Friedrich Ringshausen

Friedrich Ringshausen (born June 28, 1880 in Nidda ; † February 17, 1941 in Darmstadt ) was a Gauleiter of the NSDAP .

Life

After attending the teachers' college in Friedberg from 1896 to 1899, he worked in the Hessian school service. In 1909 he was a teacher in Offenbach. In 1919 he became a member of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund .

In 1923 and again in 1925 after the party ban was lifted , he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 8.993). On March 1, 1927, he was appointed Gauleiter of the new Gau Hessen (Upper Hesse, Rheinhessen and Starkenburg). On January 9, 1931, he was given leave of absence from this activity.

As early as 1930 he was elected as a member of the Reichstag for constituency 33 (Hessen-Darmstadt).

In November 1935 he was a Reich speaker and was appointed Ministerialrat. He was also head of Department II of the Hessian State Ministry. In the SA he was promoted to Standartenführer in 1938 .

There is no reliable information about the circumstances of his death.

Individual evidence

↑ Uwe Lohalm: Völkischer Radikalismus: The history of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutz-Bund. 1919-1923 . Leibniz-Verlag, Hamburg 1970, p. 444. ISBN 3-87473-000-X .
^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 487.

literature

Karl Höffkes : Hitler's Political Generals. The Gauleiter of the 3rd Reich; a biographical reference work. Grabert-Verlag , Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-87847-163-7 .
Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).

Web links

Literature by and about Friedrich Ringshausen in the catalog of the German National Library
Friedrich Ringshausen in the database of members of the Reichstag
Personnel card

personal data
SURNAME	Ringshausen, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (NSDAP), MdR, Gauleiter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 28, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nidda
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1941
Place of death	Darmstadt

[1] Uwe Lohalm: Völkischer Radikalismus: The history of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutz-Bund. 1919-1923 . Leibniz-Verlag, Hamburg 1970, p. 444. ISBN 3-87473-000-X .

[2] Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 487.