Paulus Hinz

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Paulus Hinz (also Paul Hinz ; born February 5, 1899 in Bad Polzin , Western Pomerania , † January 28, 1988 in Halberstadt ) was a German Protestant pastor and art historian . He was cathedral preacher in Kolberg in Pomerania and superintendent in Halberstadt. Paulus Hinz was a member of the Confessing Church and published several illustrated books on Christian works of art.

Life

Altar in Kolberg Cathedral, saved in 1945 by Paul Hinz

Paulus Hinz attended grammar school in Neustettin and after graduating from school in 1917, he became a soldier in the First World War. From 1919 he studied art history and Protestant theology in Greifswald . After graduating in 1923, Hinz attended the seminary in Wittenberg . In 1924 he got his first pastor in Lauenburg in Pomerania. At the latest since 1927 he was pastor in Zezenow .

In 1930 Hinz became a cathedral preacher in Kolberg. In 1934 he took part in the constituent Synod of Confession of the Confessing Church in Barmen and became a member of the Brotherhood Council in Pomerania. That year he was (temporarily?) Banned from preaching and arrested for a short time in 1935 and 1937. Pastor Hinz supported pastors of the Confessing Church who lived in the underground and held intercession services for arrested parishioners. At the beginning of 1945 he organized the relocation and hiding of valuable works of art in the Kolberg Cathedral . This was almost completely destroyed the following spring.

Pastor Hinz was interned in a camp of the Soviet occupation army, but was released after testimony about his resistance to the Nazi regime. He went to Berlin-Frohnau , where he was a pastor for a short time.

Since autumn 1946 Paulus Hinz was cathedral preacher in Halberstadt and later became superintendent there. Paulus Hinz was held in high regard in the parishes in Pomerania and Halberstadt.

Journalistic and artistic creation

Paulus Hinz published illustrated books on works of art in Kolberg, Naumburg and Halberstadt as well as other publications. He also carved and painted. A large crucifix of his is today in the Holy Cross Church in Kolobrzeg (Kolberg). The art treasures of the Kolberg Cathedral that were saved by him are kept there again.

Fonts (selection)

  • Kolberg Cathedral and its sculptures , Stettin 1936 (with 117 illustrations, last depiction of the cathedral before it was destroyed).
  • ... and praised God , 1938 (illegal print with excerpts from letters from imprisoned parishioners and pastors of the Confessing Church, has been translated abroad).
  • The Naumburg Master , Berlin (East), 1951

literature

  • Brigitte Metz: "... and praised God". The unusual story of a printed font. A report by Paulus Hinz. In: Irmfried Garbe (Ed.): Church in the Profane. Studies on the relationship between profanity and the church in the 20th century. Festschrift for Martin Onnasch on his 65th birthday (= Greifswald theological research; 18). Frankfurt am Main [u. a.] 2009, pp. 115-134 (with bibliography).
  • Raimar F. Lacher: The artist family Hinz-Weihe-Priese. In: New family history evening. Issue 23. Halberstadt 2014. pp. 57–76, here pp. 57–59.

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personal data
SURNAME Hinz, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hinz, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and art historian in Kolberg and Halberstadt
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Polzin , Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1988
Place of death Halberstadt