Gustav Schwantz
Gustav Schwantz (born September 30, 1888 in Repplin , district of Pyritz , † January 9, 1964 in Schwerin ) was an SED functionary and local politician. From 1953 to 1961 he was Lord Mayor of Schwerin.
Life
The son of a farm laborer was appointed elementary school teacher in 1908 after attending elementary school and a preparation institute . In 1934 he was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment “for violating the cooperative law”, after which he was a leaseholder of a farm.
Gustav Schwantz joined the SPD after the Second World War and became mayor of Demmin . In February 1946 he became district administrator of the Demmin district and in the same year a member of the SED. In 1950/51 he was district administrator of the Pasewalk-Ueckermünde district and from 1951 to 1953 chairman of the council of the Schwerin-Land district . From October 1953 to September 1961 he was - as the successor to Johanna Blecha - Lord Mayor of Schwerin and then retired at the age of 73. Schwantz was also a member of the SED district leadership in Schwerin. From 1961 he was honorary chairman of the district committee of the National Front in Schwerin and chairman of the district peace council.
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1955) and in silver (1958)
literature
- Schwantz, Gustav . In: Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons . Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-282-9 , p. 401.
- Andreas Herbst : Schwantz, Gustav . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature about Gustav Schwantz in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Gustav Schwantz in the state bibliography MV
Otto Weltzien (1919–1926) | Joachim Saschenbrecker (1926–1933) | Ernst Wempe (1933–1937) | Wilhelm Timmermann (1937–1940) | Ernst Barten (1940–1942, acting) | Richard Crull (1942–1945) | Jürgen Berlin (1945) | Heinz Maus (1945) | Erich Wiesner (1945) | Christoph Seitz (1945–1949) | Johanna Blecha (1950–1953) | Gustav Schwantz (1953–1961) | Günther Braun (1961–1969) | Franz Schönbeck (1969–1971) | Horst Pietsch (1971–1977) | Frank Grimm (1977–1984) | Helmut Oder (1984–1990) | Johannes Kwaschik (1990–2002) | Norbert Claussen (2002-2008) | Wolfram Friedersdorff (2008, managing director) | Angelika Gramkow (2008–2016) | Rico Badenschier (since 2016)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwantz, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SED functionary, Lord Mayor of Schwerin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Repplin (district of Pyritz) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1964 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |