Eugen Wirsching

Eugen Wirsching on an election poster for the 1949 federal election

Carl Eugen Wirsching (* 29. November 1891 in Ulm , † 22. October 1983 in Reutlingen ) was a German politician of the CDU .

Life and work

Wirsching was a trade union employee.

politics

After the Second World War, Wirsching was one of the founders of the CDU in Reutlingen. He had been a member of the Advisory State Assembly since 1946 and was elected to the State Parliament of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947 , to which he was a member until 1952. On July 8, 1947, he was appointed Minister of Labor in the government of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern led by President Lorenz Bock . After Bock's sudden death, he also belonged to the subsequent government headed by Prime Minister Gebhard Müller . After the DVP left the coalition, the business of the Ministry of Economics, previously headed by Eberhard Wildermuth , was initially continued by Ministerialdirigent Walther Mosthaf . In October 1949, Wirsching also took over the management of the vacant department. With the founding of the "Southwest State" of Baden-Württemberg on April 25, 1952, his term as minister ended. From 1952 to 1960 he was a member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament .

Honors

1956: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
1978: Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg

literature

Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 474 f .

Web links

Commons : Eugen Wirsching - collection of images, videos and audio files

Holdings N 1/2 of the Sigmaringen State Archives (estate of Eugen Wirsching)

personal data
SURNAME	Wirsching, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wirsching, Carl Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ulm
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1983
Place of death	Reutlingen