Curt Platen

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Curt Platen (born June 11, 1872 in Rothenburg / OL ; † July 10, 1941 in Hamburg ) was an editor and Hamburg politician of the German Democratic Party (DDP).

Life and politics

Curt Platen had since 1902 as managing editor and chief editor of the Hamburger Anzeiger operates. After he ran unsuccessfully in a by-election in the Großneumarkt constituency in February 1908 , he was finally elected to the Hamburg parliament in 1910 . He then belonged to this continuously until 1933, first in the faction of the United Liberals (until 1919) and in the Weimar Republic in the left-wing liberal DDP. From June 26, 1929 to March 8, 1933 he was Hamburg Senator (→ Hamburg Senate 1919–1933 ). He took over the office of Senator for Labor on June 28, 1929 from Walter Matthaei . Around 1930 he was regional chairman of the DDP in Hamburg. Although he was against the merger with the Young German Order to form the German State Party , he not only remained loyal to the party, but also continued to serve as state chairman.

literature

  • Lüth, Erich : Mayor Carl Petersen. 1968–1933, Hamburg 1971.

Individual evidence

For detailed references, see literature

  1. ↑ Lüth: Mayor, p. 8. The newspaper is also called Hamburger General-Anzeiger , see p. 13.
  2. ↑ In the first ballot, Platen received 23% of the vote and was third behind the social democrat Umland, who was elected in the second ballot with the support of the United Liberals, and the bourgeois candidate Wächtler. See Christof Brauers, Die FDP in Hamburg 1945 to 153, Munich 2007, page 52, footnote 32.
  3. ^ Lüth: Mayor, p. 48.
  4. ^ List of senators during the Weimar Republic
personal data
SURNAME Platen, Curt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German editor, politician (DDP), Member of the Bundestag and Senator
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Rothenburg / OL
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1941
Place of death Hamburg