Paula Rengier

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Paula Elisabeth Rengier (born June 27, 1890 in Rüthen , † June 13, 1971 in Paderborn ) was a German teacher , school founder and pioneer of social work .

Live and act

Brochure of the Social Women's School, archived in the Ida-Seele archive

She was the second of eight children of the District Court Secretary Antonius Rengier and his wife Amalie Rengier, geb. Gerke. After attending primary school, Rengier completed the Lyceum in her hometown, then the Oberleyzeum St. Michael in Paderborn, combined with training as a teacher. She then studied English, geography, religion, philosophy, German and education at the universities of Oxford, Münster, Berlin, Bonn and Marburg. After completing her studies, Rengier worked as a teacher at various girls' schools before taking over the management of the Berlin “Social Women's School of the Catholic Women's Association of Germany” at Easter 1921. There he also taught education and psychology. Rengier headed the above-mentioned educational institution until she retired in 1957. On her initiative, 52 nuns were able to acquire state recognition as welfare workers in a four-month follow-up course at Easter 1926.

In 1930 Rengier founded a training center for pastoral workers and catechists. The new educational institution enables graduates of the Social Women's School to acquire the additional qualification as pastor / catechist.

In 1933 she became a member of the National Socialist teachers' association, from which Rengier resigned four years later because she no longer wanted to support the National Socialist worldview. Nevertheless, she had to teach the ideas of National Socialism from the beginning to the end, in accordance with the legal regulations:

As early as February 4, 1933, we found an entry for Rengier's psychology class in the class register 'Führer der Masse'. The incorruptible chronicle of the class registers later shows that National Socialist ideas were discussed as the law ordered .

Rengier was a long-time member of the board of the “Association of Catholic German Teachers”, which was founded in 1883 by Pauline Herber .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • On the question of social professions, in: Theologie und Glaube 1923, pp. 37–39
  • Observation sheet - psychograms in their appendix unbAusgabe, in: Wochenschrift für Catholic teachers 1925, pp. 15-18
  • A look at Friedrich Wilhelm Weber's poets' workshop, in: Wochenschrift für Katholische Lehrerinnen 1925, pp. 214–215 u. 225-226
  • Problems of the youth movement, in: weekly for Catholic teachers 1926, pp. 231–236 u. 241-243
  • Academy for social and educational women's work, in: Josef Spieler (ed.): Lexikon der Pädagogik der Gegenwart, Vol. 1, Freiburg im Breisgau 1930, pp. 23–26
  • Casework and groupwork method. Thoughts on basic questions of social pedagogy, in: Katholische Frauenbildung 1956, pp. 271–278
  • Active forces in the family, thoughts on bringing up girls, Hildesheim 1957

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Berger 2003, Col. 1243 ff.
  2. ↑ Pünder 1967, p. 18

literature

  • Pünder Maria: Chronik, in: Helene-Weber-Schule (Hrsg.): 1917-1967. 50 Years of the Catholic School for Social Work, o. O. (Berlin) 1967, pp. 7–27
  • Ilse Brehmer / Karin Ehrich: Motherhood as a job. CVs of German pedagogues in the first half of this century. Volume 2: Short biographies, Pfaffenweiler 1993, pp. 210-211
  • Manfred Berger : Rengier, Paula Elisabeth, in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. Volume XXI, Nordhausen 2003, Col. 1243-1252
personal data
SURNAME Rengier, Paula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rengier, Paula Elisabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, school founder and pioneer of social work
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Rüthen
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1971
Place of death Paderborn