Church Region Augsburg

The church region of Augsburg and Swabia was formed only in 1971 and is the youngest of all six Bavarian church regions . Nevertheless, Protestants appeared here at the beginning of the 16th century. First of all, in the free imperial cities of Augsburg , Kaufbeuren , Kempten , Lindau , Memmingen and Nördlingen , in the areas around Memmingen, Neu-Ulm and the natural region of Nördlingen Ries , as well as within the isolated boundaries of the imperial knights , former vassals of the Holy Roman Emperor . Many Protestant parishes were organized in the process of industrialization based on railway construction at the turn of the 20th century. Exiles ( German: Heimatvertriebene ) - many of them Gospel denominations - also created their Protestant churches after World War II . In connection with these historical events, there is now an abundance of diverse confessional movements in Bavarian Swabia . In the south, especially in the Allgäu region ( German Allgäu ), Protestants live in a predominantly traditional Catholic environment , unlike Rhys , where there are a lot of villages with only Protestant inhabitants. ^[3]

The first regional bishop in 1971 was Walter Rupprecht. Since 2009, the Church Region of Augsburg has been led by regional bishop Michael Grabov. ^[four]

The church region of Augsburg and Swabia is geographically located in the administrative district of Swabia in the federal state of Bavaria .

The office of the church region is located in the city of Augsburg :

• 86150 Augsburg, Fuggerstrasse 11 ( German Fuggerstrasse 11, 86150 Augsburg, Kirchenkreis Augsburg und Schwaben ).

The church region does not have the status of a legal entity. ^[5]

Church Administration

In the church region of Augsburg, there are almost 300 thousand evangelical Christians who are served by 150 parishes of the Bavarian Evangelical Lutheran Church , located in seven deans ^[2] :

• The Evangelical Lutheran Dean of Augsburg ( German: Augsburg ) ^[6] ;
• Evangelical Lutheran Dean of Donauwoerth ( German: Donauwörth ) ^[7] ;
• Evangelical Lutheran Dean of Kempten ( German: Kempten ) ^[8] ;
• Evangelical Lutheran Dean of Memmingen ( German: Memmingen ) ^[9] ;
• Evangelical Lutheran Dean of Nördlingen ( German: Nördlingen ) ^[10] ;
• Evangelical Lutheran Dean of Neu-Ulm ( German: Neu-Ulm ) ^[11] ;
• Evangelical Lutheran Dean of Oettingen ( German: Oettingen ) ^[12] .

Supreme Church Council

The seat of the Supreme Council of the Church ^{(German) of the} church region is Augsburg.

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An important role in the church life of the church region of Augsburg is played by visiting pilgrims and holidaymakers. In many parts of the church region there are places of worship, and various events are held for many tourists and guests in tourist centers.

• Church Regions of Bavaria Der Kirchenkreis (German)
• Church Region Augsburg and Swabia Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern: Kirchenkreis Augsburg und Schwaben (German)

• Hans-Peter Hübner : Kirchenkreise. In: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns (German)

• Official Page (German)
• Geographical coordinates of the church region Augsburg:

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• Bavarian Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Evangelical Church of Germany
• Religion in Germany
• Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern (German)
• Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (German)

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