Paul Luther (politician)

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Dr. Paul Luther

Paul Luther (born May 18, 1868 in Prenzlau , † March 11, 1954 in Berlin ) was a German politician (DVP).

Life

After attending grammar school in Prenzlau, Luther studied philology and theology in Breslau , Tübingen and Berlin from 1886 to 1889 , where he also received his doctorate . From 1892 to 1895 he officiated as a deacon and author in Kremmen in Osthavelland , then from 1895 to 1901 as senior pastor. In 1901 Luther took over a pastor's office at the Trinitatis Church in Charlottenburg , which he was to hold for almost thirty-two years until 1933. In addition to his duties as parish priest, he also performed pastoral duties in the Westend hospital .

After the end of the First World War , Luther joined the German People's Party (DVP), which formed its political forum during the Weimar Republic . In 1919 he became a city councilor in Charlottenburg. A year later, in 1920, he was elected to the Reichstag for constituency 3 (Potsdam II) , to which he belonged until May 1924. In parliament, he paid particular attention to public welfare and the “moral and religious fight against sexual excess and against prostitution ”.

As a theologian, Luther was involved in the German Protestant Association , of which he was temporarily vice-president. In political and journalistic terms, Luther emerged as the editor of the newspaper Sunday and Everyday Life and as the author of a handbook for popular entertainment entitled Deutsche Volksabende .

His grave is in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf .

Honors

Fonts

  • Rome and Ravenna up to the 9th century. A contribution to the history of the Pope. Speyer & Peters, Berlin 1889 (partly also dissertation: The relations of the Archdiocese of Ravenna to the Roman See up to the time of Nicolaus I ).
  • Letters to a young theologian. A guide to theological study. Speyer & Peters, Berlin 1895.
  • German people evenings. A guide to folk entertainment evenings. Duncker, Berlin 1903.
  • I want to look into the sun. All sorts of contemplative things. Hutten, Berlin 1919.
  • Stresemann book. Sayings, essays. Edited and provided with a foreword by Dr. Luther MdR State Political Publishing House, Berlin 1923.
  • Youth out! Wilhelm Meister-Verlag, Berlin 1924.
  • Marx, Kant, Church. Negotiations of the Federation for Contemporary Christianity 1924. Lectures. Perthes, Gotha 1925.
  • God's homecoming. Paths to inwardness. Töpelmann, Berlin 1948.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 364th session of the Reichstag on June 13, 1923, Vol. 3360, p. I1235A.
personal data
SURNAME Luther, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (DVP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Prenzlau
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1954
Place of death Berlin