Fritz Linnert

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Fritz Linnert (born January 28, 1885 in Gunzenhausen , † October 27, 1949 in Nuremberg ) was a dentist and German politician of the FDP .

After studying dentistry at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg and the University of Strasbourg , he passed the state examination in 1905. In 1910, after working as an assistant in Germany and Switzerland for several years, he settled in Nuremberg .

Weimar Republic

Linnert, who originally came from Gunzenhausen, was a co-founder of the Bavarian Dentists ' Association in 1912 , and in 1923 he became first chairman of the German Dental Association and later president of the hygiene commission of the international dental organization FDI World Dental Federation . From 1931 to 1933 he was chairman of the Reichsvereinigung der Dentisten and from 1931 the first president of the Bavarian State Dental Association , he was also a member of the German Democratic Party (DDP). In 1933, the staunch democrat was removed from office.

Post-war Germany

After 1945 he was one of the founders of the FDP in Bavaria with Thomas Dehler , who was also from Franconia . Since 1946 he was a member of the Bavarian state parliament , most recently as parliamentary group chairman . Since the federal election in 1949 , he was a member of the German Bundestag until his death just a few months later . There he was chairman of the Committee on Healthcare Matters. After the war he became the first president of the Bavarian State Dental Association, which was reconstituted in 1946. The Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists, newly established on January 15, 1949, led Fritz Linnert as (provisional) chairman.

Honors

The Dr. Fritz Linnert Memorial Foundation of the Bavarian State Dental Association , established on November 18, 1949, is named after Linnert and supports Bavarian dentists in need and their relatives and survivors. A ring-shaped residential area street in Langwasser bears his name as does a 137 km long long-distance hiking trail from Nuremberg to Dinkelsbühl , the latter as a reminder that Linnert was also chairman of the Franconian Alb Association , an association of local hiking associations .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Isolde M. Th. Kohl, great liberal and professional politician , 60th anniversary of the death of Dr. Fritz Lindert, Bayerisches Zahnärzteblatt, 12/2009, pp. 20–21. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Social facilities of the BLZK. In: blzk.de. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .
  3. ^ Dr.-Linnert-Ring, Nuremberg. In: meinestadt.de. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .
  4. Dr.-Fritz-Linnert-Weg. (No longer available online.) In: vermessungsamt-freilassing.de. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016 ; accessed on January 13, 2016 .