Brigitte Boehme (born 21 June 1940) is a German lawyer and church administrator. She was the president of the ' (church committee) of the (Bremen Protestant Church) from 2001 to 2013.
Life
Born in
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Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
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, Boehme studied law in
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approxima ...
from 1959 to 1965, taking the first ''
Staatsexamen
The ("state examination" or "exam by state"; pl.: ''Staatsexamina'') is a German government licensing examination that future physicians, dentists, teachers, pharmacists, food chemists, psychotherapists and jurists (i.e., lawyers, judges, publi ...
'' in 1966, the second in 1970. She worked as a judge at the ' in
Bremen until 1988, then as a judge at the ', the , until her retirement in 2005.
She grew up without contact with religion, but decided to become baptized in 1982.
As president, she conducted the meetings of the synod of the Bremen Protestant Church. She was trained from 2004 to 2006 to be a lay preacher. She has served in that function in her parish, .
Boehme was instrumental in having the German (literally: Church Day, the
German Evangelical Church Assembly
The German Evangelical Church Assembly (German ''Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag'', DEKT) is an assembly of lay members of the Evangelical Church in Germany, that organises biennial events of faith, culture and political discussion.
History
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) of in Bremen and organizing it.
The motto of the 32nd Kirchentag was "Mensch, wo bist du?" (Man, where are you?) It was the first time that a biblical motto was a question. Boehme expressed the hope that the "new challenge" ("neue Herausforderung") of organizing the event, with support from neighbour churches and the political and social forces of Bremen ("mit Unterstützung der Nachbarkirchen sowie der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Kräfte in unserem Zwei-Städte-Staat"), would result in a win of impulses and experiences, contacts and meetings ("Zugewinn an Impulsen und Erfahrungen, an Kontakten und Begegnungen").
She was awarded the ' of 2009 in the category ' (Citizen's engagement), along with
Victor von Bülow in the category Media.
From 2009 to 2014, Boehme was a member of the
synod of the
EKD (Protestant Church in Germany). She was a candidate for the highest office of the synod, ''Präses'', in 2013, received the highest number of votes, but not the needed majority.
References
External links
* Brigitte Boehme, Renke Brahms
''Bremisch evangelisch. Wieso „Bremisch evangelisch“?''kirche-bremen.de
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20th-century German judges
German women judges
1940 births
Living people
University of Marburg alumni
Clergy from Bremen
21st-century German judges
20th-century women judges
21st-century women judges