Wetzlar (church district)

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The church district of Wetzlar is located in the northeastern part of the Limburg diocese . It is named after the district town of Wetzlar . The Wetzlar district does not only include municipalities in the Wetzlar city area. It goes from Waldsolms (Lahn-Dill-Kreis) in the south to Aßlar (Lahn-Dill-Kreis) in the north.

In terms of area, the district is one of the smaller diocesan districts and has only about 31,000 Catholics due to the diaspora situation. For comparison: The Diocese of Limburg with its 11 districts has a total of 669,271 (December 31, 2008 / AP2010). There are three pastoral rooms in the district . 14 parishes are grouped together:

  • Pastoral area Wetzlar-Stadt:
    • Cathedral Parish of Our Dear Lady, Wetzlar
    • St. Boniface, Wetzlar
    • St. Markus, Wetzlar-Dalheim
    • St. Walburgis, Wetzlar-Niedergirmes
  • Pastoral area Wetzlar-Nord
    • Christ-King, Asslar
    • Assumption of Mary, Ehringshausen
    • Marian pain, Lahnau-Dorlar
    • St. Anna, Biebertal
    • St. Johannes dT, Lollar-Odenhausen
    • St. Raphael, Wettenberg-Wissmar
  • Pastoral area Wetzlar-Süd
    • Holy Family, Hüttenberg and Oberkleen
    • Maria Hilf, Waldsolms-Brandoberndorf
    • Assumption of Mary, Leun
    • St. Anna, Braunfels / Solms
    • St. Elisabeth, Solms
    • St. Josef, Schöffengrund-Schwalbach
    • St. Elisabeth, Solms-Burgsolms

District dean is Pastor Dr. Christof May.

Facilities

The following institutions exist in the church district of Wetzlar:

  • Office for Catholic Religious Education, Wetzlar
  • Caritas Association Wetzlar / Lahn-Dill-Eder
  • KEB Bildungswerk Wetzlar
  • KEB Bildungswerk Wetzlar-Lahn-Dill-Eder
  • kfd district, Wetzlar
  • Pastoral Services Department in the cath. District office, Wetzlar
  • Gertrudishaus district office in Wetzlar

particularities

The Wetzlar Cathedral : Since the Reformation it has been used by Catholic and Protestant Christians alike. This Simultaneum inspired the cathedral parish to set up a joint internet presence for both denominations.

In August 2008, the then district dean Peter Kollas got into public media coverage when he was recalled by Limburg Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst . The dean had participated in a blessing service for a gay couple who had previously been at the registry office in Wetzlar Cathedral. As a reason for the recall, the diocese referred to the teaching of the Catholic Church, according to which homosexual unions cannot be blessed.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d Portal of the Diocese of Limburg: Home
  2. ↑ Press release of the diocese
  3. ^ Hessischer Rundfunk: Bishop deposes Dean ( Memento from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )