Albert Schelz

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Georg Wilhelm Traugott Albert Schelz (born February 14, 1875 in Hanover ; † April 22, 1949 in Holzminden ) was a German mayor, district director, member of the state parliament and minister in the Braunschweig state government.

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Since 1877 Schelz lived in Wolfenbüttel , where his father worked as a prison guard in the state penal institution. After attending the community school, he completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter and book printer . Between 1895 and 1906 he worked as a typesetter in German and Austrian cities and returned to Wolfenbüttel in 1907, where he continued to practice this profession until 1919. He began to get involved in politics and was elected a city councilor.

He joined the SPD and a few weeks later took over reporting for “Volksfreund”. Only six months after joining the SPD, he was elected chairman of the Wolfenbüttel local association. In the city council elections on October 7, 1909, Schelz was the first social democrat ever to be elected to the Wolfenbüttel city parliament.

The First World War , in which Albert Schelz was also enlisted as a soldier, interrupted his political activities. He reappeared politically immediately after the end of the war. Schelz became a member of the Wolfenbüttel Workers 'and Soldiers' Council and worked on the restructuring of the city. On December 22nd, 1918, he also moved into the Braunschweig state parliament as a people’s representative for the MSPD . In 1919 Heinrich Jasper appointed him minister for public education, an office that Schelz held until 1924. Schelz ran in Schöningen in September 1919 in the elections for mayor as a candidate for the MSPD. With the support of the bourgeois camp, Schelz was elected mayor.

Again at the instigation of Heinrich Jasper, Albert Schelz became district director of Holzminden in May 1928 . He was retired on February 1, 1931. From April 1945 to November 1946 he temporarily took over the district office of the Holzminden district.

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  1. ↑ a b c biography of Albert Schelz . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
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SURNAME Schelz, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schelz, Georg Wilhelm Traugott Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mayor, district director, member of the state parliament, minister in the Braunschweig state government
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1949
Place of death Holzminden