Oskar Klumpp

Oskar Klumpp (born April 25, 1906 in Neckarsulm ; † February 11, 1973 in Oberstaufen , Oberallgäu ) was a German lawyer and local politician . He was, among others 1963-1973 District Administrator of the Tübingen District and 1966-1968 President of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg .

Life and work

Klumpp first attended the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart and then switched to the Evangelical-theological seminars in Schöntal and Urach . After graduating from high school, he studied Protestant theology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , and from 1925 law in Tübingen and Munich . He passed the state law exams in 1930 and 1933/34. From 1935 he was a court assessor at various courts in Stuttgart. In 1938 he became a district judge in Ravensburg , and in 1940 in Stuttgart. Then he was drafted as a soldier. At the end of the Second World War he was briefly taken prisoner of war.

The Oskar Klumpp oak in Schönbuch near the Teufelsbrücke

In 1945 Klumpp worked temporarily for the city of Stuttgart. In 1946 he was appointed judge in Tübingen. In 1947 he moved to the technical works of the city of Stuttgart. In 1949 he became the personal assistant to the Lord Mayor of Stuttgart , Arnulf Klett . In 1951 he was appointed director and in 1953 city ​​director . In 1963, the district council of the Tübingen district elected him to the district administrator . He held this office until the district reform in 1973. For a short time he was the administrative administrator of the new, enlarged Tübingen district until the district council elected a new district administrator. Then he retired.

In Schönbuch , an old oak in Goldersbachtal near Bebenhausen is reminiscent of Klumpp. The striking oak bears the name "Oskar-Klumpp-Eiche" and is reminiscent of his use against the planned Stuttgart II airport and for the establishment of a nature park in Schönbuch.

Church engagement

In addition to his professional activity, Klumpp was involved in the church and social sectors. 1966 to 1973 he was chairman of the board of directors of the deaconess mother house of the Olga sisters in Stuttgart . In 1966 he was elected to the 7th regional synod of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . As the only Protestant church in Germany, church members of the Württemberg regional church are allowed to vote directly for their regional synodals. In which he held the office of president as the successor to Heinz Autenrieth . In the pietistic Württemberg, as the Stuttgarter Nachrichten wrote, the “conservatives buttoned up in biblical piety” thought about a new tactic: Even in the preparatory bodies they wanted to influence the program and press work of the Kirchentag so thoroughly that the Swabian state synod president Oskar Klumpp "Examples of false arrogance and a merciless tendency to hereticize those who think differently" discovered. On October 17, 1968, Klumpp resigned from this office. In January 1969, the synod elected Hans von Keler as his successor.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Curriculum vitae on the Tübingen district website .
2. ^ Article of March 10, 2012 in the Schwäbisches Tagblatt .
3. ↑ [1]