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[German Version] The “Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel” was established in 1665, after the end of the Thirty Years War, in a former Franciscan monastery of the city. It is thus one of the late princely university foundations that began in the mid-15th century. Its motto Pax optima rerum indicates that the memory of wartime perils was still fresh and that the fostering of peace was of paramount importance. Initially only meant to serve the needs of the minor principality of ¶ Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, it gradually developed into the regional university of Schleswig-…

[German Version] (c. 1090, Hamelin – Dec 12, 1154, Neumünster), “the apostle of Holstein and Vagria.” He taught at the cathedral school in Bremen, studied in Laon, and was ordained to the priesthood in Magdeburg in 1126 by Norbert of Xanten. After 1127 Vicelinus worked as a missionary on the German/Slavic frontier with his base in Wippenthorp/Faldera (later Neumünster), where he also founded a monastery. On Sep 25, 1149, he was consecrated bishop of the see of Oldenburg in Holstein, vacant since 1…

[German Version] (Harmen; 1490 or 1491, Husum – May 11, 1551, Husum), matriculated at Wittenberg in 1511. In 1534 and 1542 he is mentioned as holder of the benefice of the altar of St. Michael in the Marien-¶ kirche in Husum. It is reported that he had been preaching “evangelically” in Husum since 1522, with the support of Matthias Knutzen, a merchant. In 1527 he was appointed senior preacher of the Marienkirche in Husum, where he also had a hand in reorganizing the Latin school. He was a spokesman at the Flensburg disputation on Ap…

[German Version] is the northernmost Land of the Federal Republic of Germany; it had a population of 2.832 million in 2009. Its capital is Kiel. I Christianity and the church have a shorter history in Schleswig-Holstein than in other parts of Germany; there is no evidence worth mentioning prior to the mission of Ansgar c. 826, with whom the beginning of Christianity in this area are identified. The archbishopric of Hamburg was moved to Bremen in 845. Until the establishment of the archbishopric of Lund in 1103, the arch…

[German Version] (c. 1475 – Sep 27, 1559, Alsfeld). An Augustinian Hermit in Alsfeld, Schnabel attended the order’s house of studies in Erfurt, then matriculated at Wittenberg on Jun 18, 1512, receiving his Bacc.biblicus on Oct 14, 1512, his Bacc.formatus on Sep 16, 1513, and his Dr.theol. on Oct 6, 1514. He preached the Protestant cause in Alsfeld in the 1520 and probably in the fall of 1523 as an exile in Wittenberg. From 1523 to 1526 he served as a pastor in Leisnig and from 1526 to 1557 as a p…

[German Version] I. General – II. Church History – III. The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck I. General The federal state (Ger. Land) of Hessen has existed in its present-day form since Sep 19, 1945. Its new constitution was adopted by referendum on Dec 1, 1946. Hessen covers an area of 21,115 km2 and has 6,075,259 inhabitants (as of Dec 2006). It is subdivided into three administrative regions (Kassel, Gießen, Darmstadt), 21 districts, and 426 cities and communities. The capital of Hessen is Wiesbaden. The Catholic Christians of Hessen live in the bishoprics of Main…

[German Version] In the early years of the Reformation, pamphlets and illustrated leaflets – alongside oral forms of agitation, propaganda, preach-¶ ing, and song – became for the first time a significant mass medium in the communication processes of church and society, creating and shaping a public that transcended class differences. As topical journalism, they served to promote, spread, and defend the Reformation or to challenge it. The two media differed in character and impact. While leaflets had to present thei…

[German Version] The society was founded in Wittenberg on Sep 26, 1918, on the initiative of R. Eucken. According to its constitution, its purpose is “constantly to maintain a living awareness of Luther in the totality of who he was and what he did.” It carries out this work through publications – the Lutherjahrbuch as an organ of international Luther scholarship and the journal Luther, addressed to a broader circle –, support of the Luther Memorials Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt, conferences, work with regional bodies, the Martin Luther Prize, and a Martin Lu…