Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
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The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (German: Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck; EKKW) is a United Protestant church body in former Hesse-Cassel and the Waldeck part of the former Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont.
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Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck | |
Abbreviation | EKKW |
Type | Landeskirche, member of the Protestant Church in Germany |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | United Protestant (Lutheran & Reformed) |
Leader | Bishop Beate Hofmann |
Associations | Union Evangelischer Kirchen, Reformed Alliance |
Region | ~ 10.000 km² in northern and eastern Hesse, Schmalkalden in Thuringia |
Headquarters | Kassel, Germany |
Origin | 1934 |
Merger of | Protestant Churches of Hessen-Kassel and Waldeck |
Members | 767.149 (2020) 41,4% of total population[1] |
Official website | https://www.ekkw.de/ |
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