Emil Herfurth

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Emil Herfurth (born June 21, 1887 in Saarburg ( Lorraine ), † December 27, 1951 in Weimar ) was a German high school teacher , writer and politician ( DNVP ).

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Herfurth was born the son of a postal worker. After attending Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium Weimar from 1897 to 1906, he studied classical and German philology in Jena and Munich from 1906 to 1910 . In 1910 he received his doctorate from the University of Jena on the subject of "De Senecae epigrammatis quae feruntur". The teaching examination for the subjects German, Greek and Latin at secondary schools in May 1911 was followed by a position as a study assessor at high schools in Jena, Weimar and Arnstadt until September 1913 . He then worked until October 1932 as a teacher and head teacher at the high school in Weimar.

From 1918 to 1933 Herfurth was a member of the DNVP and from 1922 to 1935 City Council in Weimar. He represented the party from September 11, 1921 to October 1, 1933 as a member of the Thuringian state parliament and worked, among other things, as parliamentary group chairman and managing director. February 24, 1924 to April 29, 1927 Herfurth was also a Council of State for Weimar government member without portfolio in the first cabinet Leutheußer .

Herfurth criticized the Bauhaus in the early 1920s and was involved in Weimar as a board member of the Schillerbund , the Goethe Society , the Shakespeare Society and the Society of Friends of the Nietzsche Archives . He was also a member of the Wartburg Foundation committee . During the term of office of the Minister of Education, Wilhelm Frick, from July 1, 1930 to August 12, 1932, he was the curator of the Minister's representative at the University of Jena.

Herfurth was also active as a writer and published novels, short stories, stage works and essays, among other things. On August 10, 1933 he became a member of the Reich Association of German Writers , the Association of German Stage Writers and the Reich Chamber of Literature . On April 4, 1935, he became a member of the National Socialist Teachers' Association and on May 1, 1937, he joined the NSDAP (membership number 5 669 788).

In October 1932 Herfurth was transferred to the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium, which he directed until 1945, as a teacher. On January 1, 1933, he was promoted to senior studies director . After his brief arrest in August 1945 by the Soviet military authorities, he was released from school on September 14, 1945.

Works (selection)

  • The Imperial and Imperial Thoughts in the Change of German History , H. Beyer & Sons, Langensalza 1923.
  • Weimar and the state Bauhaus. Polemic , Böhlau, Weimar 1920.
  • The hour of knowledge , Spemann, Stuttgart 1917.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Bernhard Post, Volker Wahl (Ed.): Thuringia Handbook. Territory, constitution, parliament, government and administration in Thuringia 1920 to 1995 (= publications from Thuringian state archives; 1). Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-7400-0962-4 , p. 589.
  2. ↑ Hans Herz: Ruling Princes and Provincial Governments in Thuringia 1485–1952 , p. 20.
personal data
SURNAME Herfurth, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school teacher, writer and politician (DNVP)
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarburg ( Lorraine )
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1951
Place of death Weimar