Franz Flintrop
Franz Flintrop (born March 31, 1920 - † December 26, 2012 ) was a German philosophy professor , university rector and committed Catholic . His thinking and his publications were primarily concerned with the question of values .
Life
Flintrop's academic career began at the University of Education in Alfeld (Leine) , founded in 1946 , of which he was director from 1959 to 1964, until it was moved to Hildesheim in 1970 and incorporated into the Lower Saxony University of Education . In addition to his professorship for philosophy, he also played a key role in the management of this and the University of Hildesheim, which was founded from it in 1978 . In 1985 he retired .
His ecclesiastical commitment was primarily to the development of the Catholic Academy St. Jakobushaus of the Diocese of Hildesheim in Goslar , of which he was a member of the scientific and educational advisory board from 1966 to 1985 and to which he held conferences until the 1990s. Flintrop took part as a synodal and advisor to the Hildesheim diocesan synods in 1968/69 and 1989/90 as well as to the joint synod of the dioceses in the Federal Republic of Germany in Würzburg from 1971 to 1975. In 1988 he participated in the establishment of the Research Institute for Philosophy in Hanover and was chairman of the advisory board for many years.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Flintrop in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c He was a sought-after counselor (obituary), KirchenZeitung 2/2013, January 13, 2013, p. 14
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Flintrop, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosophy professor and university rector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1920 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2012 |