Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim
Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim (born October 31, 1872 in Wölfis near Ohrdruf / Thuringia ; † March 1, 1959 in Achenmühle / Upper Bavaria ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).
Live and act
Wangenheim was born the son of a manor owner. After attending elementary school and the Ernestinum grammar school in Gotha , he completed an agricultural apprenticeship. Wangenheim later studied history in Marburg and Berlin. In January 1897 he became a career officer. He later worked again in agriculture and as the chief editor of various newspapers. In February 1913 Wangenheim came to the press department in the Prussian War Ministry . After the end of the First World War, Wangenheim took part in the founding of the Brandenburg Farmers College in Neuruppin , where he worked until autumn 1927. In 1928, von Wangenheim became head of the Märkische Bauernhochschule (farming college, association of Brandenburg farmers and farmers' college students). In 1939 he married.
Wangenheim had been the editor of the Völkischer Beobachter since 1921 . In 1922 he joined the NSDAP for the first time , then again in 1928 after the ban was lifted (No. 77.217). In that year he was promoted to SA leader in Brandenburg and Ostmark and appointed Gau and Reich speaker of the NSDAP.
In the general election of September 1930 Wangenheim was a candidate of the Nazi Party for the constituency 4 (Potsdam I) in the Reichstag voted, of which he was subsequently without interruption until the end of Nazi rule in May 1945th On the occasion of the March 1936 election, Wangenheim exchanged his mandate for constituency 4 for a mandate for constituency 2 (West Berlin). The most important parliamentary event in which Wangenheim took part during his time as a member of parliament was the passage of the Enabling Act in March 1933.
From 1933 Wangenheim directed the Kurmark “Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim” -Gransee farmer's school. From 1934 to 1945 von Wangenheim was director of the Reichsbauernhochschule in Goslar . In addition, he was a member of the Reichsbauernrat and the Landesbauernrat Kurmark, the Association of Brandenburg Farmers and Farmers' College and the Association of Free German Farmers.
Wangenheim's rank in the SA at the end of the war was that of SA standard leader .
Fonts
- From the Thuringian prehistory , Zeitz 1921.
- The end of Westroms , Köslin 1925.
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 .
- Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 644.
- ↑ Erich Stockhorst : 5000 heads. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . 2nd Edition. Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 , p. 438.
- ↑ Erich Stockhorst: 5000 heads - who was what in III. Rich . 3rd edition, Arndt-Verlag, Kiel 1998, p. 437.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wangenheim, Alexander Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfis |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1959 |
| Place of death | Achenmühle |