Wilhelm Stukenberg

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Wilhelm Stukenberg (born February 2, 1878 in Bielefeld ; † October 8, 1964 in Wiesbaden ) was a German high school councilor and, as a politician of the German Democratic Party (DDP), a member of the Oldenburg state parliament .

Life

Stukenberg's parents died early, so that he grew up with foster parents. From 1892 to 1898 he attended the preparatory institute and the teachers' college in Gütersloh and then worked in the Prussian elementary school service, for example in Lübbecke near Minden . In 1901, due to his interest in looking after difficult-to- educate children, he moved to the Trüperschen nursery school for nervous and difficult children of the pedagogue Johannes Trüper on the Sophienhöhe near Jena . Parallel to his teaching and educational activities there, he studied pedagogy , psychology , philosophy , German studies and history at the University of Jena and also worked as secretary of the International Association for Child Research.

On the recommendation of Wilhelm Rein , who was also active in Jena , Stukenberg was appointed to the Evangelical Teachers' Seminar in Oldenburg in 1905 , where he worked as a teacher for German , history and special teaching. In 1907 he passed the rector's examination. In 1910 the Oldenburg State Ministry appointed him district school inspector in Bant, where he was also responsible for the elementary schools in Rüstringen , Varel and Jever . In 1920 he was transferred back to Oldenburg as a school councilor.

Immediately after the First World War , Stukenberg also became politically active and helped found the German Democratic Party in Rüstringen and became its chairman. From 1919 to 1920 he was a member of the state constitutional assembly and from 1923 to 1925 of the Oldenburg state parliament, in which he mainly dealt with school and cultural issues. The expansion of the special education system in the Oldenburger Land , the reorganization of the examination regulations for elementary school teachers, the organization of the elementary school week in 1925 and the elementary school week in 1926 as well as the participation in teaching materials such as the Oldenburg reading book were among his special achievements.

Furthermore, Stukenberg was involved in the association tasks in the Oldenburg State Teachers' Association and was active in the theater committee of the city of Oldenburg until 1931, where he tried - but ultimately unsuccessfully - to mediate between the artistic directors Renato Mordo and Hellmuth Götze , who were interested in new, experimental theater pieces, and the right-wing Bühnenvolksbund . When the National Socialists took power in Oldenburg in 1932 , Stukenberg was removed from service and retired, officially because of his work as a Freemason .

After the end of the Second World War , Stokenberg was appointed by Prime Minister Theodor Tantzen to the State Ministry for the reconstruction of elementary, secondary and special schools in Oldenburg, where he established the Dreibergen teacher training home , which he also after his retirement from 1947 to 1951 directed, earned special merits.

In 1947, Stukenberg initiated, among others, the Oldenburg Culture Days , at whose opening speech on November 4, 1947, he called for the establishment of a university in Oldenburg for the first time . He later emerged as the founder and chairman of the Friends of the University of Education . Stukenberg was also involved in the theater committee, on the board of the Oldenburger Kunstverein and as director of the Johannisloge Zum golden Hirsch . In 1956 he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit.

family

Stukenberg was married to Alma born in 1903. Wohlers (1882–1963). The couple had two sons and a daughter. The son Helmut (1909–1991) was a member of the board of the Deutsche Bundesbahn from 1962 to 1972 .

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personal data
SURNAME Stukenberg, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German High School Councilor and Politician (MdL)
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1964
Place of death Wiesbaden