Karl Willeke

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Karl Willeke (born January 12, 1875 in Schmallenberg , † September 20, 1956 in Arnsberg ) was a German teacher and author .

Life

Karl Willeke was born in Schmallenberg. After school and training at the teachers' college in Warendorf , he moved to the newly built hall school in Hagen in 1908 . There he worked as a secondary school teacher and later as rector. He was also active in local politics in Hagen, as a city councilor for the Center Party . In 1934 Willeke refused to hang a picture of Hitler in his school. Thereupon he was removed from office by the National Socialists .

In 1943, Willeke left Hagen after a bomb attack in order to reside in his hometown. In Schmallenberg, too, he later worked on local politics in the city council as a member of the CDU. After 40 years at school, Willeke moved to live with his daughter in Arnsberg. He died there on September 20, 1956.

Among other things, Willeke wrote sonnets and wrote German-language school books. He also translated Dante's " Divine Comedy " into the Sauerland plateau .

Works (selection)

  • German studies, Leipzig, Dürr, 1925
  • History material for elementary school, lesson plans based on a vivid, native basis, Arnsberg, Stahl, 1925
  • Karl Willeke; Willi Hopff: German vocabulary in the work school, Frankfurt, 1925
  • Karl Willeke; Willi Hopff: Linguistics for elementary schools - a workbook for pupils, Frankfurt, M. Diesterweg, 1928
  • Karl Willeke; Willi Hopff: Practical manual for spelling lessons, Frankfurt, M. Diesterweg, 1929
  • Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy (in Sauerländer Platt ), Zimmermann, Balve 1955

literature

  • Alfred Bruns: Schmallenberg heads . Published by the Schmallenberg-Holthausen Slate Mining Museum. Slate Mining Museum Schmallenberg-Holthausen 1985 ( Publications of the Slate Mining Museum on State History 6 (recte 7), ZDB -ID 2293376-1 ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Willeke in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
personal data
SURNAME Willeke, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Schmallenberg
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 1956
Place of death Arnsberg