August Wichtendahl
August Wichtendahl (born December 7, 1874 in Hanover , † June 20, 1963 in Hildburghausen ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ).
Life and work
Wichtendahl was from 1908 to 1933 managing director of the consumer association for Hildburghausen and the surrounding area and from 1925 to 1933 member of the general council of the Central Association of German consumer associations . From 1907 to 1922 he was chairman of the trade union cartel and the ADGB local committee in Hildburghausen. In 1933 he was arrested by the National Socialists.
politics
Wichtendahl was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in Hildburghausen in 1907. From 1919 to 1920 he was a member of the state parliament of the Free State of Saxony-Meiningen and at the same time a member of the Thuringian People's Council. In 1919 he was appointed food commissioner in the government of the Free State of Saxony-Meiningen. After the formation of the state of Thuringia, he moved to the Thuringian state parliament on September 10, 1920 , to which he was a member until the end of the legislative period in 1921.
In July 1945 Wichtendahl took part in the re-establishment of the SPD Hildburghausen.
Web links
- Biography of August Wichtendahl . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
- History of the SPD in Hildburghausen from 1907 until today
Individual evidence
- ↑ A "forgotten parliament" paved the way to Thuringia ( Memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.1 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wichtendahl, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionists and politicians (SPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1963 |
| Place of death | Hildburghausen |