Friedensau University of Applied Sciences

Friedensau University of Applied Sciences
founding	1899
Sponsorship	ecclesiastical
place	Möckern- Friedensau
state	Saxony-Anhalt
country	Germany
Rector	Roland E. Fischer
Students	174 WS 2018/19
Employee	89, including 61 research assistants
Website	www.thh-friedensau.de

Otto-Lüpke-Haus, rectorate building of the Friedensau Theological University

The Theological University Friedensau is a state-recognized university in free church sponsorship based in Friedensau , a district of the city of Möckern in Saxony-Anhalt . It is worn by the Seventh-day Adventist Church .

history

Founded in 1899 at the instigation of Ludwig Richard Conradi as an "industrial and mission school" with initially seven students in Friedensau , it developed in the first half of the 20th century into a church educational institution for the entire Central and Eastern European area.

In the heyday up to the First World War , up to 250 people completed their training every year. From 1914, part of the school building was used as a hospital . Lessons could not be resumed until 1919. During the Second World War , teaching had to be stopped again. In 1943, the Wehrmacht confiscated most of the buildings and set up a hospital again. The Soviet army later also used Friedensau as a hospital. In 1947 the buildings were released again.

The seminar was able to assert itself in the 40 years of the GDR and developed into a university that has been state-recognized since 1990. Today the Friedensau Theological College is one of the two church colleges in Saxony-Anhalt alongside the College of Church Music in Halle . Nine professors are currently teaching at the university with their staff.

courses

The theological college comprises the departments of “theology” and “Christian social affairs”. The following courses are offered:

• Theology ( BA / MA )
• Master of Theological Studies (MTS), with a focus on Adventist Studies and Mission Studies (since October 2008, in English)
• Social Work (BA)
• Health and Nursing Sciences (BA) in cooperation with the Academy for Health and Nursing Sciences Waldfriede, Berlin.
• Social and Health Management (MA)
• International Social Sciences (International Social Sciences ) (MA, since October 2008, in English)
• Counseling (MA)
• Music therapy (MA) in cooperation with the Institute for Music Therapy, Berlin

Pre-University Program:

• German as a foreign language (TestDAF exam and the "Small German Language Diploma" from the Goethe Institute )

The ThHF does not yet have the right to award doctorates. A separate right to award doctorates is sought.

Facilities

The Friedensau University Library

In addition to the traditional departments of the academic subjects, the following institutes are located at the university:

• Historical archive of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe
• Institute for the History of the Seventh-day Adventists
• Institute for the Old Testament and Biblical Archeology
• Institute for Development Cooperation
• Institute for Family and Social Research
• Institute for Addiction and Dependency Issues
• Institute for Music Therapy
• Institute for Church Music
• Institute for Languages
• Missiology Institute
• Affiliated institute for culture-relevant communication and value building
• Associated institute for further education
• Affiliated Institute for Religious Freedom

The university library comprises around 120,000 units and can be used free of charge for 53 hours per week.

Publications

The regular publications include

• The theological journal Spes Christiana
• Three series of the Friedensau publication series (A: Theology; B: Social Sciences; C: Music-Church-Culture)

Well-known graduates

• Mathias Gauer (* 1956), German church musician
• Matthias Gehler (* 1954), German journalist
• Friedrich Hambrock (1890–1985), German theologian
• Gerhard Miesterfeldt (* 1954), German politician
• Siegbert Uhlig (* 1939), German Ethiopist

See also

• List of universities in Germany
• Association for Free Church Research . The university is the location of the Free Church Library operated by the Association for Free Church Research .

literature

• Stefan Duhr: The libraries of free church theological seminars in the Soviet occupation zone / GDR 1945–1990. Shown in the libraries of the theological seminars in Friedensau near Magdeburg and Buckow near Berlin . Master's thesis at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Philosophical Faculty I, Institute for Library and Information Science, 2007 ( online ).

Web links

• Homepage

Footnotes

1. ^ Friedensau University of Applied Sciences> Rector. Retrieved November 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office: Students at universities. Winter semester 2018/2019 (= Fachserie 11, Reihe 4.1), October 18, 2019, p. 70.
3. ↑ Stefan Duhr, Ralph Köhler: Moving past and present. The library of the Friedensau Theological University . In: Johannes Hartlapp, Stefan Höschele (ed.): History - Society - Justice. Festschrift for Baldur Edmund Pfeiffer on his 70th birthday . Frank & Timme, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86596-149-5 , pp. 51-62, here p. 52.
4. ↑ Institute overview on the university's website ( memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 41.8 ″  N , 11 ° 59 ′ 3.2 ″  E