Bernhard Grape

Bernhard Grape (born November 21, 1849 in Ganderkesee , † March 18, 1912 in Delmenhorst ) was a German elementary school teacher and politician of the German Democratic Party .

Life and work

Grape was the son of the househusband Diedrich Grape. From 1864 to 1869 he attended the Protestant teacher training college in Oldenburg and, after passing the first teacher examination, worked for two years at the school for the deaf and dumb in Wildeshausen , before taking up his first main teaching position in Wapeldorf in 1871 . In 1880 he moved to Lehmden in the same position , and finally in 1895 to the Deichhorst district of Delmenhorst.

Political activity

In the teachers 'movement around the turn of the century, Grape, who was interested in politics at an early age, played an important role as secretary on the board of the Oldenburg State Teachers' Association, especially as editor of the Oldenburg School Gazette from 1894 to 1905. As an editor, he continued to convert the paper from a subscription newspaper to a weekly one appearing member newspaper and thus a tripling of the circulation. This gave the association greater internal strength and more publicity to the outside world. In the Oldenburgisches Schulblatt he commented on important questions of school policy and pedagogy around 1900. However, his political interest was not limited to representing the interests of teachers. In 1899 he was elected to the city ​​council of Delmenhorst, from 1902 to 1908 he was a member of the German Democratic Party in the Oldenburg state parliament . Here he represented in close consultation with his Delmenhorst party friend Erich Koch-Weser mainly represented cultural-political issues and turned against any church influence on the school system.

family

Grape was eleven years younger Albertine (Bertha) Karoline geb. Nolte, the daughter of a coppersmith from Wildeshausen, married. The couple had two sons, who also became elementary school teachers.

literature

• Grape, Bernhard. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 251 ( online ).