Georg Schenk

This article deals with the politician Georg Schenk. For the nobleman and officer, see Georg Eberhard Schenk von Limpurg-Speckfeld .

Georg Schenk (born June 25, 1901 in Lechbruck , † March 15, 1992 in Burghausen ) was a German politician ( SPD ). From 1947 to 1953 he was a representative of the trade unions in the Bavarian Senate . From 1948 to 1966 he was the first mayor of Burghausen.

Career

Schenk grew up in the Allgäu and was already making a living in agriculture as a boy. In 1915 he came to Augsburg and began a four-year apprenticeship as a building fitter . At the same time, he attended technical school and continued his education in evening classes. After the journeyman's examination , he initially stayed in Augsburg. In November 1920 he moved to Burghausen and started working as a fitter in the Dr.-Alexander-Wacker-Werke . Schenk, who had been a member of the German Metal Workers 'Association since 1917 , was elected chairman of the chemical works' works council in 1928. After the National Socialists came to power, he was dismissed. In the following years he was taken into " protective custody " several times and finally interned on December 20, 1935 in the Dachau concentration camp for 15 months. He only received rehabilitation after the end of the war. In 1945 he returned to the service of Wacker-Werke and was re-elected chairman when the works council was first elected.

Political career

Seven years after joining the German Metal Workers' Association, Schenk became a member of the SPD in 1924 and shortly afterwards also the local chairman of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold . After his rehabilitation he was elected in the first local elections after the end of the Second World War in 1946 to the Burghausen City Council, the district council of the Altötting district and second mayor of the city of Burghausen. Two years later he moved to the head of the city administration and remained first mayor until 1966. When the Bavarian Senate was founded, Schenk was appointed a senator as a representative of the trade unions through his membership in the Chemical, Paper and Ceramics IG . He was a member of the Chamber until December 31, 1953. It was only from the beginning of the 1970s that he retired from his public offices. In 1972, after 26 years of membership, he no longer ran for a mandate in the Burghausen city council, and in 1982 he finally gave up his district council mandate.

Awards

In 1972 Schenk was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class for his social commitment . In his hometown of Burghausen, the senior workers' welfare center is named after him.