Christian Labonte

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Wine label with Labonte's signature (1949)
"Christian Labonteweg", Johannisberg Palace

Christian Josef Labonte (born September 18, 1899 in Oberelbert ; † March 14, 1992 in Johannisberg ) was a German viticulture expert, Hessian politician ( CDU ) and former member of the Hessian state parliament .

Life

Training and work

Christian Labonte attended the humanistic grammar school. From 1917 to 1919 he interrupted his schooling and did military service and was taken prisoner of war. After the First World War, he continued his school education and, after graduating from high school in 1920, did an agricultural apprenticeship at Johannisberg Castle . From 1922 to 1924 he studied agriculture in Bonn-Poppelsdorf. In Bonn, he was a member of the fraternity K.D.St.V. Ascania Bonn in the CV . On September 1, 1924, he became operations manager at Schloss Johannisberg. He was to fulfill this function until December 31, 1967 and to make great contributions to viticulture.

The company was in poor economic shape in the early 1920s. Christian Labonte achieved an economic recovery of the winery by concentrating on the production of quality wines. In addition to working in the winery, he was also active in the associations. He was the founder of the working group of Rheingau vineyard administrators and, after the war, co-founder of the Rheingau and the German Winegrowing Association. For many years he was a member of the viticulture committee of the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry.

politics

Christian Labonte was a member of the Stahlhelm, Association of Frontline Soldiers . His transfer to the Sturmabteilung in 1934 probably also explains Labontes SA membership.

Christian Labonte was active in local politics. From 1928 to 1933 and from 1946 to 1972 he was a member of the Johannisberg municipal council. From 1946 to 1972 he was also a district council member in the Rheingau district and chairman of the CDU parliamentary group there. Due to the regional reform in Hesse in 1972, the position of mayor in Johannisberg was vacant in 1971. In his place, Christian Labonte, as state commissioner, managed the integration into Geisenheim.

At the state political level, Labonte was a member of the Hessian state parliament from December 1, 1954 to November 30, 1958 .

family

Christian Labonte was the son of the farmer Josef Labonte (1874–1937) and his wife Cecilia, née Spitzhorn (1874–21). In 1928 he married Clara Conrady from Rüdesheim. He had 2 daughters. His uncle Christian Labonte was pastor of Johannisberg from 1907 to 1936, he arranged the apprenticeship position at Johannisberg Castle for the nephew.

Honors

In 1973 Christian Labonte was honored by the State of Hesse with the Freiherr vom Stein plaque . In 1953 and 1964 he had already received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.

In 1978 Rheingau viticulture honored him with the Silver Roman. In 1979 he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Geisenheim .

Publications

  • Rheingau wine and history chronicle from 1926 to 1948, edited from a copy of the Bremen Ratskeller, writings on wine history no. 52/1979.

literature

  • Paul Claus: Contributions to the culture and history of the city of Geisenheim, Vol. 2/1992, personalities, who Geisenheim was or became home, pp. 42–43.
  • Albrecht Kirschner: Final report of the working group on the preliminary study “Nazi past of former Hessian state parliament members” of the commission of the Hessian state parliament for the research project “Political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse” . Ed .: Hessischer Landtag . Wiesbaden 2013, p. 34–35 ( Download [PDF; 479 kB ]).
  • Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 316 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
  • Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 232.

Web links

Commons : Christian Labonte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albrecht Kirschner: Final report of the working group on the preliminary study "Nazi past of former Hessian state parliament members" of the commission of the Hessian state parliament for the research project "Political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse" . Ed .: Hessischer Landtag . Wiesbaden 2013, p. 34 ( Download [PDF; 479 kB ]).
  2. ^ Christian Labonte Förderkreis Weindorf-Johannisberg from 1986 eV
personal data
SURNAME Labonte, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Labonte, Christian Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German viticulture expert, Hessian politician (CDU) and member of the Hessian state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberelbert
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1992
Place of death Johannisberg