Gerhard Lawin

Gerhard Lawin (born March 15, 1890 in Schlochau ; † May 28, 1960 in Lemgo ) was a German theologian and politician ( DVP ).

Life

After attending school in Marienburg , Lawin studied theology, law and history at the universities in Königsberg and Berlin . During his studies he became a member of the Alemannia Königsberg fraternity in 1909 and of the Allemannia Berlin fraternity in 1911 . He was first assistant preacher in Elbing and then worked as a pastor in Fischau . From 1924 to 1945 he took over a pastor's position in the evangelical community of Juditten - Königsberg-Stadt . From 1930 he was also consistorial councilor here.

Lawin was after the First World War, a member of the German People's Party (DVP) and sat in the referendum in the wake of the Versailles Treaty for further affiliation West Prussia , a the German Reich. He was active in local politics, became a city councilor in Königsberg and was elected chairman of the city council in 1926. From 1921 to 1924 he was a member of the Prussian state parliament .

After the Second World War , Lawin moved to West Germany and settled in Lemgo, where he took care of the needs of the displaced .

literature

Göttinger Arbeitskreis (Ed.): Yearbook of the Albertus University of Königsberg / Pr. Volume 12, Dikreiter Verlagsgesellschaft, 1962, p. 315. (According to source: MdL from 1922 to 1927)
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 3: I-L. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0865-0 , p. 256.

Individual evidence

↑ Dead in our homeland. (PDF; 9.3 MB) Consistorial Councilor Gerhard Lawin †. In: Das Ostpreußenblatt, Volume 11, Volume 24. Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen, June 11, 1960, p. 13 , accessed on April 11, 2015 .
^ Adolf Kempkes: Lawin, Gerhard. In: German structure. National liberal work of the German People's Party. , Staatspolitischer Verlag, 1927, p. 340.

personal data
SURNAME	Lawin, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian and politician (DVP), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schlochau
DATE OF DEATH	May 28, 1960
Place of death	Lemgo

[1] Dead in our homeland. (PDF; 9.3 MB) Consistorial Councilor Gerhard Lawin †. In: Das Ostpreußenblatt, Volume 11, Volume 24. Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen, June 11, 1960, p. 13 , accessed on April 11, 2015 .

[2] Adolf Kempkes: Lawin, Gerhard. In: German structure. National liberal work of the German People's Party. , Staatspolitischer Verlag, 1927, p. 340.