Paul Schirrmeister

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Paul Schirrmeister (* 1868 ; † 1945 ) was a German naturopath and a leading figure in the life reform movement and in particular the land reform movement and naturopathy .

Schirrmeister had been a board member of the Eden Gemeinnützige Obstbau-Siedlung since 1897 , co-founder of the Association of German Vaccination Opponents in 1898 , Chairman of the German Association of Associations for Natural Living and Healing (Prießnitz Association) and for years editor of the association organ Der Naturarzt , Chairman of the German Garden City Society and of the Central Association of German Workers' Gardens and Allotments, founded in 1909. Later, Schirrmeister, who was a member of the NSDAP, was deputy head of the German Public Health Association (see Medicine under National Socialism and New German Medicine ). He was also involved in the Grappenhof settlement project in Amden .

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  1. ↑ Foundation and development of Eden ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eden-eg.de
  2. ^ Friedrich Landmann : Concept and task of life reform. In: The Eden fruit growing settlement […] in Oranienburg in the first 25 years of its existence. Edited by the board. Berlin-Oranienburg 1920.
  3. ↑ Naturopathy in Berlin
  4. ^ History of allotment gardening in Saxony
  5. ↑ Uwe Heyll: Water, fasting, air and light. The history of naturopathy in Germany , Frankfurt, New York 2006, p. 264.
personal data
SURNAME Schirrmeister, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naturopath and personality of the life reform movement
DATE OF BIRTH 1868
DATE OF DEATH 1945