Fritz Riebold

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Fritz Riebold (born March 13, 1888 in Zeulenroda ; † December 24, 1968 in Stuttgart ; actually Friedrich Albin Riebold ) was a German writer and scout leader , later also a Protestant pastor . He is one of the founding personalities of the evangelical scout work in Germany.

Life

As a traveling journeyman , Riebold got to know the Christian (Protestant) scout work (CP) in Stuttgart around 1910 . After his return to Saxony , he also set up scout groups there in the YMCA ; at the same time he trained as a youth carer.

After the First World War , Riebold took over the reconstruction of the CP in Saxony. At first Riebold was an honorary federal leader of the Saxon CP, later a full-time federal youth worker of the YMCA in Saxony for the scout system.

In 1921 Riebold played a key role in the merger of the previously largely independent Protestant scout groups to form the Christian Scouting Association in Germany . The Neudietendorfer principles as a common founding document bear his signature.

Under his leadership, the Saxon CP took on numerous suggestions from the youth movement , which in 1922 led to a temporary split as the Tatgemeinschaft Sachsen . In this phase, Riebold was editor-in-chief of the nationwide CP magazines, a position he continued to hold despite this split.

In 1922/23 Fritz Riebold's wife Olga founded the Christian Pathfinder Association , the predecessor organization of the Association of Christian Pathfinder Women , which was based on the exclusively male Association of Saxony .

From around 1925, Riebold also worked as an author outside of the boy scout magazines . He published numerous poems , narrative texts, amateur plays and boy scout manuals. He played a key role in the publication of the Kreuzkalender (1927–1934; 1945–1990).

In 1937/38, after the Gestapo dissolved the CP , Riebold was arrested several times on suspicion of illegally continuing the Bund.

After the Second World War , Riebold became a Protestant pastor .

Private

Fritz Riebold married Olga Gruner in 1913 (* July 14, 1893, † December 31, 1970). The marriage had three children.

Works

Selection:

  • On our paths: poems. Edited by Jochen Heiselbetz and Volker Krichbaum. Path publisher, Salzgitter 2003. ISBN 3-927318-19-1
  • Legends and fairy tales: stories. Edited by Jochen Heiselbetz and Volker Krichbaum. Path publisher, Salzgitter 2003. ISBN 3-927318-20-5
  • Artists of our time proclaim the word: An anthology of biblical graphics. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1963
  • The word in the picture: Good news in the visual language of the new art. A selection from the cross calendar. Wartburg-Verlag, Jena 1954
  • A holy land: pictures and sketches of the Christian Scouting in Germany's trip to Palestine. Publishing house Günther Wolff, Plauen 1931
  • Scout book: A proper boys book for the trip to the German youth country. Path publisher, Dresden 1930
  • From the path of the year: Words and pictures from the course of the year selected from the literature of the Christian scouting movement. Tatgemeinschaft Sachsen, Dresden 1925

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personal data
SURNAME Riebold, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riebold, Friedrich Albin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and scout leader, later pastor
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeulenroda
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1968
Place of death Stuttgart