Unitarian Free Religious Congregation (Frankfurt am Main)
The Unitarian Free Religious Community in Frankfurt / Main was founded in 1845 and is a corporation under public law .
Teaching
The Unitarian Free Religious Congregation knows no firmly established beliefs, but connecting religious values. The religious and ideological spectrum of the parishioners ranges from liberal Christians to atheists . Standing in the free religious tradition of the West, it is her "concern to convey the historical, religious and artistic values of this past to the people of our time".
Upon entry into the community or in the Confirmation , the members make the following pledge:
- “In awe of God, the eternal and unsearchable, I want to respect human dignity and all life. I want to strive to recognize myself, to control myself and to develop my being. I want to strive for understanding and kindness in human coexistence. Conscious of my freedom of spirit, belief and conscience, I confess to the Unitarian religion. "
Worship and practice
The Unitarian Free Religious Congregation practices so-called consecration hours on Sundays as well as celebrations at the turning points of life (baptism, confirmation, marriage ceremony, funeral service). She organizes seminars, lectures and discussion groups and other social events. Its members can take part in organized children's, youth, family and senior camps.
A special focus of the community work is the state-recognized religious instruction, which is given in all school levels. In 2013, 35 children and young people took part in this regular subject.
history
On June 1, 1845, the founding meeting of the free religious community in Frankfurt am Main took place in the hall of the Mülhens'schen Haus (Eschenheimer Strasse, corner of Stiftstrasse); "Over 300 people from all stands" were present. The first community meeting took place on June 8, 1845. Initially referred to as the German Catholic Congregation, it later called itself the Free Religious Congregation and, from 1948, the Unitarian Free Religious Congregation . On December 22, 1859, the municipality received recognition and corporate rights from the Senate of the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt.
The Frankfurt merchant and writer Heribert Rau († 1876) is considered one of the founders of the community. He admitted that the ultimate being of all worlds can be suspected, but cannot be understood or named. Any humanization of God as well as non-religious humanism should also be rejected.
Pastor Clemens Taesler was particularly influential for the religious community. From October 1918 he was her pastor. After his retirement in 1959, his son Sigurd Taesler was elected parish priest; he worked for the community until his retirement in 1977. From 1980, Pastor Manuel Tögel led the community; on December 15, 2012, Alexander Schmahl was elected as his successor.
With its consecration hall in downtown Frankfurt, the congregation owns the only Unitarian meeting place in Germany that is listed as a historical monument .
literature
- Clemens Taesler's work in difficult times . Seminar documentation, Unitarian Free Religious Community Kdö.R (Hrsg.), 3rd edition, Frankfurt / Main 1994.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Website of the religious community , accessed on December 16, 2013.
- ↑ Karin Berkemann : Post-war churches in Frankfurt am Main (1945–1976) (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Hesse , volume 51). Theiss, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2812-0 (also dissertation, Neuendettelsau, 2012), p. 154.