Friedrich-Wilhelm Ande

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Ande (1920s)

Friedrich-Wilhelm Ande (born September 29, 1885 in Mulhouse in Alsace , † April 5, 1945 in Garbsen ) was a German high school teacher and local researcher.

Life

Friedrich-Wilhelm Ande studied German , history , philosophy and geography at the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Strasbourg , the Philipps-Universität Marburg and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . From 1914 to 1918 he was a soldier of the First World War , where he a. a. served in the German Asia Corps in Palestine, and went in 1919 as a study assessor and trainer at the teachers' college in Homberg (Efze) . In the fall of 1919 he arrived in Rinteln to the school , where he in 1921 for teacher was appointed. On October 1, 1923 he became director of studies and head of the Hildburg Lyceum there.

Ande combined his academic knowledge and his historical and geographical interests in his cultural work, in the context of local research . From 1920 an active member of the Heimatbund of Grafschaft Schaumburg , he dedicated himself to the preservation of historical monuments. From 1930, Ande was the first honorary director of the Rinteln City Archive, whose unusually rich holdings he secured, organized and scientifically processed. On the occasion of the propagandistic staging of the 700th anniversary of the town of Rinteln, Ande, who was also chairman of the beautification association and district commissioner for culture, effectively staged the town museum with a first extensive publication by the Heimatbund . Ande wrote numerous of his own research papers on Rinteln and the Schaumburger Land . In addition, he was active for the citizen block in the council of Rinteln from 1924 and for the administration of the city. In 1928 he became chairman of the city council. On April 18, 1933, Ande became a member of the NSDAP .

Portrait plaque of the Ande monument in Rinteln

With the beginning of the Second World War he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1939 . After being injured and ill, he returned to Rinteln in 1943 and, as the director of studies at the grammar school, was also obliged to serve as captain and site commander of the medical company in the hospital town of Rinteln. Ande also worked there as a district culture warden and National Socialist command officer.

During the fighting for Rinteln at the beginning of April 1945, he campaigned with the German combat commandant for the release of two detained American parliamentarians who had been sent to Rinteln by the 5th Armored Division of the US Army for handover negotiations. The American side had previously threatened to bomb the city. Adventitious higher NS - party officials and SS officers arrested changes following his attempt at mediation "because of cowardice." Shot in unknown circumstances, Ande's body was later found in Garbsen near Hanover . He was buried on May 16, 1945 in the Reformed Cemetery in Rinteln.

Friedrich-Wilhelm Ande is considered to be the savior of Rinteln, who prevented the city from being destroyed by the approaching Americans. The city honored him in May 1953 with the erection of the Ande monument on Ande-Platz of the same name and with the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Ande-Straße named after him.

Fonts

  • Contributions to the history of the city of Rinteln ed. by FW Ande on behalf of the Rinteln City Archives. Bösendahl, Rinteln o. J.
  • Society of Rintelner Bürgererschützen from 1674 in: Rintelner Heimatblatt 9 (1929)
  • The wall maker book. A contribution to the history of the B.er wool weavers, cloth or wall makers guild in: Rintelner Heimatblatt 11 (1931).
  • On the history of Rintelner shooting in: Rintelner Heimatblatt 14 (1934) and 15 (1935).

literature

  • 150 Years of the Ernestinum Gymnasium (ed.): The Rinteln Gymnasium as reflected in the period 1817–1967. C. Bösendahl, Rinteln 1967
  • Erika Behrends: Friedrich Wilhelm Ande in memory. In: Zeitschrift Niedersachsen 5/1985 pp. 234–235
  • Ullrich Künkel: City of Rinteln Lexicon. Merkur-Verlag Rinteln 2001. ISBN 978-3-8120-0010-9
  • Sigmund Graf Adelmann: Against the Current: Resistance and Civil Courage in National Socialism in Schaumburg. Edited by the Schaumburg landscape. Bielefeld 2005, pp. 31-45

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Meyer: The history of the Heimatbund of Grafschaft Schaumburg and its museum 1908-1958
  2. ↑ Weimann, Hans: Friedrich-Wilhelm Ande A murder case at the end of the war In: Against the current. Resistance and moral courage under National Socialism in Schaumburg . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2005, pp. 31–45
personal data
SURNAME Ande, Friedrich-Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school teacher and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Mulhouse
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1945
Place of death Garbsen