Rudolf Bretthauer

Rudolf Heinrich Wilhelm Bretthauer (born July 14, 1882 in Steinhude , † April 17, 1941 in Hanover ) was a German educator and politician ( DDP , DStP).

Life

After graduating from the Realgymnasium in Hildesheim , Bretthauer studied French, English and geography at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen until 1907 . In 1908 he passed the state examination and attended the seminar at the Royal High School in Leer . In 1909 he became an assistant teacher at the Realprogymnasium Stadthagen . In the same year he was appointed to the teaching position. In addition to his teaching activities, he took over the management of the daughter's school in Stadthagen and the management of a private school in Steinhude. In 1919 he became the director of studies at the Stadthagener Realprogymnasium.

Bretthauer was elected to the state parliament of the Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe in April 1922 for the DDP and from there to the state government on May 22, 1926, to which he belonged until June 6, 1926. He resigned his state parliament mandate after joining the government. In the state elections in May 1925, he was again given a seat in parliament, but had to forego it due to his continued membership in the government. From October 7, 1927 to June 14, 1928 and from June 29, 1931 to March 7, 1933, he was again a member of the state government, from the state election in April 1928 to his resignation in 1931, he was again a member of the Schaumburg-Lippische Landtag.

Bretthauer was given leave of absence as headmaster in 1933 and transferred to the Adolfinum Bückeburg grammar school . For health reasons he applied for early release from school in 1938, but this was not granted, so that he continued his work as a teacher.

literature

• Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , p. 62.