Wilhelm Arnoldi (civil servant)

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Wilhelm Arnoldi (born December 30, 1884 in Siegen , † April 18, 1965 in Altenhundem ) was a German ministerial director.

Career

Memorial plaque Dr. Wilhelm Arnoldi at the tower of the Hohe Bracht

Wilhelm Arnoldi was a son of the Brachthausen master shoemaker Johann Arnoldi and his wife Katharina, nee. Müller. The family moved to Altenhundem with their shoe shop and workshop in 1888 .

After completing his Abitur (1906 at the grammar school in Attendorn ) and after the philosophical-theological exam in the autumn of 1909, Wilhelm Arnoldi devoted himself to studying agriculture at the University of Königsberg , where he wrote a dissertation on the milk supply for the city of Königsberg with distinction in 1914 doctorate in agr. He remained connected with East Prussia for a long time, where he received his practical agricultural training on a state experimental farm. After returning from the First World War , Wilhelm Arnoldi became managing director of the Chamber of Agriculture for the Province of East Prussia. Further professional positions took him to the Ministry of Agriculture in Berlin, where he was promoted to Ministerial Director in 1923. As a member of the Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic , from 1927 he was primarily active in specialist committees. During this time he was considered the competent specialist for the construction of the large dams on the North Sea island of Sylt and the cultivation of moors. Due to his outstanding achievements he was awarded in 1931 the Agricultural University of Berlin , the honorary doctorate .

During his time as Ministerialrat, Wilhelm Arnoldi remained closely connected to his homeland and was involved in various local projects in the areas of fish farming, bird protection, culture and tourism, among others. His name is closely linked to the construction of the nationally known Hohe Bracht observation tower near Altenhundem.

When the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Wilhelm Arnoldi lost his leading positions as ministerial director in Berlin and as chairman of the founding committee of the Hohe Bracht observation tower. Although the allegations brought against him proved to be unfounded in court, the National Socialists dropped him. The decisive factor was obviously that he was known as a determined Democrat and Christian and belonged to the Center Party .

After the war Wilhelm Arnoldi was appointed by the Soviets in the Altmark as agricultural director and administrator of confiscated goods. As far as he was able, in this capacity he helped many people in silence.

In 1950 Arnoldi moved back to his hometown Altenhundem for political reasons. On behalf of the then Federal President Heinrich Lübke , he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit for the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1955 by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry . He received this award because he had assisted the responsible authorities in the reconstruction of agriculture in the Federal Republic with advice and action. On December 30, 1964, the Kirchhundem community , to which Altenhundem belonged at the time, granted him honorary citizenship . In addition, a bronze plaque with the portrait of Wilhelm Arnoldi and the inscription "The faithful son and patron of the Sauerland homeland" was unveiled on the Hohen Bracht .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rolf Redecker, Dr. Dr. hc Wilhelm Arnoldi (1884-1965), part 1 About the person , in: Südsauerland, Heimatstimmen aus dem Kreis Olpe, episode 268 (3/2017), p. 258 ff.
  2. ↑ De Suerlänner home calendar for the Kurköln Sauerland, Meschede, annual issue 1968, page 6
  3. ↑ Festschrift 50 Jahre Hohe Bracht (1930–1980), series of publications by the district of Olpe (issue 1), Olpe 1980, page 6
  4. ↑ Festschrift 50 Jahre Hohe Bracht (1930–1980), ibid, page 7

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  • Rolf Redecker, Dr. Dr. hc Wilhelm Arnoldi (1884-1965), part 1 About the person , in: Südsauerland, Heimatstimmen aus dem Kreis Olpe, episode 268 (3/2017), pp. 257–274.
  • Festschrift 50 years of Hohe Bracht (1930–1980), series of publications by the district of Olpe (issue 1), Olpe 1980, pages 6, 7, 46–49
  • De Suerlänner home calendar for the Kurkölln Sauerland, Meschede, annual issue 1968, page 6 (obituary W. Arnoldi)
personal data
SURNAME Arnoldi, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist and ministerial director
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenhundem
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1965
Place of death Altenhundem