Emil Girbig
Emil Girbig (born June 11, 1866 in Elisabethhütte , Lübben district ; † February 6, 1933 in Berlin ) was a German glass worker, trade unionist and politician (SPD).
Live and act
Girbig was born in 1866 as the son of a glassmaker in Elisabethhütte near Jamlitz . After attending primary school in Köpenick from 1872 to 1880, he also completed an apprenticeship as a glassmaker. After Girbig had been active in the profession he had learned until 1897, he was appointed chairman of the Central Association of Glassworkers in Germany in 1897. He held this office for almost thirty years until 1926. Since this post was paid only very modestly in the first few years, Girbig was dependent on running a restaurant in Stralau from 1897 to 1900 parallel to his work in the glass workers' association . After that, his income as a professional official improved so much that he could give up the inn. In the following years the association became one of the most important interest groups in Germany. According to the trade union dictionary, the organization owed its rise "in large part to Girbig's tireless oratory and journalistic activity". From 1901 to 1920 Girbig also held the office of international secretary to the glass workers.
After the end of the First World War , Girbig began to become increasingly involved in party politics. In 1919 he was a member of the Weimar National Assembly for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) , in which he represented constituency 9 (Liegnitz). Girbig was then from 1920 to 1924 and again from 1928 to 1930 a member of the Reichstag in Berlin. In this he first represented constituency 9 (Liegnitz) and after renumbering the constituencies, constituency 8 (also Liegnitz). From 1926 he was also a union officer of the Ceramic Federation.
Fonts
- The glass processing. A lecture with 80 photos for experts and laypeople , 1920.
Web links
- Literature by and about Emil Girbig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Emil Girbig in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Emil Girbig's biography . In: Heinrich Best and Wilhelm H. Schröder : Database of Members of the National Assembly and the German Reichstag 1919–1933 (Biorab – Weimar)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ludwig Heyde : Internationales Concise Dictionary of Trade Unions , 1930, p. 727.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girbig, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German glass workers, trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elisabethhütte , Lübben district |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1933 |
| Place of death | Berlin |