Konrad Jakobs

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The "Ruhr Pastor" Konrad Jakobs (1874–1931)
Memorial plaque for Konrad Jakobs in the Theberath chapel

Konrad Jakobs (born December 28, 1874 in Theberath near Heinsberg , † December 24, 1931 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a Catholic pastor .

Live and act

He was referred to by the population as "Ruhr pastor" because he campaigned for the interests of the ordinary population in the Ruhr area , in particular industrial and colliery workers, beyond the municipal boundaries .

In 1919 he was appointed to the parish of St. Mariae Birth in Mülheim an der Ruhr , which he looked after until his death in 1931.

Numerous building projects go back to his initiative, such as the new Marienkirche on the church hill (1929), the Marienhof settlement (houses for large families) or the expansion of the Catholic Marienhospital. With lecture tours and book publications he generated additional funds, which he in turn put into social projects such as the August-Thyssen-Stift (orphanage and old people's home) and the Josefshaus (welfare office for girls at risk). In order to realize his social commitment, he also found generous donors in the Mülheim industrial family Thyssen .

In 1956 a street on the church hill in Mülheim an der Ruhr was named after him (Pastor-Jakobs-Straße). Even in his birthplace Theberath, today a district of Heinsberg, a street reminds of him. There is also a memorial plaque in the small chapel .

literature

  • Maria Viktoria Hopmann: Pastor Jakobs . Herder Verlag, Freiburg 1955. 238 pp.
  • Working group of local history associations in Mülheim an der Ruhr (Hrsg.): Historically significant personalities of the city of Mülheim ad Ruhr. Mülheim an der Ruhr 1983, pp. 27-29.
  • Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon, Volume II (1990), columns 1514-1518.
  • Thomas Emons: Konrad Jakobs (1878-1931): The Ruhr pastor was a man of words and deeds , in: Mülheimer Jahrbuch 2004, pp. 295–298.

Other sources

  • City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, holdings 1550 No. 174 (Mülheim personalities)
  • Neue Ruhr Zeitung (NRZ) from December 28, 1974

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personal data
SURNAME Jakobs, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic pastor
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Theberath near Heinsberg
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1931
Place of death Mülheim an der Ruhr