Wilhelm Laubenthal

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Wilhelm Laubenthal (born January 30, 1914 in Merzig ; died there in 1992 ) was a German high school director and homeland researcher .

Life

Born the son of a master baker, Laubenthal took up a teaching degree in German, history and geography at the universities of Vienna, Munich and Frankfurt am Main after graduating from the municipal reform grammar school in Merzig in 1933, which he did in 1938 with the scientific and in 1940 with the educational Completed exam. A year earlier he was at the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University in Frankfurt a. M. with a dissertation on the topic “The idea of ​​a spiritual renewal in Germany in German literature from 1872 to the World War. Connections and modifications "to the Dr. phil. been awarded a doctorate.

Laubenthal joined the SA on June 12, 1935 , in which he had served as Obersturmmann and press attendant for Sturm 11/30 since January 30, 1941, and the NSDAP (membership number 6.914.880) on November 1, 1935 , where he was March 1, 1939 acted as district chief. In addition, he was a member of the NSV since April 1, 1939 (membership number 12.608.196), of the NSLB since October 1, 1940 (membership number 436.686) and since April 1, 1941 a member of the Reichskolonialbund . He did his preparatory service in Merzig and Wuppertal and passed the second state examination at the Beethoven High School in Bonn in November 1940 . As a result, he acquired the qualification to teach German , history and imperial studies . He then worked as a study assistant at the secondary school for girls in Merzig (1940–1943) and the secondary school for girls in Homburg (1943–1945). Between August 1942 and August 1944 Laubenthal was drafted for military service and was awarded the War Merit Cross, Second Class with Swords on February 5, 1944 . He initially served from September 1938 to January 1939 with the Infantry Regiment 81 Frankfurt a. M., then from August to December 1942 with the Landes-Schützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 12 in Mainz and then with the pioneer school for heavy bridge construction in Speyer with the rank of private .

After the end of the war, he returned to Merzig as a grammar school teacher for the subjects of German, history and civics, where he initially taught at the girls' grammar school in October and November 1945 and between 1947 and 1960 (from 1958 to 1962 as acting director). Subsequently , Laubenthal , who had meanwhile been promoted to senior studies director , took over the management of the state secondary school in Merzig , which he held until his retirement in 1976.

Laubenthal was first committed to the CVP and from 1955 to the CDU in local politics and was a member of the Merzig City Council from 1949 to 1956 and later also the District Council. In 1953 he was elected First Alderman of the Merzig District Council. He also published numerous studies of local history.

Works

  • The idea of ​​a spiritual renewal in Germany in German literature from 1871 until the World War. Connections and modifications (= Frankfurt sources and research on Germanic and Romance philology 22). Diesterweg, Frankfurt a. M. 1938 (dissertation; Google ).
  • A century of sisters of St. Charles Borromeo in Merzig 1854–1954 . Merzig 1954.
  • Hundred years of Kreissparkasse Merzig 1857–1957 . Merziger printing and publishing house, Merzig 1957.
  • The synagogue communities in the Merzig district. Merzig - Brotdorf - Hilringen 1648–1942 . Saarbrücken printing and publishing house, Saarbrücken 1984.
  • The chapels of the core town of Merzig. Origin, zeitgeist and religious significance . Merziger Druckerei und Verlag, Merzig 1985.

literature

  • Josef Fisch and Wilhelm Laubenthal: The heads of the school from 1945 to 1988 . In: 100 years of high school at Stefansberg Merzig. A school on the road 1888–1988 . Merziger Druckerei und Verlag, Merzig 1988, pp. 177-184.
  • For him, local history was not a story of second order. Precise scribe and skilled stylist: Dr. Wilhelm Laubenthal's importance as a local researcher . In: Trierer Volksfreund, Saar edition of April 24, 1992, p. 8.

Web links

  • Short biography as part of the student project "Frankfurt Old German Studies from 1933 to 1945 (Universität Studieren Erforschen (USE))"
  • Wilhelm Laubenthal , in: Saarland Biographies (as of February 9, 2019)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ So personal sheet from June 30, 1944 with a self-assessment of membership in Nazi organizations, military and war service and professional career, Landesarchiv Speyer, inventory T65 No. 3859
  2. ↑ Landesarchiv Speyer, inventory T65 No. 3859.
personal data
SURNAME Laubenthal, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school director and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Merzig
DATE OF DEATH 1992
Place of death Merzig