Lorenz Weinrich

Lorenz Hubert Weinrich (20 August 1929 – 27 November 2025) was a German historian and academic who served as the dean of the faculty of history at the Free University of Berlin from 1987 to 1989. He led the Gregorian schola of Mater Dolorosa in Lankwitz from 1952 to 2002 and served in other functions in the parish. He was chair of the board of the Association for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Berlin from 1980 to 1992.

Life and career Weinrich was born in Salzwedel, Province of Saxony,

Since 1977, Weinrich was a member, and from 1979 and 1980 vice chair, and from 1980 to 1992 chair, of the board of the association Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin (Association for Christian Jewish co-operation in Berlin). In 1986, he was elected as a board member of the Deutscher Koordinierungsrat der Gesellschaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit and 1987 he was its chair.

Weinrich conducted the Gregorian scholae of the Roman Catholic parish Mater Dolorosa in Lankwitz from 1952 to 2002. He was a member of the Pastoral council for decades, and until 2007, he was a member of the management board of the parish. In this capacity he was co-founder of the foundation Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz in 2006.

Weinrich died in Berlin-Tempelhof on 27 November 2025, at the age of 96.