Ludwig Heyde

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Ludwig Heyde

Karl Ludwig Hans Heyde (born February 18, 1888 in Blasewitz , district of Dresden since 1921 ; † December 23, 1961 in Cologne ) was a German social scientist, sociologist and economist .

Life

Early years and family

His father was a businessman and later a civil servant. The mother, Maria Sophia, was the daughter of Louis Homrighausen, an architect in Milwaukee . In his first marriage in 1912 he married Else Zodtke, with whom he had a son, and in his second marriage in 1926, Dr. rer. pole. Sophia Seydel, the daughter of the Bielefeld machine manufacturer Georg Seydel. From this marriage there were three children.

Heyde studied social sciences and economics as well as law in Freiburg im Breisgau , Berlin and Munich . In Tübingen he received his doctorate in 1910. sc. pol. Scientifically, he was strongly influenced by Adolf Wagner , Gustav von Schmoller and Robert Wilbrandt , among others .

From 1910 Heyde worked for the "Office for Social Policy." Between 1911 and 1930 he worked for the magazine Soziale Praxis . Among other things, he was a reporter, particularly on the German trade union movement, and in this capacity took part in every major trade union congress. In addition, he was also active in numerous functions in the social reform movement. In 1915 he became managing director of the Berlin branch of the Society for Social Reform .

Weimar Republic

In 1919 he became the organization's general secretary. In 1917 he became editor and in 1921 publisher of "Soziale Praxis". Heyde had been a member of the Provisional Reich Economic Council since 1922 . From 1926 to 1930 he was a member of the Economic Enquête Committee. From 1920 Heyde was an associate professor at the University of Rostock . In 1924 he received a teaching position as honorary professor for sociology and social policy at the University of Kiel . The subject of economics was added later.

As early as 1920 he published the influential “Outline of Social Policy”, which was repeatedly reprinted into the 1960s. There were also other studies. In 1931/32 Heyde was also the editor of the "International Concise Dictionary of Trade Unions."

time of the nationalsocialism

Heyde adapted to the system after the National Socialists came to power . He advocated the National Socialist work education and the principle of leadership and allegiance . He called for a reduction of social charges and even an "education for racial hygiene ", "Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" and " preventive detention against anti-social elements". In the 8th supplemented and revised edition of his "Abruß der Sozialpolitik" he added 1934/1935 additions in line with National Socialism , which he removed again in the ninth edition published in 1949, revised and supplemented. Heyde taught in Kiel until the winter semester 1945/46.

post war period

After the end of National Socialist rule, Heyde accepted a position as honorary professor for social policy with full professor rights at the University of Cologne in 1948 , where he was supposed to counterbalance the socialists in the economics faculty. Heyde was also director of the social policy seminar. He was also a lecturer at the business and administration academies in Kiel , Cologne and Essen .

Heyde also exerted socio-political influence in numerous committees. Among other things, he was a member of committees of the Protestant Church , advisory boards of the federal ministries for labor and for family and youth issues , as well as in a study group for business organization. From 1955 to 1961 he was President of the Federal Association of German Economists and Business Economists. In 1958 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Heyde died at the age of 73 in his apartment in Cologne-Lindenthal .

Fonts (selection)

  • The economic importance of technical development in the German cigar and cigarette industry . Diss. 1910
  • Vacation for blue-collar workers in Germany , 1912
  • The Saturday morning end in industry and trade in the German Reich , 1914
  • The replacement of tips in the hospitality industry , 1914
  • War and Individualism , 1915 ( online )
  • Social policy in the peace treaty and the League of Nations , 1919
  • Demolition of social policy . Quelle & Meyer , Leipzig 1920. A total of 12 different, partly heavily reworked, editions appeared up to 1966.
  • International dictionary of trade unions, 2nd vol., 1931/32 [main editor] Digitized
  • The question of wages , 1932
  • German trade policy , 1934
  • Press, radio and film in the service of the people's leadership , 1943
  • Rule of Law, Welfare State and Free Welfare , 1958.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death certificate No. 2980 of December 23, 1961, Lindenthal registry office. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  2. ^ Christian Albrechts University in Kiel : The Kiel Sociology in the Nazi State ; Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, p. 252.
  3. ^ After Ernst Klee, Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 , p. 252,.
  4. ↑ Leo Haupts, The University of Cologne in the Transition from National Socialism to the Federal Republic , Böhlau, Cologne 2007, p. 60, note 204
personal data
SURNAME Heyde, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heyde, Karl Ludwig Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social scientist, sociologist and economist
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Blowjoke
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1961
Place of death Cologne