Emil Rungwerth

Emil Rungwerth (born December 14, 1864 in Osterburg , † April 19, 1945 in Olvenstedt ) was a German elementary school teacher and headmaster. He also worked as a local researcher for the village of Olvenstedt and the Wolmirstedt district .

Life

Rungwerth was the fourth of seven children of a master blacksmith . After primary school, he attended the Progymnasium and then completed an apprenticeship at the elementary school teacher seminar in Osterburg by 1886.

In 1886 he started teaching at the Olvenstedter School. He taught a class with 125 students here - with a salary of 900 marks a year.

He dealt intensively with the history of the village of Olvenstedt and the surrounding area. He wrote a book on the "Heimatgeschichte des Kreises Wolmirstedt" and in 1896 wrote the "Geschichte des Dorfes Olvenstedt".

From 1905 he worked as headmaster at the Olvenstedter Schule, in 1912 he was appointed rector of the school. In 1924 he took early retirement. As a part-time job, he previously worked in agriculture on 18 hectares of arable land.

In April 1945 American troops reached Olvenstedt. Artillery fire by the Wehrmacht resulted in a hit in his living room. Rungwerth died two days later after a leg amputation as a result of an injury he suffered.

Honor

The city of Magdeburg , in which Olvenstedt was incorporated in 1979, named a street ( Emil-Rungwerth-Weg ) after him.

Works

• Local history of the Wolmirstedt district , Magdeburg 1892
• History of the village of Olvenstedt , 1896

literature

• Martin Wiehle : Borders Personalities. Biographical lexicon of the Magdeburger Börde (= contributions to the cultural history of the Magdeburger Börde and its peripheral areas. Vol. 6). Dr. ziethen verlag, Oschersleben 2001, ISBN 3-935358-20-2 .