Wilhelm Henrich

Wilhelm Henrich (born February 6, 1889 in Darmstadt ; † December 11, 1955 there ) was a German cultural officer and theater director.

Life

Wilhelm Henrich was the son of the later Hessian finance minister Konrad Henrich and his wife Amalia Friederike Henrich geb. Wagner.

Henrich attended the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt and studied law and economics after graduating from high school. After completing his legal clerkship, he was accepted into the state service. This was followed by activities at the Büdingen district office and as a rural administrator for the Starkenburg province.

In 1922, Henrich promoted the application of the German Democratic Party (DDP) in Darmstadt daily newspapers to establish the Georg Büchner Prize. The motion was introduced by the DDP parliamentary group leader Julius Reiber and passed in the Hessian state parliament on August 8, 1922. The Georg Büchner Prize was first awarded on August 11, 1923.

As a consultant at the State Office for Education in the People's State of Hesse, Henrich was active in various regional and supra-regional committees promoting culture.

After the National Socialists came to power, he was dismissed on the grounds of the law for the restoration of the civil service.

After the Second World War he was entrusted with cultural issues by Ludwig Bergsträsser in the Hessian government . For a short time he was director of the State Theater in Darmstadt. In this function he set the course for the reopening of the theater in December 1945.

The prose works and poems written by Henrich have largely been forgotten today.

literature

• Article Wilhelm Henrich, in: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Stuttgart 2006, p. 369f.