Friedrich Vetters

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Friedrich Vetters (born August 6, 1861 in Zschieren , † March 9, 1932 in Gießen ) was a Hessian politician ( SPD Hessen ) and a former member of the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic .

Life

Friedrich Vetters was the son of the manual worker Friedrich Samuel Vetters and his wife Wilhelmine Ernestine nee Vötgentreft. Friedrich Vetters, who was a Protestant denomination, married Elise nee Walter. After attending primary school, he worked as a carpenter. He had been a union member since 1888 and took part in the Brunswick carpenter's congress in 1888. He was one of the reformists among the Frankfurt trade union leaders. From 1889 he was a board member of the carpenter's trade association in Frankfurt am Main and from 1900 in Gießen. In 1889 he was a co-founder of the Committee for Popular Lectures. From the beginning of the 1890s he was chairman of the agitation commission of the carpenters and woodworkers' association for Hesse and Hesse-Nassau .

From 1899 to 1900 he was an employee of the OKK in Frankfurt am Main. From April 1900 to August 1906 he was editor of the Central German Sunday newspaper in Gießen and from September 1906 to 1927 editor of the Oberhessische Volkszeitung in Gießen. In 1927 he retired.

politics

Friedrich Vetters was a board member of the SPD in Frankfurt am Main from 1890–1891, 1894–1895 and 1896–1897. In 1914 he was a board member of the SPD in Gießen, where he had been a city councilor since 1910. From 1919 to 1921 he was a member of the Hessian state parliament.

In the Reichstag elections in 1893, 1898 and 1903, he ran in the Reichstag constituency Wiesbaden 3 (St. Goarshausen - Unterwesterwald - Unterlahnkreis - Westerburg). In 1907 he ran in the constituency Wiesbaden 3 (St. Goarshausen - Unterwesterwald - Unterlahnkreis - Westerburg), 1912 in the constituency Hesse 3 (Alsfeld - Lauterbach - Schotten) and 1920 in the constituency 22 (Hessen-Darmstadt). All candidates for the Reichstag were unsuccessful.

During the November Revolution , Friedrich Vetters was a member of the workers' council and was the main speaker on November 13, 1918 at the Brandplatz in Gießen.

Other offices

From 1892 to 1898 he was an assessor at the trade court. From 1901 he was a member and from 1908 to 1932 chairman of the supervisory board of the Gießen consumer association.

literature

  • Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 257.
  • Gerhard Beier : Labor movement in Hessen. On the history of the Hessian labor movement through one hundred and fifty years (1834–1984). Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-458-14213-4 , pp. 589-590.
  • Robert Michels , A syndicalist undercurrent in German socialism (1903–1907), in: Festschrift for Carl Grünberg . For the 70th birthday . Leipzig 1932, pp. 343-364, footnote 38.

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personal data
SURNAME Vetters, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the State Parliament of Hessen
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Zschieren
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1932
Place of death to water