Peter Spangenberg

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Paul Gerhard Andreas Peter Spangenberg (born November 3, 1934 in Unseburg in the Magdeburger Börde ; † April 27, 2019 in Achtrup ) was a retired German Protestant pastor and author .

Life

Peter Spangenberg came from a pastor's family and grew up in the Magdeburg Börde. At the age of 14 his family moved to Westphalia. He graduated from high school in Dülmen and then studied Protestant theology in Bethel , Münster and Göttingen and became a pastor .

After his ordination in 1962, Spangenberg worked as a pastor in several congregations. a. as pastor at the old town Nicolaikirche in Bielefeld . From 1979 to 1996 he was the parish pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Leck , which owns the 800-year-old St. Willehad Church in the center of the village, and for 18 years he was a lecturer in Protestant theology at the University of Flensburg . In over 40 years he wrote a large number of books on theology, meditation, fairy tales, fables, songs, plays, detective novels, poetry, transcriptions of biblical texts, prayers, illustrated books, children's Bible, sonnets, short stories and children's books. Numerous books have been translated into other languages. He last lived in Achtrup, a municipality in the North Friesland district south of the Danish border in a rural area. Since his retirement he has been an honorary ombudsman for children and young people. Spangenberg was married and had three children. He died in Achtrup at the end of April 2019.

Works (selection)

  • Theology and Faith at Spurgeon . Gütersloh publishing house Gerd Mohn, Gütersloh 1969.
  • Christians without a leash. On the trail of faith. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1992.
  • Hear my voice Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1995.
  • The salmon dances the blues. Lutheran Publishing Company, Kiel 1995.
  • Everything has it's time. Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1999.
  • Why belief is good. Cross, Stuttgart 2000.
  • When the little ones ask big questions. Learning to believe with children. Cross, Stuttgart 2001.
  • Holes in the stomach. A little compass for life to read on the edge of the bed. Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 2002.
  • Star shine and rainbow. Stories for young and old on the questions of life. Cross, Stuttgart 2002.
  • I wish for an angel. Blessing prayers in the middle of everyday life. Evangelical Publishing House, Leipzig 2002.
  • The somewhat different hymnbook. The most beautiful songs with fresh lyrics. Evangelical Publishing House, 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://trauer.shz.de/trauerbeispiel/paul-gerhard-andreas-peter-spangenberg/55178570
  2. ↑ Peter Spangenberg. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , pp. 906–907.
  3. ↑ In love with the cause of faith 50 years ago. In: Nordfriesland Tageblatt December 20, 2012, accessed on March 23, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Spangenberg, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Unseburg near Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2019
Place of death Eight crew