Engelbert Kraus (politician)
Engelbert Kraus (born July 16, 1901 in Holzhausen , today Dittelbrunn , † May 14, 1974 in Rimpar ) was a German politician of the BVP and the CSU , mayor of Rimpar and from 1946 to 1962 a member of the Bavarian state parliament .
Life and work
Kraus completed his professional training in Schweinfurt and worked as an estate intern and administrator on several estates. He later attended the agricultural school in Schweinfurt and then worked again as an estate manager. In 1926 he joined the Regensburg Central Cooperative as an employee. In 1934 he was fired there because as a BVP supporter he was not a member of the NSDAP . He then moved to the Leininger company in Würzburg , where he took on a position as warehouse manager. In 1945 he was resumed by Bayerische Warenvermittlung (today BayWa ).
politics
Kraus joined the CSU after the war, having previously been a member of the BVP. He was a member of Rimpar's municipal council and the district council of the Würzburg district, in the latter of which he acted as group manager of the CSU.
In 1946 Kraus was appointed to the state constitutional assembly . In the subsequent state election , he received his first mandate in the state parliament. In the elections in 1950 , 1954 and 1958 he was directly elected in the district of Würzburg-Land , Marktheidenfeld , so that he was a member of the state parliament until 1962. In Parliament, he was a member of a number of committees, including the State Budget Committee.
In 1961 Kraus had to answer for election fraud and false certification before the Würzburg jury .
Public offices
From 1948 to 1960 Kraus was the 1st mayor of the municipality of Rimpar.
Honors
- July 3, 1959: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1962: District badge in silver
- Engelbert-Kraus-Strasse in Rimpar
Web links
- Engelbert Kraus in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
- Short biography on the website of the Bavarian State Parliament
- Engelbert Kraus in the Würzburg Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Engelbert Kraus from: Der Spiegel , issue No. 24/1961
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Engelbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CSU), MdL Bavaria and mayor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holzhausen , today Dittelbrunn |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1974 |
| Place of death | Rimpar |