Adolf Dembach

Adolf Dembach (born September 3, 1894 in Uerdingen ; † October 14, 1982 ) was a German politician (center, CDU).

Dembach attended vocational school after primary school and completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith. He took economic and state-political courses and joined the German Center Party in 1918 . He was a Christian trade unionist as early as 1911 and was also a member of the Catholic workers' association. After the war he was a co-founder of the CDU in Krefeld, mayor and member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Adolf Dembach was born on September 3, 1894 in Uerdingen. After finishing school he first completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith at the Büttner works. At the age of 17 he joined the Christian trade union movement and was active in the Catholic workers' association. In 1921 he began his service at the Ter Meer paint factory (later Bayer AG). Due to the great trust of the workforce, he became chairman of the works council and finally a member of the supervisory board. Adolf Dembach, who had become a member of the Center Party in 1918, began his local political activity in the neighboring Hohenbudberg-Kaldenhausen municipal council in 1924 . After Hohenbudberg-Kaldenhausen was incorporated into Uerdingen in 1927, Adolf Dembach became a city councilor for the Center Party in Uerdingen. After Uerdingen and Krefeld merged to form the umbrella community Krefeld-Uerdingen am Rhein in 1929, he was councilor of the city of Krefeld-Uerdingen am Rhein until 1933. During the time of the National Socialist rule, Adolf Dembach was reprimanded many times because of his upright and democratic convictions; therefore he could no longer be politically active.

After the Second World War he joined the CDU and from 1945 he was also chairman of the Krefeld administrative office of the industrial union for chemicals, paper and ceramics IG BCE. Dembach was second chairman of the CDU in the Krefeld district. From 1949 to 1956 he was district mayor of Krefeld-Uerdingen and from November 1950 deputy mayor of Krefeld. From April 20, 1947 to July 4, 1954, he was a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia for two legislative periods . The first time he was directly elected through a direct mandate in constituency 037 Krefeld-Süd and the second time in constituency 036 Krefeld-Nord. As a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, he sat down a. a. for the establishment of district councils in the cities. It was therefore only logical that he was elected district mayor by the Uerdingen district council in 1949, where he remained until 1956.

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• Adolf Dembach at the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Adolf Dembach on the side of the city of Krefeld