Martin Treu (historian)
Martin Treu (* 1953 in Berlin ) is a German historian and theologian . From 1991 to 1997 he was the director of the Lutherhalle, today Augusteum and Lutherhaus , in Wittenberg .
Life
From 1974 Treu studied Protestant theology at the Martin Luther University in Halle an der Saale . He received his doctorate in 1982 at the University of Halle with a dissertation on the subject of the current meaning of Luther's concept of comfort. At the same time he became vicar at the Petrus Congregation in Halle. In 1983 his ordination to the pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony .
Treu became a research assistant at the Lutherhalle in Wittenberg in 1984 and was its director from 1991 to 1997. From 1998 to 2012 he was division manager for exhibitions and mediation at the Luther Memorials Foundation in Saxony-Anhalt . Martin Treu has been honorary managing director of the Luther Society since October 1, 2013 . He is the author and editor of numerous specialist publications. The third edition of his biography about Katharina von Bora was published in 1999 and has been translated into English, among other things. In 2017 he appeared in the television documentary Luther and the Women by Gabriele Rose.
Publications (selection)
author
- In the beginning was the Word. Martin Luther and the Reformation in Europe. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8319-0639-0 .
- From Wittenberg to Europe. A brief history of the Reformation. Drei-Kastanien-Verlag, Wittenberg 1999, ISBN 3-933028-15-9 .
- Catherine of Bora. Pictures from her life. Luther Memorials Foundation, Wittenberg 1998.
- Catherine of Bora. Drei-Kastanien-Verlag, 3rd edition, Wittenberg 1999, ISBN 3-9804492-1-1 .
- Martin Luther and Torgau. Drei-Kastanien-Verlag, Wittenberg 1995, ISBN 3-9803358-9-5 .
- The Lutherhalle Wittenberg. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-361-00353-9 .
editor
- Andreas Meinhardi: About the location, the beauty and the fame of the famous, beautiful city of Albioris, commonly called Wittenberg. Edition Akanthus, Spröda 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-025864-0 .
- Martin Luther in Wittenberg. A biographical tour. Luther Memorials Foundation, Wittenberg 2003, ISBN 3-9808619-2-9 .
- Katharina von Bora, the Lutherin. Articles on the occasion of her 500th birthday. Luther Memorials Foundation, Wittenberg 1999, ISBN 3-933028-19-1 .
- Ulrich von Hutten: The school of the tyrant. Reclam, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-379-00666-1 .
literature
- Investment and Marketing Society Saxony-Anhalt (ed.): Lutherland Saxony-Anhalt. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-95462-475-1 . (Short biography, page 381)
Web links
- Presentation of Martin Treu in the Luther Society
- Works by and about Martin Treu in the German Digital Library
- Faithful, Martin . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faithful, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |