Friedrich Rütten

Friedrich Rütten (born March 10, 1885 in Meiderich ; † after 1933) was a German trade unionist and politician ( center ).

Life

After graduating from primary school in 1899, Rütten worked as a miner in the coal industry . He was involved in trade unions and since 1911 was the district manager of the union of Christian miners in Germany in the central German mining area. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a soldier . During the war he was deployed on the western and eastern fronts, seriously wounded in 1918 and awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

Rütten worked from 1919 to 1932 as an editor for the magazine Der Bergknappe , was active in the trade union press and wrote socio-political publications. In 1932 he became district manager of the trade union of Christian miners in Germany for Westphalia, based in Gelsenkirchen . In addition, he was a member of the Reich Coal Council , a member of the mine safety commission for the Dortmund Oberbergamtsgebiet , a member of the administrative committee for the mining vocational schools in the Dortmund Oberbergamtsviertel, a board member of the Bochum mining school and a member of the advisory board of the Hibernia colliery in Gelsenkirchen.

Rütten belonged to the Center Party and was a member of the Prussian state parliament from 1932 to 1933 .

literature

• Ernst Kienast (Ed.): Handbook for the Prussian Landtag , edition for the 5th electoral period, Berlin 1933, p. 376/377.