Hans-Jürgen Augstein

Hans-Jürgen Augstein (born January 16, 1925 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † October 7, 2001 in Essen ) was a German politician ( SPD ). From December 13, 1972 to November 4, 1980, he was a member of the German Bundestag for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for two terms .

After graduating from high school, Augstein worked in the fruit trade and mining. He studied law in Cologne. From 1938 to 1948 he lived as an emigrant in Belgium. After returning to Germany in 1949 he became a member of the SPD. From 1959 to 1962 he was legal advisor in Solingen. From 1962 to 1972 he was city director of Hattingen . Augstein was in the seventh and eighth legislative period, from December 13, 1972 to November 4, 1980, a member of the German Bundestag. He was always directly elected in the constituency Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis . From 1972 to 1974 he was a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and since 1973 a member of the Petitions Committee. From June 1974 to June 1975 he was on the Finance Committee and then until the end of the seventh electoral term in the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs. In the eighth term he was a member of the Budget Committee. From 1980 to 1986 Augstein held the office of City Director of Hattingen again. As the "father of modern Hattingen", Augstein made a significant contribution to the fact that the old town of Hattingen was not demolished but renovated.

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 24 restricted preview in the Google book search.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sabine Weidemann: Hattingen im Wikipedia-Check , Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , January 15, 2016
2. ↑ Roland Römer: A look into the history of Hattinger old town renovation , lokalkompass.de, July 18, 2013