Ernst Schröder (politician)

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Ernst Schröder

Ernst Schröder (born February 11, 1893 in Krefeld , † February 20, 1976 in Wiesbaden ) was a German garden architect and politician ( DVP , later FDP ).

Life and work

Ernst Schröder was born the son of a horticulturist in Krefeld. After attending primary school, he first completed an apprenticeship in horticulture and attended the horticultural school at the same time. He then trained as a garden architect at the arts and crafts school and abroad. He also did military service, took part in the First World War as a soldier from 1914 to 1918 and was awarded the Iron Crosses of both classes.

Schröder became co-owner of his parents' horticultural business in Krefeld in 1920. From 1924 to 1933 he was a member of the Presidium of the Reich Association of German Horticulture in Berlin . At the same time he acted as director and member of other economic and national associations. From 1936 he was chairman or deputy chairman of the board of the Deutsche Hagelversicherungsgesellschaft in Berlin, from 1948 chairman of its branch in Wiesbaden. After 1945 he was President of the Central Association of German Vegetable, Fruit and Horticulture in Frankfurt am Main . On April 28, 1951, the first Federal Garden Show was opened in Hanover by the then Federal President Theodor Heuss and the then ZVG President Ernst Schröder. Ernst Schöder persuaded Heuss to proclaim the revival of the German Horticultural Society (DGG) at the opening ceremony of the Federal Horticultural Show in Kassel in 1955 and to win Count Lennart Bernadotte for the office of President. Under Ernst Schröder, the DGG succeeded in getting a large number of important personalities from politics and society excited about their goals, e. B. in the Mainau roundtables - 1960 spoke here u. a. Federal President Heinrich Lübke on the subject of "Healthy air - healthy water - healthy soil"; The most significant result of the Mainau talks was probably the “ Green Charter of the Mainau ” of April 20, 1961, a worldwide document to save the landscape. This was presented to Federal President Heinrich Lübke on April 20, 1961 by Count Lennart Bernadotte and Ernst Schröder.

Ernst Schröder formulated his vision in his own words: “It was my dream and then also my firm will to bring the entire horticultural sector under one roof with all its specialist groups and differentiated special interests. Because only in this way can it mean something economically and assert itself politically and socially. "

Ernst Schröder Foundation

In 1963 the horticultural profession founded the Ernst Schröder Foundation named after him as a thank you for the life's work of the long-time President of the Central Horticultural Association (ZVG). From the associations of gardening, landscaping and sports field construction Rhineland e. V. and Westfalen-Lippe e. V., the Ernst Schröder Medal was created in 1974/1975 as a special kind of foundation. The two associations award this medal to personalities who have made special contributions to gardening, landscaping and sports field construction in the broadest sense. In 1977 the Association of Gardening, Landscaping and Sports Field Construction Rhineland (VGLR) awarded the first Ernst Schröder Medal to the architect Julius Kühl, head of the "Road Construction" department at the Rhineland Regional Council.

Ernst Schröder is one of the deceased honorary members of the German Society for Garden Art and Regional Culture e. V. (DGGL).

politics

Schröder joined the national liberal DVP in 1922 and a year later took part in the defensive fight against separatism in the Rhenish Republic . From 1924 to 1933 he was a city ​​councilor in Krefeld, from 1925 to 1928 a member of the provincial parliament of the Rhine Province and from 1928 to 1932 a member of the Prussian state parliament . In the Reichstag election in November 1932 , he was elected to the German Reichstag , to which he was a member until March 1933.

After the Second World War , Schröder joined the FDP. In 1950 he was elected to the Hessian state parliament, to which he belonged until 1958. In both legislative periods he was deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group and served as vice-president of the state parliament. In 1954 he was a member of the 2nd Federal Assembly for the election of the Federal President.

Honors

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 384 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).

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personal data
SURNAME Schröder, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German horticultural architect and politician (DVP, FDP), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1976
Place of death Wiesbaden