Evangelical Church of Hessen Electorate-Waldeck

Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck
Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
AbbreviationEKKW
TypeLandeskirche, member of the Evangelical Church in Germany
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationUnited Protestant (Lutheran & Reformed)
LeaderBishop Beate Hofmann
AssociationsUnion Evangelischer Kirchen, Reformed Alliance
Region~ 10.000 km² in northern and eastern Hesse, Schmalkalden in Thuringia
HeadquartersKassel, Germany
Origin1934
Merger ofEvangelical Churches of Hesse-Kassel and Waldeck
Members687.526 (2024)
37,5% of total population
Official websitehttps://www.ekkw.de/

The Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-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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