Structure of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia , which existed until 2008, was divided into three supervisory districts South, East and West, which comprised a total of 18 superintendent's offices (also known as ruptures for short ). On January 1, 2009 it merged with the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony to form the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM).

South supervisory district

The southern supervisory district is administered by the district church office in Meiningen and includes the superintendent's offices

  • Arnstadt-Ilmenau
  • Bad Salzungen-Dermbach
  • Hildburghausen ice field
  • Meiningen
  • Rudolstadt-Saalfeld
  • Sonneberg

Superintendent of Arnstadt-Ilmenau

The superintendent is bordered by the following church districts: in the north on Erfurt , in the north-east on Weimar , in the east on Rudolstadt-Saalfeld , in the south on Hildburghausen-Eisfeld , in the south-west on Henneberger Land based in Suhl, in the west on Waltershausen-Ohrdruf and in the north-west to Gotha .

The Superintendentur Arnstadt-Ilmenau was created in 1920 and covers the area of ​​the Ilm district with the exception of the places Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig , Stützerbach , Frauenwald (SI Henneberger Land), Gräfenroda , Geschwenda , Gehlberg , Frankenhain (SI Waltershausen-Ohrdruf), Kirchheim (SI Erfurt) and Herschdorf (SI Rudolstadt). Today the superintendent comprises 25 parishes with approx. 27,000 parishioners.

The chairman of the district synod is Stefan Ibrügger from Ilmenau-Roda . The two pastors are Horst Laube and Hansgünther Reichelt.

Former superintendents

  • Michael Hundertmark (until 2006)

Associated parishes

The area of ​​the superintendent is divided into a total of 25 parishes (in brackets belonging churches, all Ilm districts, unless otherwise stated, in brackets with + are listed places that do not have their own church and also use the church of the neighboring village):

  • Angelhausen-Oberndorf (350 members; churches in Angelhausen, Oberndorf and Dornheim)
  • Arnstadt (4,300 members; Church of Our Lady, Upper Church, Bach Church, Church in Rudisleben)
  • Dienstedt (churches in Dienstedt, Breitenheerda (district SLF), Barchfeld (district AP), Großhettstedt, Kleinhettstedt)
  • Elxleben (churches in Elxleben, Gügleben, Elleben, Alkersleben, Ettischleben, Riechheim)
  • Espenfeld (churches in Espenfeld, Siegelbach and Dosdorf)
  • Gehren (churches in Gehren, Jesuborn and Möhrenbach)
  • Geraberg (churches in Geraberg, Elgersburg, Angelroda, Martinroda, Neusiß)
  • Gillersdorf (churches in Gillersdorf (+ Friedersdorf), Willmersdorf, Pennewitz, Garsitz (Landkr. SLF), Dörnfeld / H. (Landkr. SLF))
  • Gräfinau-Angstedt (churches in Gräfinau-Angstedt, Wümbach, Bücheloh)
  • Griesheim (churches in Griesheim (+ Hammersfeld), Cottendorf, Dörnfeld / I., Geilsdorf, Nahimmern, Döllstedt, Ehrenstein)
  • Großbreitenbach (1330 members; Großbreitenbach and Böhlen (+ Wildenspring))
  • Holzhausen (460 members; churches in Holzhausen, Bittstädt, Sülzenbrücken and Haarhausen)
  • Ichtershausen (churches in Ichtershausen, Eischleben, Molsdorf (city EF), Rehestädt, Thörey, Rockhausen)
  • Ilmenau (3,400 members; St. Jakobus Church (+ Oberpörlitz), Kreuzkirche, Church in Manebach, Church in Roda)
  • Langewiesen (churches in Langewiesen and Oehrenstock)
  • Marlishausen (churches in Marlishausen, Branchewinda, Dannheim, Görbitzhausen, Hausen, Wüllersleben)
  • Neuroda (churches in Neuroda, Kettmannshausen, Schmerfeld, Traßdorf, Reinsfeld and Wipfra)
  • Neustadt am Rennsteig (Michaeliskirche, Schwarzburger Church and the church in Altenfeld)
  • Oberwillingen (churches in Oberwillingen, Niederwillingen, Behringen, Roda, Großlieringen and Kleinlieringen)
  • Plaue (churches in Plaue, Liebenstein, Kleinbreitenbach and Rippersroda)
  • Singing (churches in Singen, Gösselborn, Hengelbach (Landkr. SLF), Paulinzella (Landkr. SLF))
  • Stadtilm (churches in Stadtilm and Oberilm)
  • Unterpörlitz (churches in Unterpörlitz (+ Pörlitzer Höhe) and Heyda)
  • Witzleben (churches in Witzleben, Achelstädt, Wülfershausen, Ellichleben, Bösleben and Osthausen)

Superintendent of Bad Salzungen-Dermbach

The Superintendentur Bad Salzungen-Dermbach, which has a very different character, is one of the largest within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia. It comprises 29 parishes with around 35,000 parishioners. The current superintendent is Ulrich Lieberknecht (as of July 2016).

Ulrich Rohmer from Weilar was the chairman of the district synod until 2007 . The two pastors are Helmut Tonndorf ( Schwallungen ) and Gerald Kotsch ( Dermbach ).

Former superintendents

  • Andreas Mueller

Associated parishes

The area of ​​the superintendent includes the following parishes:

Superintendent of Hildburghausen-Eisfeld

The superintendent comprises 20 parish offices, its current superintendent (as of 2005) is Michael Kühne. Ulrich Neundorf is the chairman of the district synod.

The parish offices of the superintendent are:

Superintendent Meiningen

The superintendent comprises 20 parishes (parishes). The current superintendent is Beate Marwede; The senior pastor is Thomas Perlick and the chairman of the district synod is Christoph Gann (as of 2016).

The parish offices of the superintendent are:

Superintendent of Rudolstadt-Saalfeld

The superintendent comprises 38 parish offices with 39 pastors, 19 full-time employees and about 36,500 parishioners, who make up about 30% of the total population. It is the largest superintendent of the Thuringian regional church; its current superintendent (as of 2006) is Peter Taeger. Head pastors are Beate Kopf and Reinhard Zimmermann, chairman of the district synod is Eberhard Rau.

The parish offices of the superintendent are:

Superintendent of Sonneberg

The Evangelical Lutheran Superintendent of Sonneberg is located on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest and borders on the Superintendent's Hildburghausen-Eisfeld and Rudolstadt-Saalfeld of the Thuringian regional church and the Bayreuth parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.

Wolfgang Krauss has been the superintendent since 2005.

Territory of the superintendent

The Sonneberg superintendent comprises a total of 20 parishes with around 21,300 parishioners, which are divided into 4 areas.

  • City of Sonneberg:
    • Sonneberg

Eastern supervisory district

The eastern supervisory district is administered by the district church office in Gera and includes the superintendent's offices

  • Altenburger Land
  • Eisenberg
  • Gera
  • Greiz
  • Jena
  • Schleiz

Superintendent of Altenburger Land

The Altenburger Land superintendent is the easternmost superintendent of the regional church, which borders on the Gera superintendent in the west .

The last superintendent since 2006 was Anne-Kristin Ibrügger . Jörg Dittmar has been the acting superintendent since December 2013 until the appointment was made.

The Altenburger Land superintendent comprises the following 14 parishes with around 20,000 parish members:

Superintendent Eisenberg

The Eisenberg superintendent is located between Gera and Jena in the area between Elster and Saale and essentially covers the area of ​​the Saale-Holzland district . It comprises 111 parishes in 205 places with currently 31 pastors and 14 employees in the preaching service, who currently (as of 2006) look after around 24,000 parishioners.

The current area of ​​the superintendent emerged in the past 10 years from the former superintendent Eisenberg, Camburg, Stadtroda and Kahla. Initially the Eisenberg and Camburg ruptures were merged, then in 1998 the Stadtroda and Kahla regions were assigned.

The superintendent is Arnd Kuschmierz , the senior pastor is Ulrich Katzmann, and the chairman of the district synod is Christiane Kranich.

The parish offices of the Eisenberg superintendent are:

Superintendent Gera

In a reorganization of the regional church after the Second World War , the superintendencies Gera-Stadt, Gera-Land and Weida were established. In 1977 the two Gera ruptures were merged, in the course of the structural reform in 1998 the superintendent Gera and Weida were merged to form the new superintendent Gera.

Today's superintendent of Gera comprises 21 pastors with around 22,000 parishioners. Gabriele Schaller has been the superintendent of the church district since November 2002 . The chairman of the district synod is Klaus-Peter Machnitzke.

Today the superintendent is divided into the city region, the north region and the south-west region. The associated parish offices are:

Superintendent Greiz

The center of the superintendent are the cities of Greiz and Zeulenroda-Triebes , the seat is Greiz. It consists of 57 churches with 18 parish offices with 25,000 parishioners. The superintendent is Andreas Görbert.

The parish offices of the superintendent are:

Superintendent Jena

The superintendent of Jena is based in Jena. The superintendent is Diethard Kamm.

The area is divided into the regions center-north, west, south, north-west, Lobeda and Göschwitz-Rothenstein. The municipalities of the superintendent are:

Superintendent Schleiz

The Schleiz superintendent, which has been in existence since 1998 and is based in Schleiz, consists of the former Pößneck, Neustadt / Orla, Lobenstein and Schleiz superintendent. It comprises 35,000 parishioners in over 140 parishes with 34 parishes. Superintendent is Ralf-Peter Fuchs, chairman of the district synod Dieter Fischer, pastor Gisela Möcker.

The parish offices of the superintendent are:

West supervisory district

The western supervisory district is administered by the district church office in Gotha and includes the superintendent's offices

  • Apolda-Buttstädt
  • Bad Frankenhausen-Sondershausen (the northern exclaves)
  • Eisenach-Gerstungen
  • Gotha
  • Waltershausen-Ohrdruf
  • Weimar

Superintendent of Apolda-Buttstädt

The superintendent extends from Großheringen in the east over the Sömmerda district to Werningshausen in the west. 101 localities with 90 parishes, which are grouped together in 23 parishes, belong to it. Superintendent is Bärbel Hertel, chairman of the district synod is Bernd Schwabe, the pastor is Gisbert Stecher and Axel Walter. The superintendent is based in Apolda.

The parish offices of the superintendent are:

Superintendent of Bad Frankenhausen-Sondershausen

The superintendent of Bad Frankenhausen-Sondershausen is the northernmost superintendent of the regional church. It is located as an exclave in the area of ​​the church province of Saxony . It includes the majority of the Kyffhäuserkreis as well as parts of the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and the district of Sangerhausen . It comprises 80 parishes with 84 churches in 16 parishes with 21 parishes. The superintendent is Roland Voigt, the chairman of the presidium of the district synod is Norbert Otte, and the senior pastors are Arne Tittelbach-Helmrich and Reinhard Süpke.

The parishes of the superintendent are:

Superintendent of Eisenach-Gerstungen

The Eisenach-Gerstungen superintendent, located in the west of the regional church, comprises 65 parishes with 36 parishes and about 30,000 parishioners. In addition to the seat of the superintendent, Eisenach is also the seat of the regional church.

The superintendent is Wolfgang Robscheit, chairwoman of the Susanne-Maria Breustedt district synod. The senior pastors are Stefan Köhler and Gesine Staemmler.

The parish offices of the superintendent are:

Superintendent of Gotha

In addition to parts of the Gotha district, the Gotha superintendent also includes parts of the Wartburg district , the Unstrut-Hainich district and the Bienstädt parish of the city of Erfurt in the east. The seat of the superintendent is Gotha, it has about 26,000 parishioners in 23 parishes. The position of superintendent is held by Friedemann Witting. The chairman of the district synod is Olaf Schneider-Rehberg, the pastors are Annette Denner and Michael Weinmann.

The parish offices are:

Churches in Apfelstädt, Kornhochheim , Wandersleben
Churches in Bienstädt, Gierstädt , Großfahner , Kleinfahner , Töttelstädt
Churches in Friemar, horse life , Tröchtelborn
Churches in Goldbach, Bufleben , Hausen , Hochheim , Pfullendorf , Remstädt
  • Gotha (city church)
Parishes: St. Augustine's Church , Margaret Church , Church of Reconciliation , Castle Church, Church Siebleben
Churches in Großenbehringen, Craula , Hütscheroda , Oesterbehringen , Wolfsbehringen
Churches in Gräfentonna, Aschara , Burgtonna , Eckardtsleben , Illeben , Wiegleben
Churches in Herbsleben, Döllstädt
Churches in Ingersleben, Gamstädt , Grabsleben , Großrettbach
Churches in Metebach, Aspach , Ebenheim , Neufrankenroda , Weingarten
Churches in Molschleben, Ballstädt , Eschenbergen
Churches in Mühlberg, Röhrensee , Schwabhausen , Wechmar
Churches in Neudietendorf (2 ×)
Churches in Seebergen , Cobstädt , Günthersleben , Tüttleben
Churches in Sonneborn, Brüheim , Eberstädt , Friedrichswerth , Haina
Churches in Sundhausen, Boilstädt , Gospiteroda , Leina
Churches in Wangenheim, Reichenbach , Tüngeda , Warza , Westhausen

See also: List of the Churches of the Superintendentur Gotha

Superintendent of Waltershausen-Ohrdruf

The Waltershausen-Ohrdruf superintendent is bordered by the Eisenach superintendent in the west, the Gotha superintendent in the north and the Arnstadt-Ilmenau superintendent in the east . The seat is in Waltershausen . About 19,000 parishioners belong to the superintendent. The superintendent comprises 17 parish offices.

The superintendent has been Andreas Berger since 2002.

The superintendent of Waltershausen-Ohrdruf comprises the following parish offices :

  • Crawinkel
  • Dark Mountains
  • Friedrichroda
  • Geschwenda
  • Graefenhain
  • Graefenroda
  • Hohenkirchen
  • Hörselgau
  • Mechterstädt
  • Ohrdruf
  • Schwarzhausen
  • Schönau in front of the forest
  • Tabarz-Cabarz
  • Tambach-Dietharz
  • Waltershausen I
  • Waltershausen II
  • Winter stone

literature

  • Hartmut Ellrich, Theophil Heinke, Karsten Hoerenz: Between Hörsel and Wilder Gera Wartburg Verlag, 1st edition 11.2005 ISBN 3-86160-167-2

Superintendent Weimar

The Superintendentur Weimar includes 21 parishes with 27 parishes and approx. 90 parishes. Henrich Herbst is the superintendent and Günter Meyn is the chairman of the District Synod. Martina Berlich is the senior pastor of the Supture.

The parishes are:

Historical structure

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia used to be divided into 40 superintendent's offices: Altenburg, Apolda, Arnstadt, Bad Frankenhausen, Bad Salzungen, Buttstädt, Camburg, Dermstadt, Ebeleben, Eisenach, Eisenberg, Eisfeld, Friedrichroda, Gera, Gerstungen, Gotha, Greiz ( since 1934, previously independent regional church), Hildburghausen, Ilmenau, Jena, Kahla, Königsee, Lobenstein, Meiningen, Meuselwitz, Neustadt / Orla, Ohrdruf, Pößneck, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld, Schleiz, Schmölln, Sondershausen, Sonneberg, Sonneborn, Stadtroda, Vacha, Vieselbach, Weida and Weimar.

By drawing the inner German border, Schmalkalden also belonged to the Thuringian regional church as the 41st superintendent until 1991. However, this area previously belonged to the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (seat in Kassel) as an exclave, to which it was reconnected after the fall of the Wall.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / salzungen.elkth-online.de
  3. ↑ http://www.ekmd-online.de/portal/unserekirchen/2-kirchenkreisesuperintendenturen/02-superintendenturenELKTH/hildburghausen/?open=304,306  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ekmd-online.de  
  4. ↑ http://www.ekmd-online.de/portal/unserekirchen/2-kirchenkreisesuperintendenturen/02-superintendenturenELKTH/meiningen/?open=304,306  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ekmd-online.de  
  5. ↑ http://www.ekmd-online.de/portal/unserekirchen/2-kirchenkreisesuperintendenturen/02-superintendenturenELKTH/rudolstadt/Pfarraemter%20in%20der%20Superintendentur.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ekmd-online.de  
  6. ↑ http://www.suptur-sonneberg.de/
  7. ↑ http://www.suptur-abg.de/
  8. ↑ http://www.ekmd-online.de/portal/unserekirchen/2-kirchenkreisesuperintendenturen/02-superintendenturenELKTH/eisenberg/?open=304,306  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ekmd-online.de  
  9. ↑ http://www.ev-kirchenkreis-gera.de/
  10. ↑ http://www.kirchenkreis-greiz.de/
  11. ↑ http://www.kirchkreis-jena.de/
  12. ↑ http://www.ekmd-online.de/portal/unserekirchen/2-kirchenkreisesuperintendenturen/02-superintendenturenELKTH/schleiz/?open=304,306  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ekmd-online.de  
  13. ↑ http://www.ekmd-online.de/portal/unserekirchen/2-kirchenkreisesuperintendenturen/02-superintendenturenELKTH/apoldabuttstaedt/?open=304,306  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ekmd-online.de  
  14. ↑ http://www.ekmd-online.de/portal/unserekirchen/2-kirchenkreisesuperintendenturen/02-superintendenturenELKTH/badfrankenhausen/Pfarraemter%20in%20der%20Superintendentur.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ekmd-online.de  
  15. ↑ http://www.suptur-bad-frankenhausen.de/
  16. ↑ http://www.suptur.de/