Hermann Kropatscheck

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Hermann Wilhelm Kropatscheck (born February 11, 1847 in Nahausen near Königsberg in the Neumark , † June 29, 1906 in Berlin ) was a German conservative publicist and politician .

He studied history and philology at the University of Halle and received his doctorate in 1869. phil. In 1870 he became an assistant teacher in Halle before taking part in the Franco-German War . In 1873 Kropatscheck became a teacher at the grammar school in Wismar and in 1878 a senior teacher in Brandenburg an der Havel .

In 1883 he resigned from school and became editor of the conservative Kreuzzeitung . Kropatscheck was editor-in-chief from 1895 to 1906.

As early as 1879 he became a member of the German Conservative Party in the Prussian House of Representatives , to which he was a member of the constituency of Potsdam 7 (Westhavelland - Zauch-Belzig) until his death. In the House of Representatives, he was mainly responsible for school and education policy. From 1884 to 1903 he was a member of the Reichstag as a member of the constituency of Potsdam 9 district (Jüterbog - Luckenwalde) . In the Reichstag he played an important role in his parliamentary group in social and craft policy.

In 1890, Kropatschek was involved in founding the Evangelical Social Congress together with the court preacher and anti-Semitic politician Adolf Stöcker , the economist Adolph Wagner and the pastor Ludwig Weber . This should counteract the success of social democracy but also the increasing secularization of broad sections of the population.

In 1890 he was a member of the December Conference on Education Reform. Between 1891 and 1892 he was a member of the Committee of Seven for the reform of the higher education system. He was also involved in the conference of 1900 . Kropatscheck was a member of the permanent commission for technical education in Prussia.

As an author he was involved in the school atlas for the upper classes of higher education institutions.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 233 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 198-202.
  2. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1908, p. 36; for the elections and election campaigns from 1890 see also Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 170-174.
  3. ^ Stefan Rebenich: Theodor Mommsen and Adolf Harnack. Science and politics in Berlin at the end of the 19th century. Walter de Gruyter, 1997, p. 520 digitized

literature

  • A. Plate: Handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives. Edition for the 20th legislative period. Berlin 1904, p. 333
  • Kropatscheck, Hermann Wilhelm. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 11, Leipzig 1907, p. 739 ( digitized version )

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personal data
SURNAME Kropatscheck, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kropatscheck, Hermann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Close to Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1906
Place of death Berlin