has been a lecturer and in 1992 became professor for systematic theology with special emphasis on ethics at the theological faculty in Leipzig. From 1995 to 1998 he was Second University Preacher and from 1998 to 2009 First University Preacher. In this capacity he was involved in the controversial discussions and decisions about the new building of the Paulinum - auditorium and St. Pauli University Church . In 2011 he retired.

Petzoldt was co-editor of the Theologische Literaturzeitung until the end of 2014 . He was also chairman of the New Bach Society and from 1978 to 2014 a member of the church council of St. Thomas Church .

In 1998 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

In 2012 he was diagnosed with leukemia , of which he died on March 13, 2015. His grave is in the Südfriedhof in Leipzig.

Fonts (selection)

• Luminous memory. The windows of the Thomaskirche Leipzig , with a contribution by Christian Wolff, in German and English, Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig, 2010, ISBN 978-3-374-02785-9

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Petzoldt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Talk about JS Bach's Passions (YouTube video) , Martin Petzoldt, Christoph Wolff , Ton Koopman and Peter Wollny
• Martin Petzoldt on the website of the Institute for Systematic Theology at the University of Leipzig
• Martin Petzoldt's private website
• Martin Petzoldt in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Leipzig theology professor Martin Petzoldt has died . ( Memento of the original from April 2, 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. epd message from March 14, 2015. 
2. ^ Stephan Pauly: Professor Dr. Martin Petzoldt: Theologian, President Neue Bachgesellschaft eV in conversation . Bayerischer Rundfunk: alpha-Forum, broadcast on October 13, 2000
3. ↑ See to Petzoldt attitude to the obituary of Christian Wolff .
4. ↑ Carsten Heckmann: "Not optimally solved": Interview with jury member Martin Petzoldt . (pdf) University of Leipzig, November 24, 2003, on the architectural redesign of Leipziger Universitätsplatz
5. ^ Obituary by Christian Wolff

predecessor	Office	successor
Helmuth Rilling	President of the New Bach Society 1996–2015	Christfried Brödel