Eugen Baumgartner

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Eugen Baumgartner

Eugen Baumgartner (born August 21, 1879 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † April 12, 1944 there ) was a German politician ( center ). He was President of the Baden State Parliament from 1923 to 1930 and Minister of Culture and Education from 1931 to 1933.

Life

From 1898 to 1903 Eugen Baumgartner studied history and law at the University of Freiburg . In 1901 he received his doctorate in Freiburg at the philosophical faculty for Dr. phil. , 1907 at the law and political science faculty for Dr. iur. From 1903 to 1908 Baumgartner was a trainee teacher in Lörrach and Freiburg, from 1908 to 1911 high school professor at the teachers' college in Ettlingen and from 1911 to 1919 he was a district school councilor in Schopfheim and Emmendingen. In 1919 he became Ministerialrat in the Baden Ministry of Culture and Education.

Baumgartner was a member of the Baden state parliament for the Center Party from 1920 and until the National Socialists ' seizure of power . From 1923 to 1930 Baumgartner was president of the Baden state parliament. Baumgartner came out with federalistically accentuated memoranda. From 1930 to 1931 he was President of the Baden Audit Office and first parliamentary group chairman and then party chairman of the Baden center.

The high point of his career was in 1931 when he was appointed Minister of Culture and Education in the state government of Baden in the Schmitt III cabinet . During this time, Baumgartner brought about a concordat between the Free State of Baden and the Holy See , the so-called Baden Concordat of October 12, 1932. On March 11, 1933, a commissariat government was set up by decree of the Reich President and Baumgartner was also replaced.

Eugen Baumgartner was a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Wildenstein Freiburg im Breisgau in the Cartell Association (CV) . He was instrumental in setting up the KDSt.V. Ripuaria Freiburg im Breisgau involved and was the first Urripuare as an old gentleman.

Fonts

  • The New High German adverbs ending in -lings. Strasbourg 1902 (Freiburg / Brsg. Phil. Dissertation 1901).
  • History and law of the archdeaconate of the Upper Rhine bishoprics including Mainz and Würzburg (= ecclesiastical treatises, volume 39). Stuttgart 1907 (Freiburg / Brsg. Jur. Dissertation 1906).
  • Brief introduction to the theory of the state. Herder, Freiburg 1921.
  • The empire and the countries. Memorandum on the equalization of competences between the Reich and its countries in legislation and administration. Badenia, Karlsruhe 1923.
  • Parish church and parish of St. Urban zu Freiburg-Herder in their historical and legal development. In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv , Volume 64, 1936, pp. 133-208 and 65, 1937, pp. 77-124 ( digitized part 1 , part 2 ).

literature

  • Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. German business publisher, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 .
  • Clemens Siebler: Eugen Baumgartner . In: Badische Biographien NF 2, Stuttgart 1987, pp. 22-25 ( digitized version ).
  • Franzjosef Ploenes, Stefan Schmitz: Dr. phil. Dr. iur. Eugen Baumgartner (1879-1944) . In: Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the KDStV Ripuaria zu Freiburg im Breisgau 1899–1999 . Coesfeld 1999, pp. 39-43.

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personal data
SURNAME Baumgartner, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (center)
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1944
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau