Fritz-Karl Bartnig

Fritz-Karl Bartnig (born April 10, 1926 in Dirschken , Militsch district , † April 26, 1988 ) was a German politician ( CDU ). He was chairman of the CDU's Leipzig district committee .

Life

Bartnig, son of a farmer , attended elementary and middle school . He then completed an agricultural training course in 1942/43. On April 20, 1944, he joined the NSDAP in Dirschken ( membership number 10.064.130). Bartnig was called up for military service.

After the war ended in 1945, he initially worked as a farm worker in the Goslar district . Bartnig moved to the Soviet Zone and joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) there in 1946. In 1946 he started teaching as a new teacher . From 1948 to 1952 he headed the primary school in Flößberg (Saxony), from 1953 to 1958 he was director of the primary school in Eula , Borna district.

From 1952 to 1953 Bartnig was chairman of the Schmölln district association of the CDU, and from 1953 to 1958 he was chairman of the Borna district association of the CDU. From July 1958 to March 1982 Bartnig was chairman of the Leipzig district association of the CDU. He resigned from the position of district chairman for health reasons. Bartnig was elected a successor candidate at the 9th party congress of the CDU in October 1958 and a member of the main board of the CDU in October 1968 at the 12th party congress. On March 17, 1987 he was appointed honorary member of the main board and member of the honorary council of the main board of the CDU at an event of the presidium of the CDU main board.

Bartnig belonged as a member of the county council Leipzig and was a member of the District Committee of the National Front and Deputy District Chairman of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship . He died at the age of 62 and was buried in Leipzig's southern cemetery.

Awards

Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1956) and silver (1970)
Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal (1959)
Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
Honorary degree teacher (1964)
Pestalozzi medal for faithful service in bronze, silver and gold
Otto Nuschke Decoration of Honor in bronze, silver and gold (1972)
Medal of Honor of the National Front (1986)

literature

Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography. Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 24.
Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who. Part II. Arani-Verlag, Berlin-Grunewald 1965, p. 12.
Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 26.
Olaf Kappelt : Brown Book GDR. Nazis in the GDR. 2nd Edition. Berlin historica, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-939929-12-3 , p. 261.

Individual evidence

↑ The main board of the CDU . In: Neue Zeit , October 9, 1958, p. 2.
↑ The members of the main board . In: Neue Zeit , October 6, 1968, p. 3.
↑ Honorary members of the main board and members of the honorary council of the main board of the CDU . In: Neue Zeit , March 18, 1987, p. 2.
↑ Moving funeral service . In: Neue Zeit , May 6, 1988, p. 2.

personal data
SURNAME	Bartnig, Fritz-Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), CDU district chairman in Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dirschken , Militsch district
DATE OF DEATH	April 26, 1988

[1] The main board of the CDU . In: Neue Zeit , October 9, 1958, p. 2.

[2] The members of the main board . In: Neue Zeit , October 6, 1968, p. 3.

[3] Honorary members of the main board and members of the honorary council of the main board of the CDU . In: Neue Zeit , March 18, 1987, p. 2.

[4] Moving funeral service . In: Neue Zeit , May 6, 1988, p. 2.