Alwin Körsten

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Alwin Körsten
Körstens tombstone in Berlin

Richard Alwin Körsten (born September 29, 1856 in Söhesten ; † March 10, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German trade unionist and social democratic politician.

Körsten worked until 1899 as shapers . From 1890 he was a foreman . In 1876 he joined the SPD. From 1882 he was initially an honorary functionary for the trade union and party. Among other things, he was chairman of the Former Association. In 1891, Körsten was one of the founders of the German Metalworkers' Association . Between 1893 and 1920 he served as an assessor at the industrial court in Berlin. His main job was from 1899 to 1920 as secretary and later also chairman of the trade union commission for Berlin and the surrounding area. From 1920, Körsten was head of the Greater Berlin Employment Agency.

Körsten was a member of the Reichstag from 1903 to 1907 and again from 1912 to 1918. In both legislative periods he represented the constituency administrative district Stettin 3 (Randow - Greifenhagen) as a member . He was then a member of the Weimar National Assembly and from 1920 until his death of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic .

He is buried in the Friedrichsfelde socialist cemetery .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 46.
  2. ↑ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 85 (Statistics of the German Reich, Vol. 250)

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SURNAME Korsten, Alwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Körsten, Richard Alwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Sons
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1924
Place of death Berlin