Friedrich Wilhelm Hennes
Friedrich Wilhelm 'Willi' Hennes (born February 21, 1883 in Cologne , † January 23, 1966 in Wuppertal - Elberfeld ) was a German engineer and politician (ChrsV).
Live and act
Hennes attended elementary school from 1889 to 1893 and then the grammar school, which he left after the Obersekunda. He was then trained as an engineer at the royal engineering school. He then worked from 1904 to 1922 at the gas engine factory in Cologne-Deutz (later the Deutz engine factory) as a travel engineer, first designer and chief engineer. For this plant he also worked temporarily abroad, including in North America. During the First World War , Hennes constructed machines for the army and the navy.
As a presbyter, Hennes belonged to the Reformed community of Elberfeld. He volunteered at the Blue Cross in Cologne: in 1903 he took over the direction of the Blue Cross Choir in Cologne, of which he was a member of the board until 1929. From 1925 he worked for the Evangelical Society for Germany's writings mission (Light and Life). He was also the editor of the magazine Singet dem Herr and a member of the constituent church assembly of the Prussian Evangelical Church.
After the war, Hennes began to get involved politically in the Christian Social People's Service (ChrsV). In the general election of September 1930 as the candidate of Hennes was ChrsV for the constituency 20 (Dusseldorf East) in the Reichstag voted, which he belonged to the election of July 1,932th Since 1930 he was also a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Rhine Province .
From 1939 to 1962 Hennes served as chairman of the Evangelical Singers' Association and was also a member of the Evangelical Gnadauer Community Association. He was also a member of the EKD Synod and from 1952 to 1957 a member of the Diaconal Advisory Board of the EKD.
Fonts
- From a Life of Joy , 1957
Web links
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hennes in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gottfried Abrath: Subject and Milieu in the Nazi State , 1994, p. 63.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hennes, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hennes, Willi (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and politician (ChrsV), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1966 |
| Place of death | Wuppertal - Elberfeld |