Maria Ammann

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Maria Elisabeth Ammann (born April 5, 1900 in Munich , † October 14, 1972 in Brixen ) was a German welfare worker and long-time director of the social and charitable women's school in Munich.

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Maria Ammann was the fifth of six children of orthopedic surgeon Ottmar Ammann and his wife Ellen Ammann . After graduating from high school, she studied economics and philosophy at the Universities of Stockholm and Munich . Maria Ammann received her doctorate in political science in 1925 from Munich University . The topic of her dissertation was: The economic significance of the Catholic-religious women's cooperatives active in state and municipal closed welfare services .

In 1929 she took over the management of the social and charitable women's school in Munich, which her mother had set up. At the time she complained that the school "is not yet sufficiently well known in Catholic circles and among the Catholic clergy, so that a not insignificant number of daughters from good Catholic families always go to interdenominational schools and there in liberal, humanitarian or socialist schools Processes of ideas is educated ”.

Maria Ammann led the school through the difficult years of the Nazi dictatorship. In 1934 she wrote about the welfare profession and its future, as well as about training:

“The care profession is undisputedly feminine and will also have a future in the new state, because welfare care will always be necessary in some direction, even if the form of the activity changes, with the emphasis of the work on preventive care, works welfare and health measures are relocated [...] The social women's school gives a very comprehensive education, both general and professional. It tries to educate the young girls to be responsible, Catholic German women who use all their energy in the service of the people and the people Establishing the kingdom of God [...] The task of this educational institution is to promote, in addition to imparting knowledge, deepening of character and religion as much as possible. We need today more than ever, convinced, strong Catholic people who stand up for God and Fatherland with their whole, mature personality. "

Maria Ammann repeatedly feared the closure of the denominational school, which was rejected by the local party leaders simply because of its Christian orientation. Ultimately, she could not prevent the dreaded repeal decree. The educational institution had to cease operations after Easter 1941 and all seminarians were transferred to the state social women's school.

Maria Ammann earned her living by casting and painting pewter figures. As a devout Catholic, plus the daughter of Ellen Ammann , who, as a member of the state parliament in 1923, played a key role in thwarting the Hitler putsch , and sister of the theologian and church historian Albert Maria Ammann , Maria Ammann was a thorn in the side of the Nazi rulers and exposed to many threats.

After 1945 she immediately began to rebuild the bombed school and in July 1946 classes could be resumed. In 1955, Maria Ammann sponsored the pilot attempt to admit male students into the social and charitable women's school . At the time, this was not an easy decision for the headmistress. She wrote:

“Of course, the preparation of men for appropriate career opportunities in the social field made completely new demands on us and our lecturers. It was also not easy for all of us to adapt to the completely different attitudes of male and female students towards school and work and to offer everyone what is important to them in the appropriate form. The experience we gained in the process prompted us to support the establishment of a Catholic social school for men in Munich. "

In addition to her duties as headmistress, Maria Ammann was also the chairwoman of the education committee of the Bavarian State Association of the Catholic German Women's Association .

In the summer of 1961, Maria Ammann handed over the educational institution to Martha Krause-Lang . She spent her old age in Altötting .

Awards

She was honored with the Bavarian Order of Merit on May 14, 1965. On June 1, 1970, on the 100th birthday of her mother, Maria Ammann was awarded the Papal Order Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice .

Works

  • The economic significance of the Catholic-religious women's cooperatives active in state and communal closed welfare services. Munich 1925
  • Statistics of the activity of the Catholic charitable cooperatives and associations of public and private interdenominational welfare in Germany. Freiburg / Breisgau 1926
  • Career choice for girls. The caregiver. In: Klerusblatt 1932 / H. 11, p. 186
  • Social and charitable women's school of the Catholic Women's Association. In: Martha Krause-Lang (Ed.): Ellen Ammann School. Higher technical school for social work. Eichstätt 1964, pp. 9-14

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ammann 1932, p. 186.
  2. ↑ Quoted from Behringer 2009, p. 64.
  3. ↑ Behringer 2009, pp. 75 ff.
  4. ↑ Ammann 1964, p. 9
personal data
SURNAME Ammann, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ammann, Maria Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German welfare worker and headmistress
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1972
Place of death Brixen