Kurt Rommel
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- Theologian
- Pastor
- Author
- Editor
- Hymnwriter
- Composer
- Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg
- Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Württemberg
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| Born | 20 December 1926 |
| Died | 5 March 2011 (aged 84) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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Kurt Rommel (20 December 1926 – 5 March 2011) was a German Protestant pastor of the Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg, author of spiritual books, and hymnodist. He wrote text and tune of hymns contained in both Protestant and Catholic hymnals.
Born in Kirchheim unter Teck,[1] Rommel was drafted to the Wehrmacht after his Abitur. He became a prisoner-of-war in France, where he was able to study Protestant theology.[2] He worked as a parish pastor in Friedrichshafen and then at the St. Paulus church in Schwenningen from 1966.[3] Rommel was also youth pastor (Jugendpfarrer) in Stuttgart.[1] He wrote texts and tunes of many hymns of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, realising that young people needed different songs than the traditional hymns.[2] In 1962, he founded the form Kinogottesdienst of services held in a cinema, with a band instead of an organ.[1]
From 1974, he was editor, and later chief editor, of the Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Württemberg, a regional news service of the Protestant church, until 1992. He published several books and a series of recordings. In retirement, he lived in Weil der Stadt.[2]
Rommel died in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt at age 84.[1][3]
