German Party (Poland)
The German Party ( DP ) was a party of the German minority in the Second Polish Republic from 1922 to 1939. The party is not to be confused with the short-lived German Party of the earlier years of the Second Polish Republic.
In August 1922, the DP was founded from the merger of the three German national parties ( German National People's Party , German People's Party and German Democratic Party ). She represented middle-class middle-class positions. As a party organ, it published the " Katowice Newspaper ". The chairman was Johann Rosumek (1883-1938) from 1922 to 1938 and Paul Eschenbach from 1938 to 1939 . The party disbanded in 1939.
National elections
For the elections to the Sejm and Senate , the German party ran in 1922 and 1928 on a joint list of the bloc of national minorities (BNM). In 1922 the DP was able to provide 2 Sejm deputies and a senator. In 1928 there were 2 Sejm members. In 1930 the DP entered the German electoral bloc and was given a seat in the Sejm.
| Electoral term | MP | chamber | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Election term | Robert Piesch | Sejm | |
| I. Election term | Johannes Rosumek | Sejm | |
| I. Election term | Kurt Mayer | senate | |
| I. Election term | Artur Gabrisch | senate | moved up in February 1927 for Thomas Szczeponik ( KVP ) |
| II electoral term | Robert Piesch | Sejm | |
| II electoral term | Johannes Rosumek | Sejm | |
| III. Electoral term | Johannes Rosumek | Sejm |
Silesian elections
In the elections to the Silesian Sejm , the DP and the KVP ran in the German electoral bloc.
| Electoral term | be right | percent | Mandates | Thereof DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. electoral term 1922 | 83,750 | 21.6% | 12 | 6th |
| Second electoral term, May 1930 | 180.246 | 30% | 15th | 5 |
| III. November 1930 parliamentary term | 72,900 | 13.4% | 7th | 2 (*) |
(*) The list of the German electoral block in constituency 1 was deleted from these elections.
| Electoral term | MP | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| I. Election term | Karl Fuchs | |
| I. Election term | Kurt Mayer | |
| I. Election term | Joseph Pawlas | |
| I. Election term | Karl Egon von Reitzenstein | died on November 18, 1924 |
| I. Election term | Georg Schür | from November 18, 1924 |
| I. Election term | Max Sabass | |
| I. Election term | Otto Ulitz | |
| II electoral term | Martin Hermann | |
| II electoral term | Max Krull | |
| II electoral term | Joseph Pawlas | |
| II electoral term | Joseph Schimke | |
| II electoral term | Otto Ulitz | |
| III. Electoral term | Joseph Pawlas | |
| III. Electoral term | Otto Ulitz |
In parliament, the members of the German Party belonged to the German Club.
Individual evidence
literature
- Mads Ole Balling : From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the parliamentarians of the German minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945 . 2nd Edition. tape 1 . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-3-4 , pp. 186-187 .
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the parliamentarians of the German minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945 . 2nd Edition. tape 2 . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-5-0 , pp. 749 .