Ulrich Denkhaus

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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

  1. ↑ 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

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personal data
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