Alwin Reinke

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Alwin Reinke (born October 8, 1877 in Rechterfeld , † April 1, 1949 in Vechta ) was a German lawyer , local politician in the Oldenburger Münsterland and writer .

Life

Alwin Reinke was the son of the farmer Hermann Heinrich Reinke (1829–1899) and his wife Anna Katharina geb. Berens (1840-1906). After attending a one-class country school, he went to the Antonianum Vechta grammar school . During his school days he began to write local notes and poems for the Hoyaer Wochenblatt , which were later printed in the poets' voices by Leo (Tepe) van Heemstede . After graduating from high school in the summer of 1899, Reinke began studying law and political science in Freiburg . During this time he joined the Catholic German Student Union Hercynia . After one semester he moved to Berlin and then after two semesters to Kiel . There he passed the state examination and then did his doctorate at the University of Rostock . After the second state examination, he came to Oldenburg and became a partner in the Greving law firm there .

From September 1915 Reinke was an artillery officer in the First World War . After returning at the end of the war, he first lived on the farm of his father-in-law, the economist and community leader Joseph Anton Meyer (1855–1933), in Hemmelsbühren near Cloppenburg . In 1919 he moved to Vechta, where he opened his own law firm.

As early as 1907, Reinke had been involved in the Center Party and the Windthorstbund Oldenburg, which he led as chairman until the outbreak of war in 1914. In addition, as chairman of the Oldenburger Windthorstbund, he was a delegate for the regional committee of the Center Party. After the end of the war, Reinke became politically active again. In 1919, he finally became regional chairman of the center and thus also belonged to the party's Reich Committee. He held these functions until the center was dissolved in 1933. He was also a member of the State Court of Justice for the German Reich , which was founded in 1922 to protect the Republic and the Reich constitution on the occasion of the assassination of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau . After the dissolution of the Center Party in 1933, he withdrew from political life.

family

Reinke married Elisabeth Meyer from Hemmelsbühren (1882–1981) on August 20, 1908 . The marriage produced three daughters and a son who died in World War II .

Writing activity

With his wife, Reinke shared the activity as a writer, which he repeatedly pursued in addition to his legal and political activities. His collection Visbeker sagas even had a second edition in 1919. He also published his memoirs, which appeared two years before his death. In this work, Reinke described with humor and sometimes bitingly on the one hand the people he met as a lawyer and on the other hand the numerous personalities of the Weimar Republic with whom he came into contact as a politician. He dedicated chapters in this work to his political comrades-in-arms, the chairman of the Reich Party of the Center, Karl Trimborn, and Chancellors Constantin Fehrenbach and Wilhelm Marx . Furthermore, his memoirs bear testimony to his deep connection with the Catholic faith . His texts were frequently reprinted in home newspapers and regional newspapers.

Fonts (selection)

  • Visbeck legends. Vechta. 1919.
  • Poems. Loeningen. 1936.
  • From a quiet corner. Memories of an old man. Vechta. 1947.

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SURNAME Reinke, Alwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, local politician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Right field
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1949
Place of death Vechta