Gottfried Leonhard
Gottfried Leonhard (born March 14, 1895 in Nöttingen , Pforzheim district ; † October 7, 1983 in Pforzheim ) was a German CDU politician .
Life and work
After completing secondary school, Leonhard, who was a Protestant , completed an apprenticeship as a goldsmith . He was a soldier in the First World War . After the war he initially worked as a jewelry technician before setting up his own business as a jewelry manufacturer in Pforzheim in 1928.
His estate is archived in the Pforzheim City Archives.
Political party
In 1945 Leonhard was a co-founder of the CDU in Pforzheim and was temporarily the CDU district chairman there.
MP
After the Second World War , Leonhard was a member of the Pforzheim City Council. From 1946 to 1950 he was a member of the state parliament of Württemberg-Baden for constituency 24 (Pforzheim) .
Leonhard was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election from 1949 to 1965 and represented the Karlsruhe-Land constituency there as a directly elected member . From May 21, 1953 until the end of the first legislative period , he was deputy chairman of the Bundestag committee for postal and telecommunications. When he - like all members of the Bundestag - was sent his letter against § 175 StGB by the avowed homosexual Hans Bielefeld in 1950, he protested to him with the words "It is really sad that you have the courage to ... this To send font. (...) Has the reprehensible behavior actually never crossed your mind? "
Honors
- Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (June 28, 1961)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from LUST, issue 65, April / May 2001 , accessed on August 31, 2006.
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonhard, Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nöttingen , Pforzheim district |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1983 |
| Place of death | Pforzheim |