Wilhelm Alter junior

Wilhelm Alter (to distinguish it from his father of the same name with junior) (born June 11, 1875 in Brieg ; † February 3, 1943 in Buchschlag ) was a German psychiatrist and politician ( DVP ).

Life

Alter was the son of the psychiatrist Wilhelm Alter senior . Like his father, he studied medicine and became a psychiatrist. Wilhelm Alter took over the management of the Lindenhaus sanatorium on April 1, 1906. Alter pushed the modernization work forward and had a water tower erected north of the machine house due to the unreliable water supply. In addition, all houses were connected to a telephone network and the sewer system. A sewage treatment plant was built in the western part. A major achievement of the age was the renting of a colony in the village of Entrup , to which the cattle breeding with the exception of the pig fattening was outsourced. During the First World War , the lands offered the possibility of occupational therapy; due to the agricultural yields, no patient in the Lindenhaus had to starve to death. During the war the institution had one of the lowest mortality rates among the German “insane asylums”. He was honored with the title of secret medical councilor. Wilhelm Alter moved to the Düsseldorf hospitals in 1922.

politics

As a national liberal, he joined the German People's Party in the Weimar Republic . For this he was the top candidate of the Lippischer Wahlverband , on behalf of the DVP in the state elections in Lippe in 1919 . He was elected as the only MP for the DVP in the Lippe state parliament. On June 28, 1920 he resigned his seat and Adolf Meier moved up for him in the state parliament.

literature

• Festive writing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Fürstlich Lippische Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Lindenhaus 1811-1911 . Lemgo 1911 ( digitized version of the Lippe State Library).
• Hans Hüls: Voters and voting behavior in the Land of Lippe in the Weimar Republic, 1974, pp. 146–148.
• Wolfgang Bender: "... but the institution will have no less place": Princess Pauline and the establishment of the "insane asylum" in Brake . In: Frauenzimmer, Regentin, Reformerin. Princess Pauline zur Lippe 1802–1820 (=  special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe ). tape 69 . NHV Lippe, Detmold 2002, ISBN 3-924481-12-1 , p. 102-111 ( online ).
• Reinhard Fahrt (responsible): The Lippische Landtag - A parliamentary tradition in North Rhine-Westphalia, 1984, p. 101.
• Peter Reinicke : Alter, Wilhelm , in: Hugo Maier (ed.): Who is who of social work . Freiburg: Lambertus, 1998 ISBN 3-7841-1036-3 , p. 36f.