Rudolf Daur

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Rudolf (Rudi) Daur (born January 26, 1892 in Korntal , † June 17, 1976 in Stuttgart ) was a Protestant pastor in Stuttgart and head of the Association of Kings .

Life

Rudolf Daur grew up in the pietistic environment of Korntal. His father, like his grandfather, was a notary and head of the Evangelical Brethren Congregation in Korntal . Rudolf Daur attended the Latin school in Korntal, which he completed in 1907 with the state exam. From 1911 to 1914 he studied Protestant theology at the Protestant seminars in Maulbronn and Blaubeuren , at the University of Marburg (with Wilhelm Herrmann ) and at the University of Tübingen . In Tübingen he met Elisabeth Dipperwho also studied theology. They married on May 10, 1921 and had a son, who died in Russia in 1941, and a daughter.

When the First World War broke out in 1914, Rudolf Daur volunteered for military service, but was soon wounded and had typhus . Since three of his brothers had died, he was released from military service and now worked as a vicar in various parishes.

From 1921 Rudolf Daur worked as a youth pastor in Reutlingen , from 1932 as a pastor in Rohr , which today belongs to Stuttgart, and from 1939 until his retirement in 1962 as the first city pastor in the Markuskirche in Stuttgart.

Due to the war experience he became an opponent and joined the International Union of Reconciliation . He was president of the German branch for years. His meeting with the theologian Johannes Müller in 1917 had a very strong influence on him. He joined the Confederation for Free Christianity , of which he was chairman from 1960 to 1970. He campaigned vehemently for dialogue, for conflict among the various peoples and religions.

During his work as a youth pastor in Reutlingen, he came into contact with the Bund der Köngener . With their leader Wilhelm Hauer he had worked as vicar in Stuttgart. He joined them and took on leadership roles early on. From 1933 until his death in 1976 he headed the Bund der Köngener. From 1933 to 1945, the group under Daur, which did not follow National Socialism, called itself the Friends of the Coming Community.

In 1953 he campaigned against the rearmament of Germany and was responsible for the "Declaration of Württemberg and Baden theologians" against the remilitarization of Germany.

Works

  • "Why actually?" : a conversation about war, peace and our task today, Stuttgart 1953
  • Illuminated day , Stuttgart 1960
  • The time is fulfilled , Stuttgart 1964
  • As in heaven, so on earth: sermons and speeches by Rudolf Daur . From the estate, ed. by Elisabeth Daur and the friends in the Bund der Köngener, Stuttgart 1978

literature

  • Rudolf Daur. Evangelical theologian, pastor . In: Hinrich Jantzen: names and works. Biographies and contributions to the sociology of the youth movement, Vol. 3, Frankfurt 1975, pp. 79–84, ISBN 3-7638-1253-9
  • Willy Collmer (Ed.): In memoriam Rudolf Daur, January 26, 1892 - June 17, 1976, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-7715-1768
  • Rudolf Daur (1892–1976) and the Bund der Köngener . In: Herbert Hummel: Blaubeurer monastery students and seminarians. Biographical sketches from four centuries , Geist und Kirche 2, Stuttgart 2004, pp. 50–54, ISBN 3-9808725-9-9

Individual evidence

  1. a b Rudolf Daur . In: Hinrich Jantzen (Ed.): Names and works. Sources and contributions to the sociology of the youth movement . tape 3 . Frankfurt 1975, ISBN 3-7638-1253-9 , pp. 79-84 .
  2. a b c Richard Lagrange: In the service of reconciliation. Rudolf Daur (1892-1976) . In: Karl Vogt and Winfried Mogge (eds.): Yearbook of the Archives of the German Youth Movement . tape 9 . Ludwigstein Castle 1977, ISBN 3-88094-227-7 , p. 283-287 .
  3. Herbert Hummel: Rudolf Daur (1892-1976) and the Bund der Köngener . In: Spirit and Church. Blaubeurer monastery students and seminarians. Biographical sketches from four centuries . Spirit and Church 2. Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-9808725-9-9 , p. 50-54 .