Peter Kliegel

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Peter Kliegel (born December 10, 1939 in Silesia ), also referred to in Chilean documents as Peter Kliegel Stiller , is a German Catholic pastor who works in Chile .

He was ordained on November 1, 1967 and built the Maximilian Kolbe settlement in Osorno with slum dwellers in the 1970s according to the principle of " helping people to help themselves " with houses, schools, churches, a music school and youth villages as accommodation for students during the week. Around 1,000 houses were built, and through this initiative the residents achieved material prosperity, social cohesion and sustainable social advancement . Among other things, the school "Sor Teresa de Los Andes" has existed in the Maximilian Kolbe settlement since 1989, of which Kliegel is the legal representative.

Called "Padre Pedro" in Osorno, he was the first German to receive honorary citizenship in Chile , published on August 17, 1995.

In October 2017 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his long-standing humanitarian mission in Chile .

Kliegel grew up in Dillenburg in Hesse . He is the brother of the German cellist Maria Kliegel .

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credentials

  1. a b c (Spanish :) Sacerdotes diocesanos y diáconos permanentes - cumplea ~ nos y aniversarios ( Memento from May 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Version of the Internet Archive from May 4, 2009)
  2. a b 41st Kirchheimbolandener Peace Days, October 31 - December 10, 2015. In: friedenstage.de. Retrieved September 2, 2018 . Section “Recipients of the dove of peace donated by the district administrator”, p. 18.
  3. a b (Spanish :) Nómina de leyes publicadas desde 1990 ( Memento of March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Version of the Internet Archive of March 21, 2009)
  4. ^ Peter Kliegel in Osorno / Chile: House builders in the slum ; Info letter on a broadcast by Phoenix and SWR-Fernsehen from November 2007 (accessed on December 20, 2007)
  5. ^ Father Kliegel reported from Osorno. einsinchristus.wordpress.com, July 20, 2008, accessed March 5, 2014 .
  6. (Spanish :) Escuela Sor Teresa de los Andes (accessed December 20, 2007)
  7. ^ Pastor Peter Kliegel was awarded the Cross of Merit on ribbon. Hessian state government, October 6, 2017, accessed on April 23, 2019 .