Egidius Schneider
Egidius Schneider (born August 12, 1893 in Vettelschoss , Neuwied district ; † January 11, 1958 in Königswinter ), Dr. iur. (Law and Political Science), was a German social officer and adult educator.
From 1918 to 1933, Egidius Schneider headed the Agriculture Department at the Volksverein for Catholic Germany in Mönchengladbach . After its dissolution by the National Socialists, he went to the Caritas Association in the Archdiocese of Cologne as a consultant for land caritas and customs . In this position, he supported those persecuted by the National Socialists and advised them on issues relating to emigration.
Recruited as an officer in 1940, he worked in the staff of Admiral Canaris in counter-espionage. Egidius Schneider made contact with the resistance movement of the Kreisau Circle . After the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in 1944, he was charged with high treason and imprisoned in Berlin- Plötzensee . However, he escaped execution and was taken prisoner of war.
After returning he was active again in the Archdiocese of Cologne. As a diocesan consultant for the Catholic Men's Work, he initially looked after those returning from the war. From 1949 he tried to provide pastoral care in the rural areas of the archdiocese and in 1950 was appointed head of the rural people service by Josef Cardinal Frings . In the same year he founded the Katholische Landvolkshochschule in the Archdiocese of Cologne in Füssenich near Zülpich , which held courses for farmers, rural women and those responsible in rural areas, and took over the management of this facility, which was relocated to Bad Honnef - Rhöndorf am Rhein in 1952 .
Egidius Schneider suddenly died during a farmer's week in Haus Marienhof near Königswinter. The archbishopric named the country folk high school he founded after him.
A street in Vettelschoss is named after him.
literature
- Caritas in the Archdiocese of Cologne , Kehl am Rhein 1997 - ISBN 3-927095-38-9 , p. 37
- Helmut Fischer : From the "School of the Country People" to the "Establishment of Adult Education" in: Catholic Country School "Egidius Schneider": 1950-2000. 50 Years of the Landvolkshochschule , Bad Honnef 2000, pp. 14–33, here pp. 16–20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Egidius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social officer and adult educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vettelschoss |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1958 |
| Place of death | Koenigswinter |