Wilhelm Schmundt

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Wilhelm Schmundt (born January 10, 1898 in Metz , † April 23, 1992 in Hanover ) was a German anthroposophist .

Life

Schmundt, born in then German Metz, was a son of the Prussian officer Richard Schmundt and brother of the later general of the Wehrmacht Rudolf Schmundt . In the First World War in 1915 its use, which he began in 1918 as a company commander in a Brandenburg Fusilier - Regiment could finish. Since December 1918 Schmundt studied mathematics, mechanics and electricity at the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg . After graduating with a diploma, he worked as an assistant for two years in the university's own institute for applied physics. There Schmundt made contact with anthroposophy, visited the construction site of the second Goetheanum in 1926 and acquired membership in the Free Anthroposophical Society.

Around 1928 Schmundt took over an activity as an engineer at Ostpreußenwerk AG within the East Prussian provincial administration in Königsberg . Over the course of seven years, his area of ​​responsibility for the electricity supply in East Prussia and West Prussia expanded . In connection with her professional activities in the energy supply, Schmundt met Hans-Georg Schweppenhäuser in 1940 . A lifelong friendship developed, which could also endure contradicting social-scientific positions.

Towards the end of the Second World War Schmundt belonged to the staff of General Walter Dornberger at the Peenemünde Army Research Center .

At the invitation of Ernst Weißert , Wilhelm Schmundt attended the Easter conference of the Waldorf Schools in Stuttgart . Then he became a teacher of physics, mathematics and social studies at the Free Waldorf School in Hanover-Maschsee until his retirement in 1965.

reception

After twenty years of studying the national- economic thinking of Rudolf Steiner , Schmundt published an essay on the transformation of the concept of capital in 1950. The description of a meditative path of thought generated contradiction, especially by his friend Hans-Georg Schweppenhäuser. Schmundt received approval from Rudolf Kreutzer, Fritz Götte, Folkert Wilken and Hunold Graf von Baudissin. However, an effective reception only began in 1972 through the Achberger Kreis, in which Joseph Beuys also participated.

Works (selection)

  • Knowledge exercises for the threefolding of the social organism. Achberger Verlag, Achberg 1982, ISBN 3-88103-021-2 .
  • The social organism in its form of freedom. (= Study material from the School of Spiritual Science ). Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 1977, ISBN 3-7235-0188-5 .
  • Two basic problems of the 20th century. Free Adult Education Center Argental, Wangen 1988.
  • Contemporary economic laws. About the legal basis of a post-capitalist, free company order. Draft introduction. Achberger Verlag, Achberg 1975, ISBN 3-88103-050-6 .
  • The task of Central Europe. The doctrine of the social organism in its form of freedom as a bridge between East and West. FIU-Verlag, Wangen 1997, ISBN 3-928780-16-6 .
  • Thinking Steps - Towards the Idea of ​​the Social Organism. FIU-Verlag, Wangen 1999, ISBN 3-928780-21-2 .
  • Rainer Rappmann (Ed.): "The Art of Social Building" - Contributions to Wilhelm Schmundt FIU-Verlag, Wangen 1993, ISBN 978-3-928780-05-6 .

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source

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Schmundt: Change of the concept of capital. In: the three. Journal for anthroposophy in science, art and social life. Issue 2/1950, pp. 95ff.
  2. ↑ Herbert Schliffka: The Achberger Impulse.
personal data
SURNAME Schmundt, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anthroposophist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1992
Place of death Hanover