Wuppertal
City on the river Wupper in western Germany, of which Barmen is a part. The Confessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church met in the Gemarke church at Barmen in May 1934.
Wuppertal lies on the Wupper east of Düsseldorf. The delegates of the Confessional Synod met in the Gemarke church at Barmen, in the city of Wuppertal, from 29 to 31 May 1934 (Barmen Declaration, EKD introduction (English)), and a sculpture in the pedestrian street of Wuppertal-Barmen commemorates the declaration adopted there (Barmen Declaration, EKD introduction (German)). See the Barmen Declaration.
What happened here
- 31 May 1934, firm dateThe Barmen Declaration
Meeting at Barmen in May 1934, a synod of Lutheran, Reformed and United Protestants declares against the German Christians that Jesus Christ is the one Word of God the church has to hear, and that the state may not become the total order of human life.