![Volker Jung, Church President of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN).](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/03/252121/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/three-potential-leaders-to-follow-church-president-jung.webp)
Since 2008, Volker Jung has led the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau. The individuals who may take over his position in the future have now been made known.
Politics![Participants in an Islamist demonstration hold up a poster with the slogan "Courage for truth".](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/02/249145/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/islamist-violence-numbers-surging-in-hamburg.webp)
Over the weekend, a protest by Islamists in Hamburg sparked anger beyond the city's boundaries. The threat of Islamists prone to violence continues to rise.
Travels![ILLUSTRATION - A woman wears a nikab.](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/02/249040/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/red-greens-propose-to-prohibit-face-coverings-in-hamburg-schools.webp)
Covered in school curricula? Hamburg's existing school law does not mention anything about this. However, the ruling SPD and Green parties plan to make changes.
Travels![Mass at the opening of the second largest German pilgrimage in Kevelaer on the Lower Rhine in St....](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/02/248850/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/the-journey-of-marian-devotees-kicks-off-with-a-large-number-of-attendees-projected.webp)
Believers have been finding comfort in a photo of the Virgin Mary in Kevelaer for over 380 years. This year, hundreds of thousands are anticipated to do so once more. The yearly pilgrimage event kicks off with three ceremonial hammer strikes.
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