Otto Katz (theologian)

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Otto Katz (born June 18, 1904 in Karlsruhe , † June 8, 1976 in Freiburg ) was a German Protestant pastor . He was dean of the Freiburg church district.

Life

Katz came from an old Murgschiffer family from Gernsbach . He studied Protestant theology in Tübingen, Marburg and Heidelberg. During his studies he became a member of the Tübingen , Marburg and Heidelberg Wingolf , and later also of the Freiburg Wingolf .

In May 1931 he married Erika Trüdinger. The marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters. On June 1, 1931, he was appointed pastor in Sennfelden. On August 1, 1938, he was appointed provisional army pastor. On February 1, 1939, he was dismissed from church service in order to transfer to the Wehrmacht chaplaincy. The finance department raised several concerns. She accused Katz of being “one of the most stubborn representatives of the so-called Confession Front ” and having acted as such. He also propagated the pastors' emergency association.

After serving on the Eastern Front, he was initially considered missing. He returned home from Soviet captivity on November 29, 1949. Just one month later he was appointed pastor of the Freiburg Ludwigskirche. Since their church building was destroyed, he first preached in a rented room on Sautierstrasse. In addition to rebuilding the Ludwigsgemeinde - his predecessor had belonged to the German Christians - he was also responsible for the new building of the Ludwigskirche , which he no longer had at the old location, but at the current location at the corner of Starkenstrasse and Stadtstrasse.

From 1956 he also held the post of part-time pastor of the Bundeswehr. From 1961 to 1969 he was dean of the Freiburg church district. On October 8, 1970, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class.

literature

  • Gerd Schmoll: Held in God's word. The Evangelical Church Community of Freiburg 1807–2007. Freiburg 2006, p. 229f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Maaß in Gerd Schmoll: Held in God's Word. The Evangelical Church Community of Freiburg 1807–2007. Freiburg 2006, p. 229.
personal data
SURNAME Katz, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1976
Place of death Freiburg