Wilfried Heidt

Wilfried Heidt, Easter 2000 in Achberg

Wilfried Heidt (born April 16, 1941 in Karlsruhe ; † February 2, 2012 in Achberg ) was a German social researcher and anthroposophist . His path in life was shaped by his commitment to social threefolding in the sense of Rudolf Steiner .

life and work

His work for the goal of redesigning social life included:

• Participation in political developments in Germany in the wake of the 1968 movements, including the aftermath of the Prague Spring .
• his participation in the founding of the West German party Die Grünen .
• his idea of ​​“three-tier national legislation” ( direct democracy ) at federal level (according to Art. 20 II GG) and ultimately throughout the European Union ( EU ), which he pursued until shortly before his death .

Wilfriedt Heidt's work extended far beyond the inner circle of his Achberg friends. In this way he repeatedly stimulated social debates both within the AAG ( General Anthroposophical Society ) and within German politics as a whole.

Selected publications

• The third way , Achberg 1973
• Farewell to the growth mania (as editor), Achberg 1980
• The position of the "Achberger Kreis" in the green . In: Reinhard Giese (ed.): Acting socially from the knowledge of the social whole. Social threefolding today, Rabel 1980, pp. 238–247
• The cardinal question of the state - reference to a vital necessity of the present and future (together with Bertold Hasen-Müller). In: The State. Tasks and Limits, Social Science Forum Volume 4, Stuttgart 1992, pp. 113-139
• Popular sovereignty and popular legislation , special issue 5 of the Flensburger Hefte, Flensburg 1990
• Who is the General Anthroposophical Society? , Achberg 1998

Web links

• Obituary in the Lindauer Zeitung of February 8, 2012 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
• Further obituary for Wilfried Heidt (PDF; 325 kB)
• Peko Baxant: "It's about the whole - on the death of Wilfried Heidt" , accessed on July 24, 2013