Wilhelm Jakob Jung

Wilhelm Jakob Jung (born July 21, 1861 in Katzenbach near Ramstein ; † November 6, 1942 in Ludwigshafen ) was a German music teacher and pianist .

Life and activity

Jung was the son of a teacher from Katzenbach near Landstuhl. He also began his own career as a primary school teacher: He first graduated from the teacher training college in Kaiserslautern and then worked as a primary school teacher in Kusel and Zweibrücken. In 1901 he became a teacher at the girls' college in Ludwigshafen, most recently with the rank of study professor. In 1926 he retired. In addition to his professional obligations, Jung emerged as a pianist and chamber musician and played a “decisive” (Fauck) role in the musical life of his hometown.

From 1929 to 1933, Jung sat for the DVP on the Ludwigshafen city council. Before the First World War he was a member of the National Liberal Party.

Jung was married to Frieda, geb. Friedrich. The marriage had three children, including the politician and writer Edgar Jung , who was murdered by the SS in 1934 as part of the so-called Röhm Putsch .

Fonts

• Music history of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein from 1850 to 1918 , Ed. Siegfried Fauck, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1968 (published posthumously)
• A martyr of the 20th century. In the struggle for the freedom and greatness of his people. Dr. Edgar J. Jung's life's work. To the lasting memory of my unforgettable son. The father: study professor Jakob Jung , s. l. e. a. (Manuscript about his murdered son, created around 1935, unpublished)

literature

• Friedrich Grass: Edgar Julius Jung . In: Kurt Baumann: Pfälzer Lebensbilder , Vol. 1 (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Promotion of Science in Speyer am Rhein, Vol. 48), Speyer 1964, p. 320.
• Siegfried Fauck: History of the city of Ludwigshafen a [m] Rh [a] in data , 1972, p. 31.

Web links

• Entry about Jung's son in the Neue Deutsche Biographie with information about the father