Adolf Kempkes
Adolf Kempkes (born August 30, 1871 in Essen , † January 6, 1931 in Berlin ) was a German politician of the German People's Party .
Life
The son of a Catholic merchant attended the Burggymnasium in Essen and graduated from high school in 1891. From 1891 he studied law at the Philipps University of Marburg , the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Friedrich Wilhelms University of Berlin . He was a member of the Corps Hasso-Nassovia (1891) and the Corps Suevia Freiburg (1892). After his legal clerkship and the great state examination in law, he settled in Essen as a lawyer in 1899 . During the First World War he served as the commander of the reconnaissance department of the 1st Westphalian Field Artillery Regiment No. 7 in Münster .
Kempkes was a Freemason and a member of the Alfred zur Linde Lodge in Essen. There he held the offices of speaker and assigned master.
Kempkes participated in the founding of the DVP in 1918. From 1906 to 1918 Kempkes was a city councilor in Essen. In 1919/20 he was a member of the Weimar National Assembly . He was then a member of the Reichstag until 1930 . At times he was deputy chairman of the DVP parliamentary group in the Reichstag. In Stresemann's second cabinet , Kempkes was State Secretary and Head of the Reich Chancellery from October 6 to November 23, 1923 .
literature
- Kempkes, Adolf. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 908.
- Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads - who was what? Richard Bracht Verlag, Essen 1985, ISBN 3-87034-037-1 .
- Corp panel of Hasso-Nassovia in Marburg. Bad Ems, Diez, Limburg 1959, p. 185.
- Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: International Freemasons Lexicon. 5th edition. Herbig Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-7766-2478-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Kempkes in the catalog of the German National Library
- Adolf Kempkes in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Short biography in the files of the Reich Chancellery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists . 1960, 99, 570; 36, 477
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kempkes, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (DVP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1931 |
| Place of death | Berlin |