German Order (1911)

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The Teutonic Order was the first German folk- religious union with neo-pagan Germanic beliefs, founded by the writer Otto Sigfrid Reuter in Berlin on February 27, 1911 and which existed until 1933.

Reuter and the life-reforming press spokesman for the German Eastern Brand Association, Ernst Hunkel , organized the supporters of the German faith, who sought a renewal in the 20th century with recourse to the old Germanic beliefs . Reuter started with the font Christ or Sigfrid 1910.

“Through suffering and tolerance, through peace, the Nazarene wanted us to win victory; OUR religion is that of the active light fighters, through victory to peace. That is what Sigfrid is talking about. "(Reuter, 1911)

The establishment took place in the rooms of the anti-Semitic " Staatsbürger-Zeitung " ( German Social Party ).

In 1911, the smaller German-religious community was founded for the more convinced part of the non-church members , which in 1916 was renamed the German-believing community . With the association organ New Life. Zeitschrift für deutsche Wiedergeburt , which was in the hands of the “ Edener ” Gustav Simons (1861–1914) from 1911–1914 , the new publisher, Hunkel, increasingly assumed a leading role. Ludwig Fahrenkrog , who shortly afterwards in 1912 created the Germanic Faith Community as a separate association, joined as well as Wilhelm Schwaner . In 1914, Margart Hunkel added a women's department as a women's arbor , which was supposed to stand by the men in the war. In 1917 this became the German Sisterhood for the “creation of a German women's movement”. As a youth organization, the Jungborn supplemented . Bund der Jungborn-Lauben German Order the association, later renamed Jungscharen German Order Institutions, Movements. De Gruyter Saur, 2012, Berlin / Boston, pp. 177f .; its founders came from the youth movement Greifenbund founded in 1915 by Otger Gräff (1893-1918) . A prerequisite for membership in the Teutonic Order was the commitment to "German blood" with an Aryan certificate .

The “Chancellor” Ernst Hunkel took over the leadership of the Teutonic Order in 1918 and relocated it to his settlement in Sontra in 1919 , where 350 people lived at times. After its failure u. a. because of Mittgard- polygamy and exit 1924 Reuter headed back the assembly until 1933, when he disbanded it because of the goals.

There were differences between Reuter and Fahrenkrog as to which beliefs should be laid down. While Reuter wanted to leave everything open except for his belief in race, Fahrenkrog aimed at an apprenticeship. An association failed because of this.

literature

  • Stefanie von Schnurbein: The search for a “specific” religion in “Germanic” and “German-believing” groups . In: Uwe Puschner , Walter Schmitz, Justus H. Ulbricht (eds.): Handbook on the “Völkische Movement” 1871–1918. Saur, Munich et al. 1996, p. 172-185 .
  • Gregor Hufenreuter: German Order . In: Wolfgang Benz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Antisemitismus . Organizations, institutions, movements. tape 5 . De Gruyter Saur, Berlin / Boston 2012, p. 177 f .