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Ethelbert Stauffer
Ethelbert Stauffer (May 8, 1902 in Friedelsheim – August 1, 1979 in Erlangen) was a German Protestant theologian and numismatist. Life Stauffer was the son of a Mennonite preacher born and raised in Worms. After attending the local grammar school, he studied Protestant theology at the universities of Halle, Berlin and Tübingen from 1921 to 1925. He then entered the service of the Mennonite churches in Hamburg and Altona. He converted to the Evangelical Church in 1928, and became assistant pastor of the Provincial-Saxon church. The New Testament scholar Ernst von Dobschütz appointed him the faculty assistant in Halle, where he graduated in 1929. He became a lecturer there in 1930. In the 1930s Stauffer was appointed professor of New Testament Studies and director of Ancient History Studies at the University of Bonn. Although he evidently never joined the Nazi Party, he was a long-time and leading proponent of the "German Christian" movement, which attempted to align German Prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedelsheim
Friedelsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The winegrowing centre lies in the eastern Palatinate (''Vorderpfalz''). It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wachenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. History On 24 June 770, Friedelsheim had its first documentary mention. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: Coat of arms The German blazon reads: ''Eine vor blauem Hintergrund abgebildete silberne Burg mit offenem Tor und drei Türmen mit spitzen roten Dächern, gekrönt von je einer goldenen Wetterfahne.'' The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |