Erich Simmel
Erich Simmel (born May 29, 1885 in Breslau ; † November 26, 1974 in Kronach ) was a German lawyer and politician ( DVP , later GB / BHE ).
Life
After graduating from the Zwingergymnasium in Breslau, Simmel studied law at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg and the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . In the summer of 1905 he became a member of the Corps Marcomannia Breslau . After his exams, he served as an officer and battery leader in the First World War . After the war he worked as a lawyer and notary in Leuven , Upper Silesia . In 1923 he moved to Breslau in the same position. There he acted, among other things, as permanent legal advisor to the municipality. Simmel was a member of the German People's Party during the Weimar Republic . Until 1924 he was a member of the Brieg district council . He moved to the Second World War as a refugee in the American zone of occupation and settled in 1945 in Kronach to the bar down. From 1948 he was deputy mayor of Kronach. In 1949 he founded Kronacher Wohnungsbau GmbH, whose supervisory board he chaired for many years. Since 1947 he has been a leader in the movement for expellees in Bavaria. He joined the All-German Bloc / Federation of Expellees and Disenfranchised and was elected to the board of directors of the Bavarian BHE regional association in July 1950. He was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1950 to 1958, where he was initially deputy chairman from 1950 to 1953 and then chairman of the GB / BHE parliamentary group in 1953/54. From December 14, 1954 to December 11, 1962, he was State Secretary in the State Ministry of Agriculture and Forests in the governments of the Free State of Bavaria led by Prime Ministers Wilhelm Hoegner , Hanns Seidel and Hans Ehard .
Honors
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , Great Cross of Merit (1956)
- Bavarian Order of Merit (1959)
- Bavarian State Medal in Gold (1962)
- Star for the Great Federal Cross of Merit (1966)
See also
Web links
- Erich Simmel in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 82/186
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simmel, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and politician (DVP, GB / BHE), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1974 |
| Place of death | Kronach |