Fritz Hoch

Fritz high (* 21st October 1896 in Zurich ; † 20th October 1984 in Kassel ) was a German politician of the SPD .

Life and work

Fritz Hoch was the son of the SPD member of the Reichstag, Gustav Hoch . After graduating from high school in Hanau , Hoch studied law in Marburg , Würzburg and Frankfurt am Main . After the first state examination, he received his doctorate in law in 1923. In 1926 he entered the Prussian civil service and was a councilor in the Ministry of the Interior. After the Prussian strike in 1932, he lost this position and moved to the Upper Presidium of Kurhessen in Kassel, where he was initially responsible for municipal law issues until 1945 and later for savings bank matters and water law. In 1945, the American occupation forces appointed him as high president of Kurhessen. After the formation of administrative districts in the new state of Hesse , he became regional president in the administrative district of Kassel and held this office until his retirement in 1961. He then became chairman of the board of directors of the Hessischer Rundfunk .

Fritz Hoch was buried in the main cemetery in Hanau .

politics

Hoch had been a member of the SPD since 1919. In 1946 he was a member of the commission for the preparation of the Hessian constitution. 1948 he was appointed to the Hessian cabinet commission for the preparation of the administrative reform. He was a member of the Parliamentary Council in 1948/49 .

Honors

In addition to the Grand Cross of the Federal Cross of Merit , Hoch is also awarded the Freiherr vom Stein plaque , the Wilhelm Leuschner medal and the plaque of honor of the city of Kassel. In 1952 the Philipps University of Marburg appointed him an honorary senator .

literature

W.-A. Nagel-Stiftung, Hanauer Geschichtsverein u. Magistrate of the City of Hanau (Ed.): Buried - but not forgotten. Well-known personalities at Hanau cemeteries. 2008, p. 96f.

Web links

Entry on Fritz Hoch in the archive of social democracy (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)
Biography at the University of Marburg
Up, Fritz. Hessian biography. (As of February 16, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ W.-A. Nagel-Stiftung u. a .: Buried .
^ Hessian state government: In the service of democracy-Wilhelm Leuschner medal 1965–2011, 2011, p. 66.

personal data
SURNAME	Up, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	20th October 1984
Place of death	kassel

[1] W.-A. Nagel-Stiftung u. a .: Buried .

[2] Hessian state government: In the service of democracy-Wilhelm Leuschner medal 1965–2011, 2011, p. 66.