Ulrich Denkhaus
Ulrich Denkhaus (born September 27, 1938 in Bremen ; † January 1, 2013 in Wetzlar ) was a German pastor , physicist and representative of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland for energy issues .
Life & Education
Denkhaus was born the son of a pastor and studied Protestant theology after graduating from high school . He completed his vicariate with Karl Immer, who later became President of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, in Duisburg . On December 6, 1964, the Denkhaus was ordained . Denkhaus took a leave of absence to study physics and then worked as a student pastor in Aachen and Jülich . In Jülich he had worked on the nuclear research facility there . He later received his doctorate as Dr. rer. nat. with a topic on solid state physics. From 1981 to 2001 Denkhaus was pastor in Velbert . After his retirement in 2002 he moved to Wetzlar, the hometown of his wife Hildegard.
Denkhaus had been married since 1973. He has two daughters, Ruth Denkhaus is also a theologian and deals with ethical issues in medicine.
Act
In 1978, Denkhaus became the commissioner for “scientific-technical energy problems and their theological aspects” and the topic “energy issues” in the EKiR. In 1979, Denkhaus co-authored a church work aid for the peaceful use of nuclear energy . Denkhaus took part in numerous events of the Protestant Church on energy and environmental issues across Germany as a speaker and expert. Denkhaus became known to a wider audience through the publication “Renewable Energies - A Chance for Rural Areas in the South” from 2004, published by the development and environmental organization Germanwatch , of which he had been a member since 2001. Even after his retirement until shortly before his death, Denkhaus worked at the synodal level on questions of responsibility for creation and the environment.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruth Denkhaus Mag. Theol. , Center for Health Ethics (ZfG) at the Evangelical Academy Loccum, accessed on December 21, 2018
literature
- Ulrich Denkhaus: “Renewable energies - an opportunity for rural areas in the south”, published by Germanwatch in the “International Climate Policy” section in 2004, ISBN 3-9806280-8-6
swell
- Obituary of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland from January 6, 2013
- Obituary in the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on January 6, 2013
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SURNAME | Denkhaus, Ulrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor and physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2013 |
Place of death | Wetzlar |