Christian Jasper Klumker

Christian Jasper Klumker (born December 22, 1868 on the island of Juist ; † July 19, 1942 in Hedemünden ) was a German social worker .

Live and act

The pastor's son studied Protestant theology , philosophy and economics in Leipzig , Erlangen and Göttingen from 1888 to 1894 . He then studied economics, history and statistics in Leipzig . During his studies he became a member of the Association of German Students in Erlangen and Göttingen. In 1897 he received his doctorate and then worked at the Institute for Common Welfare in Frankfurt. In 1899 he became managing director of the Central Office for private welfare in Frankfurt. In 1901 he received a teaching post for poor relief and social welfare at the Frankfurt Academy for Social and Commercial Sciences. From 1903 he was managing director of the Institute for Common Good.

From 1920 Klumker was full professor for welfare and social education at the University of Frankfurt am Main . In 1933 he openly opposed National Socialism and, after the expulsion of the Jewish professors, called for the Frankfurt University to be closed. In 1934 Klumker retired. Hans Scherpner also studied with him .

literature

Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 86 f. ( Online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
Franz Lerner: Klumker, Christian Jasper. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 144 f. ( Digitized version ).
Marc Zirlewagen: Christian Jasper Klumker. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 26, Bautz, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-88309-354-8 , Sp. 776-780. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Hugo Maier : Klumker, Christian Jasper , in: Hugo Maier (Ed.): Who is who of social work . Freiburg: Lambertus, 1998 ISBN 3-7841-1036-3 , pp. 307-312

Individual evidence

↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 114.

Web links

Wikisource: Christian Jasper Klumker - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Christian Jasper Klumker in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Klumker, Christian Jasper
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German social pedagogue
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Juist
DATE OF DEATH	July 19, 1942
Place of death	Hedemünden

[1] Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 114.