Brigitte Boehme

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Brigitte Boehme
Marburg University
Occupations
  • Judge
  • Church administrator
OrganizationsBremische Evangelische Kirche
AwardsBremer Stadtmusikantenpreis

Brigitte Boehme (born 21 June 1940) is a German lawyer and church administrator. She was the president of the Kirchenausschuss (church committee) of the Bremische Evangelische Kirche (Bremen Protestant Church) from 2001 to 2013.[2]

Life

Born in

Marburg from 1959 to 1965, taking the first Staatsexamen in 1966, the second in 1970. She worked as a judge at the Amtsgericht in Bremen until 1988, then as a judge at the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Bremen, the Oberlandesgericht, until her retirement in 2005.[2]

She grew up without contact with religion, but decided to become baptized in 1982.[2] 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, St. Ansgarii [de].

Boehme was instrumental in having the German

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Was ist die richtige Religion?" (in German). Junge Freiheit. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Kamann, Matthias (10 November 2013). "Der evangelische Ratschef macht es allen recht". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Losung für den Kirchentag Bremen 2009 / "Mensch, wo bist du?"" (in German). Die Welt. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Die Preisträger 2009 / Bremer Stadtmusikantenpreis für Vicco von Bülow". Radio Bremen (in German). 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

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