Hans-Carl Rüdel

Hans-Carl Rüdel (born May 2, 1906 in Kiel ; † June 27, 1976 there ) was a German politician ( CDU ).

Life

During his studies in Kiel in 1928 he became a member of the Krusenrotter fraternity . In 1936, Hans-Carl Rüdel took over the farm pharmacy in Kiel from his father. He was the fourth generation to run the pharmacy. After the pharmacy was also destroyed in the Second World War , Rüdel rebuilt it in 1949/1950 after returning from French captivity in 1946. From 1948 to 1953 Hans-Carl Rüdel was President of the Schleswig-Holstein State Chamber of Pharmacies. In 1967 he passed the business on to his son Hans-Jochen Rüdel.

Rüdel (left) on board Prince Philip's British sailing yacht Bloodhound in Kiel in 1966

Rüdel attracted attention in 1967 as chairman of the Kiel Yacht Club when he wrote a letter to Karl Carstens (then State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense) in the dispute over whether the sailing competitions of the 1972 Olympic Games should be in Travemünde or Kiel , in which he claimed, Travemünde is unsuitable because of the close border with the GDR .

Rüdel worked as a Danish consul for many years.

politics

The pharmacist Rüdel was a member of the German Bundestag in the third electoral term . He ran in 1957 in the constituency of Kiel , which he was able to win with 50% of the first votes . Rüdel was a member of the Kiel Council from 1951 to 1957 and from 1960 to 1970. From 1951 to 1955 and 1959 to 1962 he was deputy chairman there. Between June and November 1959 he was the city president of Kiel.

Honors

1960 Freiherr-vom-Stein commemorative medal from Schleswig-Holstein
1971 Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1974 Dannebrogorden
1976 Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , pp. 214-215.
Martin Schumacher: MdB People's Representation in Reconstruction 1946-1961. Bundestag candidates and members of the western zonal pre-parliaments. A biographical documentation , Düsseldorf, Droste 2000, p. 348 ISBN 3-7700-5224-2

Web links

Handbook of the German Bundestag, Material No. 127 of the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag from April 1998 , p. 181, ISSN 0344-9130 (PDF; 1.20 MB)
Christa Geckeler, Kiel City Archives: biography at www.kiel.de

Individual evidence

↑ Strong current . In: Der Spiegel . No. 12 , 1967, p. 93 ( Online - Mar. 13, 1967 ).

personal data
SURNAME	Rüdel, Hans-Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	May 2, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiel
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1976
Place of death	Kiel

[1] Strong current . In: Der Spiegel . No. 12 , 1967, p. 93 ( Online - Mar. 13, 1967 ).