Wildflecken: Daniele Roth fatally injured

Daniele Roth died on May 12th. Christine Gehrlein, trustworthy member of the church council of the Protestant congregation in Wildflecken, says that she died in a traffic accident through no fault of her own. Roth worked there for eight years, from 2010 to 2018 as a pastor. She also worked in the spa and hospital chaplaincy in Bad Brückenau.

The accident happened just a few days before her birthday. She would have turned 54 on May 28. Gehrlein describes the former pastor of Wildflecken as “very loving and always with an open ear for people’s concerns”. Incredibly opposed injustices. Her great empathy was not only for people, but also for nature and animals.

The Protestant parish responded with concern. Pastor Friedrich Bergk, Roth’s successor, brought the bad news to the faithful. Gehrlein reports that photos of Daniele Roth were displayed in the church and that the parishioners wrote and collected condolence letters to express their condolences to the family. A memorial service will soon be held in the Kreuzkirche Wildflecken to commemorate her work.

Grew up in Brazil

The funeral took place on May 23 in small groups on the Schwanberg, in the district of Kitzingen. This is where the Casteller Ring community is located. Roth lived as a Benedictine in the monastery for 15 years before deciding to serve as a pastor. She completed her theology studies at the University of Erlangen and the church university in Neuendettelsau.

Daniele Roth grew up in Brazil “on the edge of the jungle”, as she once told the home newspaper. Her father, also a theologian, had worked there for the Brazilian church. Roth returned to Germany as a teenager, initially studying medical technology and working for seven years as an engineer with a focus on radiation physics at the Bamberg Clinic, especially for people with severe cancer. Through this experience, she finally turned to faith again, she said at the time.

Her last professional position brought Roth back to the medical field. After leaving as a pastor in Wildflecken, she worked as a pastor in Deggendorf. In doing so, she also looked after criminals, says Gehrlein. By the way, Roth dedicated her farewell sermon in the Rhön to hope, which often runs counter to people’s sense of reality.

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