Walter Eykmann

Walter Eykmann

Walter Eykmann (* 20th August 1937 in Sonsbeck ) is a German teacher and CSU - politicians .

Life

Walter Eykmann studied Latin , Catholic religious studies , social studies as well as philosophy and education at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg im Breisgau and at the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg and after completing the first and second state exams he was at the Würzburg Riemenschneider-Gymnasium active, most recently as director of studies and seminar leader.

Eykmann received his doctorate in education from the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg in 1989 , where he was appointed honorary professor for education in 2002.

Since 1959 he has been a member of the Catholic student union KDStV Cheruscia Würzburg in the CV . Eykmann is married and has two grown children.

politics

From 1972 Eykmann was represented in the Würzburg city council and from 1978 belonged to the Bavarian state parliament , where in 1986 he became chairman of the committee for questions of the public service - the so-called "Eykmann Committee"; from 1978 to 1998 he was a member of the cultural policy committee. He is also a member of the parliamentary group's executive committee. He was no longer available for election to the state parliament in Bavaria in 2008 .

From 1991 to 2005 he was federal chairman of the Catholic Parents in Germany (KED), since 2005 its honorary chairman. He was awarded the Commander-in-Chief of the Papal New Year's Eve by Cardinal Friedrich Wetter for his services to Catholic religious instruction as well as to marriage and family .

In addition to his political involvement, Eykmann is involved in numerous honorary positions: as state chairman of the Bavarian Library Association, as chairman of the working committee of the Bavarian State Foundation and as deputy chairman of the media council and chairman of the finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the Academy for Political Education Tutzing . Thanks to Walter Eykmann's initiative for the Bavarian Palace Administration, the cabinet of mirrors in the Würzburg Residence was reopened in 1987.

Awards

• Pro meritis; Bavarian Philologists Association (1981)
• Bavarian Order of Merit (1989)
• Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Silver (1993)
• Golden city plaque, Würzburg (1997)
• Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Gold (2000)
• Medal for Services to the Bavarian Justice (2002)
• Soldner Medal (2003)
• Honorary Chairman of the Friends of the Riemenschneider Gymnasium in Würzburg (2004)
• Honorary Commissioner of the Bavarian Police together with Evelyn Hamann and Hannelore Elsner (2005)
• Commander of the Papal Order of St. New Years Eve (2005)
• Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class by Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber (2005)
• Honorary Chairman of the Catholic Parents in Germany (2005)
• Competence Advisory Board of the Europa-FELS (2006)
• "Ludwig I. Medal" of the Free State of Bavaria (2006)
• Medal of honor in gold from the Bavarian Association of Officials (BBB) ​​for his 20-year chairmanship of the state parliament's committee for public service issues (2006)
• "Dancing Shepherd" of the city of Würzburg (2007)
• Gold financial medal for outstanding services to Bavarian financial policy (2008)
• Siebold Medal of the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg (2009)
• Gold Medal of Honor of the Bavarian Civil Service Association (2009)
• Honorary Senator of the University of Würzburg (2009)
• Ring of Honor of the City of Würzburg (2014)
• Bavarian State Prize for Education and Culture (2016)
• Medal of Honor of the Mayor of Würzburg (2017)

Publications (selection)

• Peace - the necessary utopia , Kösel, Munich 1971, text collection for the upper level of the grammar school ISBN 3-466-50110-5 , with teacher commentary (1971). Translation into Korean, Seoul 1975.
• Proclamation of peace and peace education. An attempt at their mutual assignment . Echter, Würzburg 1991, ISBN 3-429-01389-5 ; (= Reprint of the dissertation from 1989)
• Great Bavarian educators , published with Winfried Böhm, Bad Heilbrunn / Obb. 1991, ISBN 3-7815-0684-3 .
• J. Amos Comenius: Angelus pacis / Angel of Peace, introduced, explained a. ed. v. Walter Eykmann, newly translated by Otto Schönberger. Königshausen u. Neumann, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-88479-865-0 .
• Parent participation makes school: 40 years of Catholic parenthood in Germany , Bonn 1995.
• Religious instruction: support for king and fatherland, weapon against revolution . In: St. Samerski (ed.): Wilhelm II. And religion. Facets of a personality and its environment . Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10406-4 .
• Terrorism and Education , Bonn 2002, ISBN 3-934166-08-3 .
• Doctrina multiplex, veritas una . In: Pedagogia e Vita 60 (2002) No. 5.
• Strong parents - strong children , Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-934166-10-5 .
• For a successful parenting partnership - parental participation: 50 years of Catholic Parenthood in Germany , Bonn 2004, ISBN 3-934166-11-3 .
• The person as a measure of politics and pedagogy . Ergon, Würzburg 2006, ISBN 3-89913-503-2 .
• Educational virtues. Königshausen u. Neumann, Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8260-3604-0 .
• W. Böhm, K. Hillenbrand: Engaged from faith. Contributions to theology, education and politics. Festschrift for Walter Eykmann. Echter, Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-429-02925-8 .
• Education between skepticism and hope. Contributions from education, politics and theology . Echter, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03556-3 .
• Karl Hillenbrand. Companion and ambassador . Echter, Würzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-429-04309-4 .
• Joseph Anton Keil: De Constitutione Bavariae Carmen / poem about Bavaria's constitution 1819 , introduced, edited and explained by v. Walter Eykmann, translated from Latin by Otto and Eva Schönberger, Königshausen a. Neumann, Würzburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-8260-6898-0 .

Web links

Commons : Walter Eykmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Walter Eykmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Walter Eykmann's biography (University of Würzburg)