Klaus-Peter Hertzsch
Klaus-Peter Hertzsch (23 September 1930 – 25 November 2015) was a German Protestant theologian, poet, author and hymn writer.
Klaus-Peter Hertzsch
- Name
- Klaus-Peter Hertzsch
- Born
- 23 September 1930
- Birthplace
- Jena
- Died
- 25 November 2015
- Education
- University of Jena
- Occupation
- * Theologian
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Fields
- theology · Protestant theology · practical theology · creative and professional writing
- Known for
- Vertraut den neuen Wegen
- Languages
- German
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The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is theology, Protestant theology and practical theology. Places of work recorded in the authority are Jena. Employment is recorded with University of Jena. Works named in the authority record are Vertraut den neuen Wegen.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Klaus-Peter Hertzsch • Born — 23 September 1930 • Birthplace — Jena • Died — 25 November 2015 • Place of death — Jena • Education — University of Jena • Occupation — * Theologian • Hymn writer • Academic teacher • Organizations — * Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main • inTAKT
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Jena the son of a Protestant theologian, Erich Hertzsch, Hertzsch grew up in Eisenach. He studied theology at the University of Jena. He was pastor in Jena from 1957 to 1959, then students' pastor there. From 1966 he was director of the central office of Protestant student parishes in East Berlin. He was professor of theology in Jena from 1968 until 1995. He was known for poems, such as Biblische Balladen after stories from the Old Testament, set to music by Wolfgang Elger, and the text of the 1989 hymn "Vertraut den neuen Wegen", written first as occasional poetry for the wedding of his god-daughter. After the Wende, it was included in the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch, regional sections of the Catholic Gotteslob and in the Gesangbuch der Evangelisch-methodistischen Kirche. It became one of the popular new hymns. Hertzsch died on 25 November 2015 at age 85.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1930
Klaus-Peter Hertzsch born at Bucha.
2015
Klaus-Peter Hertzsch died at Jena.
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Bucha.
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Publications
• Illustration — 1970 book cover • Wie schön war die Stadt Ninive. Biblische Balladen zum Vorlesen. Union, Berlin 1967 = Der ganze Fisch war voll Gesang. Biblische Balladen zum Vorlesen. Radius, Stuttgart 1969. • Sprache des Friedens. Materialien des gemeinsamen Seminars von Bund der Evangelischen Kirchen in der DDR und der Christlichen Friedenskonferenz/International. Bad Saarow 1986 • Nachdenken über den Fisch. Texte und Predigten. Radius, Stuttgart 1994. • Die Predigt im Gottesdienst. In: Hans-Christoph Schmidt-Lauber, Karl-Heinrich Bieritz (eds.): Handbuch der Liturgik. Liturgiewissenschaft in Theologie und Praxis der Kirche. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 1995, S. 731 ff. • Christliche Predigt über Texte aus dem Alten Testament. In: Berliner Theologische Zeitschrift. 1997. • Alle Jahre neu. Weihnachtsmeditationen. Wartburg, Weimar 2000; 2005, ISBN 3-86160-165-6. • Sag meinen Kindern, dass sie weiterziehn. Erinnerung. Radius, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-87173-247-8. • Wie mein Leben wieder hell werden kann. Eine Einladung zur Beichte in der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche. Kirchenamt of the VELKD. Hannover 2002. • Laß uns vorwärts in die Weite sehn. Texte zu meiner Biographie. Radius, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-87173-298-2. • Chancen des Alters. Sieben Thesen. Radius, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-87173-109-9. • Die Stärken des Schwachen. Erinnerungen an eine gefährliche Zeit. Radius, Stuttgart 2012.
Awards
• 2008: Erster Preisträger der neugestifteten Martin-Luther-Medaille des Rates der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) • 2011: Ehrenbürgerwürde der Stadt Jena
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- 1.Pressemitteilung der EKD zur Verleihung der Martin-Luther-Medaille, EKD, 31. Oktober 2008.
- 2.Haas, Hans-Günter. Vertraut den neuen Wegen – Liedpredigt über EG 395,1–3. Herder Verlag. 1 January 2007.
- 3.Steinmann, Wolf-Dieter. Vertraut den neuen Wegen. SWR. 15 February 2015.
- 4.Kirchenlied "Vertraut den neuen Wegen" vor 30 Jahren veröffentlicht. Evangelische Kirche in Mitteldeutschland (EKM). 25 July 2019.
- 5.Evangelischer Pressedienst. Evangelischer Theologe Klaus-Peter Hertzsch gestorben. 26 November 2015.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Klaus Raschzok, Klaus Petzold (eds.): Vertraut den neuen Wegen. Praktische Theologie zwischen Ost und West. Festschrift für Klaus-Peter Hertzsch zum 70. Geburtstag. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-374-01833-5.
- „Ich stand nie mit dem Rücken zur Wand.“ Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Hertzsch, Theologe, geb. 1930. In: Matthias Steinbach (Hrsg.): Universitätserfahrung Ost. DDR-Hochschullehrer im Gespräch. Jena 2005, ISBN 3-932906-61-6, S. 41–69.
- Michael Trowitzsch (ed.): Ein Smaragd hat’s mir erzählt. Vom Reden über biblische Geschichten. [Festschrift für Klaus-Peter Hertzsch.] Radius, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-87173-908-8.
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