The Association
Bugenhagen-Konvikt in Hamburg e.V.
Bugenhagen-Konvikt was founded in 1958 on the initiative of the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Hamburg. Today, the Evangelic student residence is supported by the association Bugenhagen-Konvikt in Hamburg e.V. whose primary aim is the advancement of students of Theology in the context of ecumenical coexistence. The members of the association of Bugenhagen-Konvikt in Hamburg e.V. are affiliates of the Protestant Theology department of the University of Hamburg and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. The convict is financially independent of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany and the Studierendenwerk (student union) Hamburg.
Bugenhagen Konvikt is a Protestant student residence that offers students from Germany and abroad affordable accomomodation in Hamburg. The residence is open to students of all disciplines, religions and cultures. This colourful mixing of international coexistence is what makes living in the Konvikt extra special. Whether a first-year undergraduate, or after a change of study location, or a postgraduate: Students benefit from the opportunities and advantages of living together. The close connection between the Konvikt and the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Hamburg enables competent support in all phases of study. The library and the idyllic tranquility of the surrounding area allow for concentrated work in study and exam groups. Devotions as well as themed evenings, bar and lounge evenings are organized together: Living and learning take place in an ecumenical expanse.
The residence is sorrounded by green areas with old chestnut trees.
Less than a 10-minute bike ride away are the Jenischpark, the Volkspark, the Botanic Garden and the river Elbe with its wonderful beach.
Limited parking spaces available. The nearby S-Bahn runs every ten minutes in the city centre direction.
A library (focus: Theology and German Literature) can be used for studying.
Members
Management Board
1. Chairman
Prof. Dr. Corinna Körting
Professor for Old Testament
University Hamburg
2. Chairman
Dr. Mathias Lobe
Pastor
Church in Flottbeck
Member of the management board
Volker Thilo
Controller i.R.
Hamburg
The board of trustees
1. Chairman
Prof. Dr. em. Hans-Martin Gutmann
Professor for Practical Theology University Hamburg
Member of the board of trustees
Pastor Andrea Stobbe
Branch office of the national church of the theological education and examination office
Member of the board of trustees
Gisela Groß-Ikkache
Student Priest
Protestant Student Community of Hamburg
Member of the board of trustees
Pastor Dr. Tobias Woydack
Management board|Diakonie-Hilfswerk
Diakonisches Werk Hamburg
Member of the board of trustees
Simon Jungnickel
Doctoral candidate of Systematic Theology of University Hamburg
Members of the board of trustees
Three inhabitants of the Bugenhagen-Konvikt
Because of the half-yearly cycle of election we don`t list the names