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28-744: The Tübinger Stift ( German: [ˈtyːbɪŋɐ ˈʃtɪft] ) is a hall of residence and teaching; it is owned and supported by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg , and located in the university city of Tübingen , in South West Germany. The Stift was founded as an Augustinian monastery in the Middle Ages . After the Reformation , in 1536, Duke Ulrich turned the Stift into

56-922: A minister training house in Tübingen called Tübinger Stift . Its most prominent churches are the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart , the Minster in Ulm , the Kilians church in Heilbronn , the St. Mary's Church, Reutlingen , the city church St. Dionysius in Esslingen , as well as the church St. Michael in Schwäbisch Hall . The ordination of women like in all other EKD churches has been allowed. In March 2019,

84-483: A seminary which served to prepare Protestant pastors for Württemberg. To this day the scholarship is still given to students in preparation for the ministry or teaching in Baden-Württemberg . Students receive a scholarship which consists of boarding, lodging and further academic support. Some of the well known "Stiftlers" are the astronomer Johannes Kepler and his associate, statesman Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg ,

112-728: The Böttingen (Heuberg) courtyard of the Protestant church youth. A total of 3,400 people took part in over 45 different societies and institutions of scouts and the youth movement. A total of 70.000 people attended the European young adults meeting in Stuttgart in 1996. The Parish Youth is working stably on a largely self-organising basis in order of the Lutheran Church in Württemberg, in Tailfingen by

140-564: The Swabian League , moreover, were very bad, and trouble soon came from another quarter also. In 1511 Ulrich had married Sabina , a daughter of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria , and niece of the Emperor Maximilian. The marriage was a very unhappy one, and having formed an affection for the wife of a knight named Hans von Hutten, a kinsman of Ulrich von Hutten , the duke killed Hans in 1515 during an altercation. Hutten's friends now joined

168-458: The "Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Württemberg ". The biennial Trombone Choir Day (Landesposaunentag) takes place in Ulm . In 1946, a big crying startet on the song Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme . The bishop, Theophil Wurm , could not speak over 12 years, trombone players killed in action WW2, Ulm was destroyed by an air raid, feel great gratitude to be here... "Gloria". The Überbündische meeting (in short "ÜT") took place in 1977 and 2017 in

196-576: The 11th General Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Stuttgart , Germany, on 20–27 July 2010. The election of the synod is for six years. Child and Youth work is running on the YMCA (CVJM-Gesamtverband). The local state office (Landesstelle) is a free democratic organisation "Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Württemberg "working in order of the Lutheran Church in Württemberg. Trumpet choir (Posaunenchor) groups without age limit may take part in

224-569: The Church allowed blessing of same-sex unions . In 1534, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg enforced the Protestant Reformation in his Duchy of Württemberg . The Duke, who later became the King of Württemberg, was the head of the state church as the summus episcopus , meaning the ruler united secular and religious power in his person. The former Catholic bishops lost all privileges. Johannes Brenz

252-625: The EKD. The church has 1,914,425 members (2020) in about 1,300 parishes. It is the most important Protestant denomination in eastern Baden-Württemberg . The Lutheran Church of Württemberg is a member church of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe . It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation and a guest member of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany . The Church runs

280-501: The Lutheran state church could obviously not accept him as summus episcopus . As a result, leading clergymen took over the church. After King William II had died in October 1921, the state church in Württemberg enacted a new constitution in 1923/24 and installed a church president as the leader of the church; in 1933 the leader was given the title Landesbischof .1939 During World War II , YMCA

308-639: The Protestant deanery (Kirchenkreis) of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union in the Province of Hohenzollern adopted provisional supervision by the Evangelical State Church in Württemberg. On April 1, 1950, the deanery joined the latter church body and terminated its supervision by the prior old-Prussian Ecclesiastical Province of the Rhineland . The state church in Württemberg hosted

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336-536: The Swiss in his service were recalled owing to the defeat of Francis I of France at Pavia ; the peasantry were unable to give him any serious support, and in a few weeks he was again a fugitive. During his exile Ulrich had formed a friendship with Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse ; and his restoration, undertaken by Philip, is an event of some importance in the political history of the Reformation. In 1526 Philip had declared he

364-557: The church is in Stuttgart . It is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), and is a Lutheran Church. The presiding bishop ( Landesbischof ) of the church is Frank Otfried July (2005). There are four regional bishops (Regionalbischöfe). The regional bishops are located at Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Ulm, and Reutlingen. The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Württemberg is one of 20 Lutheran, united and reformed churches of

392-567: The duchy. The Bible Institute was established in Urach the lord of Sonneck, Hans III. Ungnad von Weißenwolff printed 30000 bibles and smuggled over the borders guarded by local hunters. Up to 1806 the Duchy of Württemberg was a purely Protestant territory. Only after Württemberg became a kingdom and, due to Napoleon , larger Catholic territories ( Upper Swabia ) were added, the uniform religious structure ended. Protestant parishes have also been established in

420-485: The elected youth church council. Ulrich, Duke of W%C3%BCrttemberg Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (8 February 1487 – 6 November 1550) succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498. He was declared of age in 1503. His volatile personality made him infamous, being called the "Swabian Henry VIII " by historians. Duke Ulrich was born 8 February 1487 and his mother died in his birth. His father, Henry, Count of Württemberg ,

448-437: The former Catholic territories of (southern) Württemberg since the late 19th century. After the end of World War I , King William II of Württemberg was forced to resign. The church therefore formally had no ruler because his children had also been disqualified for royal succession due to improper marriage. Since the 1890s the head of a Catholic ducal branch line of the royal house has been named as his legitimate successor, but

476-496: The imperial army into France in 1513. Meanwhile, in Württemberg Ulrich had become very unpopular. His extravagance had led to a large accumulation of debt, and his subjects were irritated by his oppressive methods of raising money. In 1514 an uprising under the name of Poor Conrad broke out, and was only suppressed after Ulrich had made important concessions to the estates in return for financial aid. The duke's relations with

504-684: The other elements of discontent. Fleeing from her husband, Sabina won the support of the emperor and of her brother William IV, Duke of Bavaria , and Ulrich was twice placed under the imperial ban . After the death of Maximilian in January 1519 the Swabian League interfered in the struggle, and Ulrich was driven from Württemberg, which was afterwards sold by the league to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor . Ulrich passed some time in Switzerland , France and Germany, occupied with brigand exploits and in service under Francis I of France ; but he never lost sight of

532-593: The poet Friedrich Hölderlin who had as roommates the philosophers G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Schelling (although the latter was five years their junior), the theologians David Friedrich Strauß , Johann Albrecht Bengel , Friedrich Christoph Oetinger , Ferdinand Christian Baur and Eberhard Nestle , and the philologist August Pauly . 48°31′10″N 9°03′12″E  /  48.51944°N 9.05333°E  / 48.51944; 9.05333 Evangelical-Lutheran Church in W%C3%BCrttemberg The seat of

560-601: The possibility of recovering Württemberg and about 1523 he announced his conversion to the reformed faith. His opportunity came with the outbreak of the German Peasants' War . Posing as the friend of the lower orders and signing himself "Ulrich the peasant", his former oppressions were forgotten and his return was anticipated with joy. Collecting men and money, mainly in France and Switzerland, he invaded Württemberg in February 1525, but

588-603: The proposed undertaking, Württemberg was invaded in April 1534. Charles V and his brother, King Ferdinand I , could send but little assistance to their lieutenants, and on the 13 May the troops of the Habsburgs were completely defeated at the Battle of Lauffen . In a few weeks Ulrich was restored, and in June 1534 a treaty was negotiated at Kaaden by which he was recognized as duke by Ferdinand, but

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616-512: Was anxious to restore the exiled duke, and about the same time Francis I and Zwingli had intimated their willingness to assist in a general attack upon the Habsburgs. Many difficulties, however, barred the way, and it was 1534 before Philip was prepared to strike. In January of that year Francis I had definitely promised assistance; the Swabian League had just been dissolved; and, after a manifesto had been issued by Ulrich and Philip justifying

644-711: Was empowered to reform the state church following the teachings of Martin Luther . He is entombed in the Stuttgart Stiftskirche . The state church in Württemberg was from the beginning a Lutheran church. However, the form of the church service followed the Reformed tradition, meaning that it is rather plain. The form of the Lutheran church service is hardly ever practised. It is however practised in Hohenzollern. Huguenots , Hussites and Waldensians immigrants had found refuge

672-412: Was involved in supporting millions of POWs ."One of the most important tasks of the Y.M.C.A. delegates was, if time permitted, to sit down and talk to the internees about their personal problems and, thereafter, try to establish the contacts with families and friends in the outside world and to secure the items wished for." "Wartime Logs", William Hilsleys Tagebuch eines internierten Musikers In 1945,

700-724: Was mentally deranged, likely as a result of his three-year imprisonment by Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy , was banished to Hohenurach Castle in the County of Urach , and his only guardian died when he was nine years of age. Ulrich served the German king, Maximilian I , in the War of the Succession of Landshut in 1504, receiving some additions to Württemberg as a reward; he accompanied Maximilian on his unfinished journey to Rome in 1508; and he marched with

728-695: Was precisely simultaneous with the similar Dissolution of the Monasteries undertaken by King Henry VIII of England). Taxation, however, was so heavy that he soon lost his temporary popularity. In April 1536 he joined the Schmalkaldic League , though he did not assent to some of the schemes of Philip of Hesse for attacking Charles V. In 1546 his troops fought against the Emperor during the Schmalkaldic War , but with disastrous results for Württemberg. The duchy

756-633: Was quickly overrun, and the duke compelled to agree to the Treaty of Heilbronn in January 1547. By this treaty Charles, ignoring the desire of Ferdinand to depose Ulrich again, allowed him to retain his duchy, but stipulated that he should pay a large sum of money, surrender certain fortresses, and appear as a suppliant before the Emperor at Ulm . Having submitted under compulsion to the Augsburg Interim in May 1548, Ulrich died on 6 November 1550 at Tübingen , where he

784-426: Was to hold Württemberg under Austrian suzerainty . After some hesitation Ulrich yielded to the solicitations of Philip, and signed the treaty in February 1535. The duke now lost no time in pressing on the teaching of the reformed doctrines of Luther and Zwingli. Many convents and monasteries were destroyed, and extensive seizures of church property formed a welcome addition to his impoverished exchequer (this act

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