Aloys Wittrup

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Monsignor Aloys Wittrup (born May 17, 1877 in Everswinkel , Warendorf district , † July 17, 1961 in Münster ) was a German theologian , Catholic priest, educator and papal secret chamberlain .

Life

After attending elementary school in Everswinkel, Westphalia, Wittrup first went to a preparatory institute in Essen-Werden , but soon switched to the Essen Burggymnasium , where he graduated from high school in 1899. From 1899 to 1902 Wittrup studied theology and philosophy at the Royal Theological and Philosophical Academy in Münster.

After completing his studies, Wittrup was ordained a priest on June 6, 1903 in the St. Paulus Cathedral in Münster. Soon afterwards, the Münster bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad transferred Wittrup to Rheinberg , where he was supposed to reopen the Rheinberg Rector's School , which has been orphaned since 1889, at the instigation of the city's magistrate . In August 1903 Wittrup got a job as a chaplain in Rheinberg and started school on October 1 of the same year. He passed his rector examination in 1907 at the provincial school college in Koblenz . In 1914 Wittrup received his doctorate from the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster with a thesis on the history of the city of Rheinberg. His dissertation was entitled: Legal and Constitutional History of the Electoral Cologne City of Rheinberg.

In addition to his school activities, Wittrup was also politically and socially active on the Lower Rhine. In 1904 Wittrup founded a housing cooperative, the non-profit building cooperative eGmbH Rheinberg (today housing cooperative eG Rheinberg). This was followed in 1905 by the formation of the local branch of the Catholic Workers' Association ( today KAB ) in Rheinberg. In the Reichstag elections of 1907 he appeared as a member of the Center Party and soon after became its local chairman.

Pope Pius XI appointed him papal secret chamberlain at a private audience in Rome in 1932 .

When the political pressure from the Nazi government became too great, Wittrup retired early in 1939 and moved to Münster, where he died in 1961.

The city of Rheinberg granted Wittrup honorary citizenship in July 1949 and named Dr.-Aloys-Wittrup-Strasse after him in his honor.

Fonts

In addition to numerous essays and articles, Aloys Wittrup wrote three monographs on the history of the city of Rheinberg:

  • Legal and constitutional history of the Electoral Cologne city of Rheinberg. Sattler & Koss, Rheinberg 1914.
  • The school history of the city of Rheinberg. Schiffer, Rheinberg 1953.
  • From Rheinberg's bygone days. Schiffer, Rheinberg 1955.

literature

  • Erwin Buntenkötter: Prelate Dr. Aloys Wittrup. oD. (Article as PDF document online )
  • Cäcilie Tolksdorf: Living tradition. On the 100th birthday of the Rheinberg honorary citizen Dr. Aloys Wittrup. Rheinberg 1977.

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personal data
SURNAME Wittrup, Aloys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, Catholic priest, educator and papal secret chamberlain
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Everswinkel , Warendorf district
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1961
Place of death Muenster