Secular coming of age ceremony practised by German 14-year-olds
Jugendfeier of the Humanistischer Verband in Berlin 2011
Jugendweihe (Youth consecration) or Jugendfeier (Youth ceremony) is a secular coming of age ceremony practised by German 14-year-olds. It originated among the secular societies in the 19th century as an alternative to Confirmation by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. It was especially widespread in East Germany, where state atheism was encouraged under the GDR.
Jugendweihe (Youth consecration) or Jugendfeier (Youth ceremony) is a secular coming of age ceremony practised by German 14-year-olds. It originated among...
Costume," p. 535. Krause, Klaus-Peter. "Geschichte der Jugendweihe" (in German). Jugendweihe Deutschland e.V. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26...
Jugendweihe (youth dedication) gradually supplanted the Christian practice of Confirmation." A concept that first appeared in 1852, the Jugendweihe is...
secularisation and a pre-existing tradition of religious confirmation. Jugendweihe ceremonies have been on offer since at least 1852, although these days...
Monistenbund were formed. Free thought organizations developed the "Jugendweihe" (literally Youth consecration), a secular "confirmation" ceremony, and...
Germany during the 19th century. The secular coming of age ceremony Jugendweihe was developed in the 1850s, and Ludwig Büchner founded the German Freethinkers...
education. She did not participate in the secular coming-of-age ceremony Jugendweihe, however, which was common in East Germany. Instead, she was confirmed...
intensified over two issues, namely the Jugendweihe and the provision of military chaplains. The Jugendweihe, the youth ceremony of the FDJ, introduced...
German uprising of 1953. They followed the youth initiation ceremony (Jugendweihe) introduced in 1954, at which they were often read out, and were intended...
Republic), 7 October, was the anniversary of the creation of the GDR. The Jugendweihe was a secular coming-of-age ceremony which replaced Lutheran Confirmation...
Interior. In 1961, he became the Secretary of the Central Committee for Jugendweihe; later, he became the Secretary of the central leadership of the Committees...
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adulthood. In Germany, a secular alternative to religious confirmation, Jugendweihe, ends with a celebration. Participants are given a certificate of honour...
2009, he returned to his job as a clerk. Heilmann took part in the "Jugendweihe" in 1981. He became a member of the communist party of the German Democratic...
Verlag Öffentliches Leben, Stuttgart (1927) (in German) Vom Sinn der Jugendweihe, Verlag Öffentliches Leben, Göttingen (1930) (in German) Education in...
Catholic family and in 1970, at the age of 14 refused to participate in a Jugendweihe, a secular "coming of age" ceremony which in the German Democratic Republic...
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