Wilhelm Buitkamp
Wilhelm Ferdinand Buitkamp (born August 8, 1900 in Lingen (Ems) ; † July 13, 1967 in Osnabrück ) was a German Reformed theologian and from 1953 to 1965 church president of the Evangelical Reformed Church in northwest Germany .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1918 at the Georgianum grammar school in Lingen, he studied theology in Halle an der Saale . In 1919 he joined the Halle Wingolf . He completed his vicariate in Osnabrück at the Bergkirche, where he was ordained on August 9, 1925. From 1926 to 1928 he was pastor in Manslagt (East Friesland), from 1928 to 1936 in Hoogstede- Arkel ( Grafschaft Bentheim ) and from 1936 to 1967 in Osnabrück. From 1953 to 1965 he was President of the General Synod and Church President of the Evangelical Reformed Regional Church . For many years he was a member of the Landeskirchentag and the examination committee.
Individual evidence
- ^ Vademecum Wingolfiticum deceased in 1970
- ↑ Complete directory of Wingolf, Lichtenberg 1991
- ^ Carsten Nicolaisen , Ruth Pabst: Handbook of the German Protestant Churches 1918 to 1949: organs - offices - associations - people. Vol. 1: Supraregional institutions. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-525-55784-6 , p. 349
- ^ Vicco von Bülow : Otto Weber (1902-1966) - Reformed theology and church politician. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 978-3-525-55734-1 , p. 372
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buitkamp, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buitkamp, Wilhelm Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Reformed theologian, Church President of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Northwest Germany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1967 |
| Place of death | Osnabrück |