Paul Gennrich

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Paul Johannes Gennrich (born December 15, 1865 in Zachan ; † February 1, 1946 in Wernigerode ) was a German Protestant theologian and general superintendent .

Life

After studying, doing a doctorate and habilitation, Gennrich was a private lecturer at the theological faculty of the University of Berlin from 1896 to 1899 . During his studies he became a member of the Germania Berlin choir in 1883 , and later also of the Old Prussian choir of Königsberg ( German choir ). He was then appointed by the Prussian Regional Church to be the founding director of the Protestant seminary in Dembowalonka near Briesen (West Prussia) . In 1906 he became Konsistorialrat in Berlin. His task was to relieve the General Superintendent of Berlin from administrative tasks. In October 1907 he became professor of practical theology at the University of Breslau and university preacher. In addition he was consistorial counselor in the church province of Silesia . In 1911 he became general superintendent of the southeast district of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony . In 1917 he became general superintendent of the Church Province of East Prussia . In this function he appointed the later general superintendent of the Kurmark Walter Braun , based in Potsdam, as pastor in 1921 at the church of Kaukehmen . In addition to leading the consistory, he held the position of First Court Preacher at the Königsberg Castle Church . At the same time, he took over an honorary professorship for hymnology at the theological faculty of Albertus University . After Gennrich publicly spoke out in favor of Friedrich von Bodelschwingh as Reich Bishop of the German Evangelical Church in 1933 , he and seven other superintendents were removed from office on July 1, 1933 by August Jäger, the state commissioner for the Prussian regional churches , and retired. He spent the last years of his life in Wernigerode.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Meißner (Ed.): Directory of the members of the Association of Alter Sängerschafter in Weimar eV, p. 51
  2. ^ Address for the silver wedding anniversary of the Braun couple on July 10, 1943 in Berlin by Director Knak , stenographed and typed in plain text by Braun's colleague, Hildegard Neumann. In: Archive of the Berliner Missionswerk; Signature: BMW bmw 1/2938

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predecessor Office successor
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( third general superintendent created )		 General superintendent (3rd office) of the Old Prussian Church Province of Saxony
1912 - 1917 		Hans Schöttler
Hans Schöttler General Superintendent of the Old Prussian Church Province of East Prussia
1917 - 1933 		none
( German-Christian repression:
general superintendent replaced by bishop )
personal data
SURNAME Gennrich, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gennrich, Paul Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Zachan , Saatzig district
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1946
Place of death Wernigerode