Siegfried Schönherr (military economist)

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Siegfried Schönherr (1999)

Siegfried Schönherr (born July 25, 1934 in Bad Elster i. V.) is a German military economist, political scientist , former colonel in the National People's Army and local researcher (Upper Vogtland region).

He was professor for military economics (1981) at the military academy "Friedrich Engels" of the NVA in Dresden (1961–1990), with a teaching position also at other civil universities of the German Democratic Republic .

Life

Origin and education

Siegfried Schönherr was born on July 25, 1934 in Bad Elster i. V. born. After attending the primary school in Sohl / Mühlhausen i. V. he placed at the extended elementary and high school Oelsnitz i. V. passed the Abitur examination (1952).

In 1952 he joined the Barracked People's Police (KVP) in the GDR. After a short basic training in various KVP readiness and temporary work in a regimental political department, he graduated from the political officer school of the KVP in Berlin-Treptow (1953–1955).

Professional career (until 1990)

After his appointment as an officer (1955), Schönherr worked as a club manager at the KVP news school in Pirna until 1957 . In March 1956, Siegfried Schönherr was accepted into the National People's Army (NVA) and employed as a specialist history teacher (1956-1958) at the NVA infantry school in Plauen . Externally, he completed the technical school teacher examination. In a training course (1959-1961) of the Franz Mehring Institute of Karl Marx University in Leipzig, he qualified on the political officer of the NVA school in Berlin-Treptow for graduate teachers .

Siegfried Schönherr began his academic and university teaching career in the fall of 1961 at the military academy "Friedrich Engels" (MAFE) in Dresden with a teaching position as a specialist teacher (1961–1965) for political economy.

After an extra-occupational, unscheduled traineeship at the military academy, Schönherr received his first academic title Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.) In 1965 - with a dissertation on the logistics of the Bundeswehr. From 1965 he worked as a main subject teacher and department head military economics and was appointed (university) lecturer in 1968 .

From 1971 to 1973, he completed a post-graduate course in business administration at the Technical University of Dresden. His PhD B (1975) at the military academy for a doctorate in economic sciences (Dr. sc. Oec.) Followed - with a joint work on economics in the armed forces (ÖSK). Schönherr was appointed associate professor for political economy and military economy in 1981 .

Schönherr is considered to be the co-founder of the general theory of military economy in the GDR. He developed a theory as well as a didactic teaching building for the economic safeguarding of national defense. He received teaching positions at the Humboldt University of Berlin (Military Finance Section), the Friedrich List University of Transport (Military Transport Section) and the Cottbus University of Applied Sciences (Military Construction Section).

Schönherr was a member of the Scientific Council of the Military Academy and worked on the Scientific Council for Economic Research at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Higher Education and Technical Schools and the University of Economics "Bruno Leuschner" .

Before the dissolution of the NVA in the course of establishing German unity, Siegfried Schönherr was released from active military service on September 30, 1990.

Scientific activity (from 1991)

In October 1990 Siegfried Schönherr was a founding member of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy . V. and board member from 1994 until its dissolution. He published DSS working papers in the series and was editor-in-chief for 47 issues of the series.

At the beginning of the 1990s, Schönherr became a member of the Society for Military Economics. V. and was a member of the board until 1993. On their behalf, he published works on military economics, including arms conversion.

For a short time he worked as a freelancer for private and publicly funded conversion institutes.

Schönherr is the author and, since 2007, the editor of several scientific publications on local history research in the Upper Vogtland and publishes in relevant journals. He is a member of the Vogtland Literature Society " Julius Mosen ".

Awards

  • 1984 Friedrich Engels Prize of the GDR, third class for his share of book publications on economics and national defense.
  • 1975 Friedrich Engels Prize of the GDR, third class, for his part in the dissertation on economics in the armed forces.

Publications (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c See Siegfried Schönherr's biographical data in the preliminary remarks. In: Joachim Klopfer et al. (Red.): Business cards of the DSS members In: For the demilitarization of security. 10 years Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik e. V. (DSS). (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers, Issue 50, Dresden 2001, p 73. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-327003
  2. ↑ See Wolfgang Scheler: Biographical data from Siegfried Schönherr. In: For the demilitarization of security. 20 years of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy V. (Hrsg.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven (DSS) e. V., DSS Working Papers, Issue 100, Dresden 2010, p 159. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-327018
  3. ↑ See the biographical data of Siegfried Schönherr. In: Wolfgang Scheler et al. (Red.): For the demilitarization of security. 25 years of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy V. (DSS). A résumé. (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS Working Papers, Issue 115, Dresden 2015, p 159. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-321465
  4. ^ Ministry for National Defense of the GDR (MfNV): location database of the National People's Army of the GDR . Abbreviation MAFE. Ed .: Military History Research Office MGFA. ( mgfa.de ).
  5. ↑ (University) lecturers and professors belonged to the group of university professors appointed by the Minister for Higher and Technical Education. See: Hochschullehrerberungsverordnung (HBVO) of November 6, 1968, published in the GDR Law Gazette, Part II., Pp. 997-1003.
  6. ↑ See Johannes Gerber: Preface to: Siegfried Schönherr, Military Economics. Retrospectives for the present, prospects for the future. Dachau 2002, 277 pp. Reprinted in: DSS working papers , Issue 72, Dresden 2004, pp. 41–51.
  7. ↑ See Siegfried Schönherr: On the development of the teaching discipline military economics at the NVA military academy. In: Joachim Klopfer (Red.): (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Issue 72, Dresden 2004, pp. 11–40. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-325660
  8. ↑ See order 28/90 MfAV of August 15, 1990. In: (Ed.) BUNDESARCHIV - MILITÄRARCHIV: National People's Army, inventory DVW 1, Ministry for Disarmament and Defense, Volume: Minister for Disarmament and Defense, Parliamentary State Secretary, Chief of National People's Army. Edited by Albrecht Kästner, Freiburg 1999, introduction p. V. URL: [1]
  9. ↑ See list of publications and authors of DSS working papers. In: Wolfgang Scheler et al. (Red.): For the demilitarization of security. 25 years of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy V. (DSS). A résumé. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Heft 115, Dresden 2015, pp. 205–240 and p. 243. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-321465
  10. ↑ See Siegfried Schönherr (Hrsg.): Armed forces, economy and European armament. (ed.) Society for Military Economics e. V., Dachau Publishing Department 1999, p. 325.
  11. ↑ For example: Military Economics and Conversion. Theoretical considerations and practical experience from the Saxony working group of the Society for Military Economics e. V. In: Security and Economy. Major General a. D. Dipl-Kfm. Dr. rer. pole. Johannes Gerber on his 75th birthday. (Ed.) Research Institute for Military Economics and Applied Conversion Berlin of the Society for Military Economics e. V., Koblenz 1994, pp. 46-72.
  12. ↑ For example: With others: regional development and conversion. In: W. Bußmann (Ed.): Conversion. New opportunities for military sites and armaments factories. Verlag C. F. Müller, Karlsruhe 1993, pp. 9-15.
  13. ↑ See winners of the Friedrich Engels Prize at the Military Academy . In: Wolfgang Demmer, Eberhard Haueis: Military Academy "Friedrich Engels" of the National People's Army 1959 to 1990. A documentation. (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V .: DSS working papers, issue 95 (special edition), Dresden 2008, pp. 126–129. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-321551
personal data
SURNAME Schönherr, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military economist, political scientist and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Elster