Alfred Reebstein
Alfred Reebstein (born December 11, 1882 in Pforzheim ; † April 1, 1974 in Ulm ) was a German civil engineer and anthroposophist .
life and work
Alfred Reebstein, son of an overseas merchant, was the oldest of four brothers. He grew up in Brötzingen and attended secondary school in Pforzheim. He then studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and in Berlin until 1908. Then he entered the Baden state service. In 1912 he became a government architect and after 1912 was a lecturer at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. Later he took over the department for bridge construction at the State School for Bridge Construction.
About Wilhelm Selling he attended a branch lecture given by Rudolf Steiner in 1906 and in the same year became a member of the German section of the Theosophical Society . Reebstein organized lectures in Pforzheim, among others with Rudolf Steiner and Michael Bauer , and founded a branch in 1908. In 1919 he campaigned for social threefolding , was a local group leader in Karlsruhe and worked as a speaker. Until the outbreak of the Second World War he was active in Karlsruhe and the surrounding area. In the 1930s he headed the office of the Anthroposophical Society in Germany. In 1935 an anthroposophical library was confiscated. In 1946 he re-established the Karlsruhe branch. In 1964 he moved with his family to Ulm, where they got involved in the local branch and in the local school.
literature
- Alfred Reebstein in Biographien Documentation of the research center Kulturimpuls
- U. Werner: Anthroposophists in the time of National Socialism (1933–1945) , 2014. ISBN 978-3486563627
- HH Schöffler (editor): The work of Rudolf Steiner , Volume IV, 1987. ISBN 978-7235041831
- H. Eppinger: Alfred Reebstein on his 90th birthday , in: Messages from the anthroposophical work in Germany (MaD), 1972, No. 102
- F. Gotte, J. v. Grone: The Pforzheim branch 50 years old , in: Messages from the anthroposophical work in Germany (MaD), 1958, No. 46
- E. Huber, R.-J. Lange, A. Reebstein: Elisabeth Reebstein , in: Communications from anthroposophical work in Germany (MaD), 1981, No. 135
- E. Weidmann: Public Lectures in Berlin 1908/09 , in: Contributions to the Rudolf Steiner Complete Edition (BGA), 1961, No. 6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reebstein, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and anthroposophist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pforzheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1974 |
| Place of death | Ulm |