Hans-Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig

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Hans-Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig (1964)

Hans-Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig (born March 1, 1889 in Heinrichswalde , Niederung district ; † October 30, 1966 in Bad Bevensen ) was a German commercial lawyer , lawyer and notary .

Life

Schimmelpfennig grew up in Köslin (1894), Berlin (1898) and Breslau (1900). In Berlin he attended the Bismarck-Gymnasium , in Breslau the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium . After graduation in the spring of 1906, he studied one semester of Law at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich . In the winter semester of 1907/08 he moved to the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University . From November 5, 1907 to May 1, 1909 he was active in the Corps Borussia Breslau . At the end of 1910 he passed the trainee exam. From Easter 1911 he served as a one-year volunteer in the field artillery regiment "von Peucker" (1st Silesian) No. 6 . He went to the First World War as a lieutenant . As early as 1914 he was awarded the EK II and on July 21, 1917 the EK I. Adjutant of the 2nd division of the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 11 , participation in the battles of Flanders , Ers.-Abtlg. of his old FAR 6, army hospital in Bad Flinsberg , characterized first lieutenant dR - these few data show what made Schimmelpfennig a mature officer as early as 1914/18. He passed the assessor examination on May 2, 1919 . A little later he was promoted to Dr. iur. utr. PhD .

Life's work in Silesia

In the fight of the Weimar Republic against the workers 'and soldiers' councils and the German inflation from 1914 to 1923 , Carl Legien and Borsig agreed on an action program in 1919 . With this forerunner of collective bargaining autonomy , trade unions and employers' associations wanted to contribute to social consolidation. In the (as yet undivided) province of Silesia , the program was of particular importance; because by the outcome of the First World War it was cut off from centuries-old markets in East Central Europe and Southeast Europe ; the uprisings in Upper Silesia , the Polish annexation of Eastern Upper Silesia and the influx of refugees made this situation even more difficult. Only new markets in the west could lead out of the economic and geographical “dead end”. In the face of disappointed, unemployed and hungry crowds, addressing the social problems became even more pressing. Could only solve these tasks

“... a strong personality with foresight, courage, great presence of mind, unlimited stamina, ability to communicate, charm and a never-ending wit. Despite the unwavering trust of all leading business circles in Silesia in Dr. For Schimmelpfennig and his team, the socio-political consolidation and thus the pushing back of economically senseless, politically dangerous labor disputes, especially in the contested border region of Silesia, over the years up to the »seizure of power on January 30, 1933« was a daily task to be solved. "

- Kurt Fürer

Friedrich Eichberg brought him as well as Carl Meinecke and Kurt Fürer to the Association of Wroclaw Employers 'Associations (1920) and the Central Office of Wroclaw Employers' Associations (1921). Nearly 30 years old, found Schimmelpfennig as acting general counsel his life's work. He initiated the employer emergency money, which even the big banks and Wroclaw's police chief tried to get. New capital requirements after the war and inflation and tough competition after the creation of the Reichsmark forced companies to concentrate , including Linke-Hofmann-Lauchhammer AG (LHL) in Breslau. Its general director was Eichberg. When he had to move the head office to Berlin, he took Schimmelpfennig with him as a department director. In Berlin, however, Friedrich Flick had now appeared as a major shareholder in LHL. Eichberg withdrew. Schimmelpfennig renounced his industrial career and returned at the end of 1925 as an executive member of the presidency to the central office of the Silesian employers' associations . When the employers' associations and the trade unions were dissolved in 1933, Schimmelpfennig settled as a lawyer in Breslau. From 1935 to 1938 he was at the same time legal advisor and deputy manager of the Silesian power station .

Honorary positions in Wroclaw

Schimmelpfennig temporarily took on a teaching position at the university in the early 1920s. In 1927 he founded the Silesian Gentlemen's Society with many celebrities from politics, culture, business and other groups of all moderate groups . It became a center of balance between parties, denominations and fighting organizations in the socio-economic area.

As a prominent member of the German People's Party , he took over the large department of economics and transport as an honorary city ​​councilor in 1928 . He was also responsible for trade fairs , commercial advertising , tournament sports and the popular horse races in Hartlieb. Despite clear hopelessness ran Schimmelpfennig in the general election in March 1933 for the Reichstag .

War and a new beginning

In order to remain politically independent during the time of National Socialism and to get through as lawyers without "commitment", he and Kurt Fürer made regular annual exercises with the army from 1935 onwards . With the Artillery Regiment 18 lying in Liegnitz , he went to the Second World War . On June 1, 1942, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in Army Group South . After accidents and illnesses, he had to leave Ukraine and then retire from the field army . From May 1943 to September 1944 he was again a lawyer in Breslau. Then called up again, he had to prepare the artillery defense of the Breslau fortress . His family had left the city shortly before the battle for Wroclaw began. He did not need to carry out the defense mission; because of a serious illness he was taken to a Prague hospital on January 23, 1945 . Unable to work for the second time, he was sent from there to Neetze on February 10, 1945 .

In Lüneburg , the hometown of his second wife, he settled as a lawyer and notary. The Lüneburg law firm repeatedly elected him chairman in the 1960s. Until his death, Schimmelpfennig was a member of the board, syndic and honorary member of the ADAC in Lüneburg since its foundation. The son Martin took over the office. In the last four years of his life, Schimmelpfennig served his corps once more on the senior advisory board.

family

Ernst Bischoff-Culm : Wilhelm Schimmelpfennig (1910)

Schimmelpfennig came from a family of officials in East Prussia. His grandfather Wilhelm Schimmelpfennig (1827–1919) was a judge at the Königsberg Higher Regional Court . He was a member of the Corps Masovia . His father was Max Schimmelpfennig , Deputy President of the Province of Silesia . His mother was Frieda Schimmelpfennig geb. Dohrn .

Schimmelpfennig married Charlotte Landmann in July 1918 . The sons Hans-Jürgen (1919), Martin (1922) and Wolfgang (1925) emerged from the marriage. They divorced in the early 1930s.

On December 28, 1934, he married Annelise Brockmöller , a doctor of dentistry from Lüneburg. They had three children. Just promoted to major, he named his daughter after Barbara of Nicomedia , the patron saint of his troops . The son Klaus Schimmelpfennig also became a Breslau Prussian, the son Hans-Christian Schimmelpfennig was a Tübingen Swabian . The 17 years younger brother of Hans-Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig Kurt Schimmelpfennig was a Tübingen Swabian and was 108 years old.

Awards

Remarks

  1. ^ Opposition interjection: "Not a penny for this white horse!"
  2. ↑ Martin Schimmelpfennig is a member of Corps Misnia IV , which was taken over by Corps Lusatia Leipzig in Erlangen in 1949 .
  3. ^ Wilhelm Schimmelpfennig, Corps Masovia, Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 87/462
  4. ^ Max Schimmelpfennig, Corps Normannia Königsberg, Kösener Korpslisten 1910, 142/188.
  5. ^ Sister of a Jenenser Franconia

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Fürer I: Hans-Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig I † . Corps newspaper of Borussia-Breslau zu Cologne and Aachen, issue 60 (1967), pp. 25-29.
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 78/706.
  3. ↑ Dissertation: The obligee's obligation to accept payments in kind .
  4. ↑ H.-W. Schimmelpfennig: On the question of stable wages; Compiled on behalf of the Association of Wroclaw Employers' Associations , 1923.
  5. ^ Obituary of the ASC Lüneburg
  6. ↑ KCL 1981, 78/941.
  7. ↑ KCL 1971, 129/1106.
personal data
SURNAME Schimmelpfennig, Hans-Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German business lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Heinrichswalde , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1966
Place of death Bad Bevensen