Ulrich Altmann

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Ulrich Altmann on the day of his ordination, September 28, 1913
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Ulrich Günter Altmann (born January 21, 1889 in Breslau ; † October 12, 1950 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Live and act

Ulrich Altmann was born as the eldest son of Wilhelm Altmann . His younger brother is Berthold Altmann . After graduating from high school in Steglitz in 1907 , he studied theology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin, successfully passing the first and second theological exams in 1911. From April 1912 to March 1913 he was a member of the Royal Cathedral Candidate Foundation (Berlin) . In September 1913 he was ordained in the Matthäikirche in Berlin , was assistant preacher in Lehnin (Brandenburg province) in December 1913 and was introduced as pastor at the Eleven Thousand Virgins Church in Breslau in January 1915 .

In addition to his work as a pastor, he emerged as an author of theological works. The Church Senate of the Old Prussian Union appointed him together with theologians Paul Conrad , Georg Burghart , Julius Smend , Karl Eger , Friedrich Walter Paul Wolff ( Evangelical Church in the Rhineland ), Heinrich Brandt , Wilhelm Zoellner a . a. into a commission that worked out a uniform agenda from 1926 to 1930 . The draft for this was submitted to the Provincial Synod in 1931 and approved for practical examination, but was no longer adopted.

After various activities for the Evangelical Central Office of the Silesian Church in Wroclaw, which was founded in 1914, whose task it was to "summarize and unify church social work", he was appointed head of this central office on April 8, 1927.

In the church struggle , Altmann was a leading representative of the group "Unity and Construction of the Church", which mediated between the Confessing Church and German Christians . From 1936 he was a member of the theological examination board at the university's theological faculty. In 1939 the dean Herbert Preisker suggested that he resign because of his not purely Aryan origins. After the evacuation of Wroclaw had been ordered on January 21, 1945, the next day he moved to Nochten , Weisswasser district , to take over the parish representation for his son-in-law, who was still at war. From April 1946 he worked as a pastor at the Stephanuskirche (Berlin-Gesundbrunnen) . In addition to his work in the parish office, he worked as a lecturer on theological literature. A sudden death tore him from his busy work life.

family

Ulrich Altmann married Edith Heinke (1892–1945) on August 7, 1917. The connection has three daughters (Erika, Irmintrud and Gisela). He has great-grandparents in common with Hans Altmann .

Fonts

  • We are of the Lord, One agenda for ecclesiastical acts. In: Ulrich Altmann, Ernst Kölln: Church book for Protestant communities. Töpelmann, Berlin 1938.
  • On the secret life of the soul - an introduction to the piety of German mysticism. Töpelmann, Berlin 1939.
  • Stand by faith. Wartime worship manual. Töpelmann, Berlin 1939.
  • Deed and faith. 25 years of the Evangelical Central Office in Wroclaw. Reports and facts. Wroclaw 1939.
  • Paul, the man and his work. Der Rufer, Gütersloh 1947.
  • Auxiliary book on the history of the Christian cult. 2. Booklet: On the cult of Western Catholicism. Töpelmann, Berlin 1947.
  • Lift up your hearts. A worship manual. 5th edition. Töpelmann, Berlin 1948.

literature

  • Hartmut Ludwig and Eberhard Röhm . Baptized Evangelical - persecuted as "Jews" . Calwer Verlag Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-7668-4299-2 , pp. 36-37.
  • Gerhard Ehrenforth: The Silesian Church in the Church Struggle 1932–1945. –Göttingen; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1968, pp. 145–155.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quotation from the Scriptures Act and Faith. 25 years of the Evangelical Central Office in Wroclaw. Reports and Facts, Breslau 1939.
  2. ^ Kurt Meier : The evangelical church fight. Volume 2. Göttingen 1976, p. 205f, p. 209.
  3. ^ Dietrich Meyer : The Protestant theological faculty in Breslau in the years 1933–1935. In: Peter Maser (Hrsg.): The church struggle in the German East and in the German-speaking churches of Eastern Europe. Göttingen 1992, pp. 98-135, here pp. 132f.
personal data
SURNAME Altmann, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Altmann, Ulrich Günter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1950
Place of death Berlin