Rudolf Wildermann

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Rudolf Wildermann (born June 6, 1864 in Münster , † April 23, 1926 in Lörrach ) was a German Catholic clergyman , teacher and politician ( center ).

Life

Wildermann attended a private school and the Paulinum grammar school in Münster. In 1882 he passed the Abitur. He then studied Catholic theology at the Münster Academy and at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . This was followed by the seminary at the Collegium Borromaeum Münster . On June 15, 1889 he was ordained a priest and in November 1891 he passed the state examination in philology. From Easter 1892 to October 1919 he worked as a senior teacher at the municipal Catholic high school in Recklinghausen , where he taught the Catholic religion. In 1909 he became a professor. On December 30, 1920 he was appointed capitular of the St. Paulus Cathedral in the diocese of Münster .

Wildermann joined the Center Party and was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives from June 3, 1913 to November 15, 1918 .

After the First World War he was a member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly from 1919 to 1921 . In February 1921 and again in December 1924 he was elected as a member of the Prussian state parliament, to which he belonged until his death. In parliament he represented constituency 17 (Westphalia-North). On March 25, 1919, he was appointed to the Prussian Ministry of Science, Art and Education , alongside Ernst Troeltsch, as Undersecretary of State . The designation Undersecretary of State was changed to “parliamentary” State Secretary by resolution of the Prussian State Ministry of July 1, 1920 .

Wildermann was buried in the Münster canon cemetery.

literature

  • Ernst Kienast (edit.): Handbook for the Prussian Landtag. Issue for the 1st electoral term. R. v. Decker's Verlag (G. Schenck), Berlin 1921, pp. 316-317.
  • Karin Jaspers / Wilfried Reinighaus: Westphalian-Lippian candidates in the January elections in 1919. A biographical documentation , Münster: Aschendorff 2020 (Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia - New Series; 52), ISBN 9783402151365 , pp. 200f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Uwe Lobbedey: The Cathedral of Münster 793–1945–1993. R. Habelt, Bonn 1993, p. 432.
  2. ↑ a b c Alois Schröer (Ed.): The Cathedral Chapter of Münster 1823–1973. Münster 1976, p. 399.
  3. ↑ Gerhard Schulze (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Volume 11 / I, November 14, 1918 to March 31, 1925. Acta Borussica, New Series . Ed. from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Hildesheim 2004, p. 184, Document No. 136/1 ( PDF; 2.6 MB ).
personal data
SURNAME Wildermann, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman, teacher and politician (center), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1926
Place of death Loerrach