Hans Hege (farmer)
Hans Hege (born February 2, 1885 in Löwenstein - Breitenau ; † January 2, 1983 in Waldenburg -Hohebuch) was a German farmer and plant breeder.
Live and act
Hege was the son of a large Mennonite family . After the early death of his father Christian Hege in 1907, he took over the leased Breitenauer Hof as a young man . In 1914 he had to cancel the lease for financial reasons.
On the Hohebuch domain , which he leased in 1918, he founded a plant seed breeding facility. With Fritz Strempfer he founded the Hohenlohe Farmers School.
After the end of the Second World War he was the founder of the Evangelical Farmers' Union in Württemberg and in 1946, as a representative of the farmers, he was a member of the Provisional People's Representation for Württemberg-Baden . From 1950 to 1966 he was chairman of the Association of South German Sugar Beet Growers . From 1951 he was also chairman of the supervisory board of Süddeutsche Zucker-AG .
family
In 1913 he married his wife Julie, b. Barth, the daughter of the Willsbach farmer and MP Albert Barth . From this marriage the son Albrecht Hege (1917-2017, Protestant prelate), the daughter Charlotte Hofmann-Hege (1920-2012, writer) and the son Hans-Ulrich Hege (* 1928, farmer, plant breeder and mechanical engineer) emerged. Two other sons died in World War II .
Honors
- 1950: Honorary doctorate from the Hohenheim Agricultural University
- 1952: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1960: Large Federal Cross of Merit
- 1966: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1981: Max Eyth medal in silver
literature
- Rural Heimvolkshochschule / Evangelische Bauernschule Hohebuch (Ed.): Hans Hege, February 2, 1885 - January 2, 1983, in memory, Hohebuch, May 1983
- Charlotte Hofmann-Hege: A golden trace. Memories of my father. Verlag Ernst Kaufmann, Lahr 2006, ISBN 3-7806-3030-3
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data after entry of Hans Hege in the personal database of the state bibliography of Baden-Württemberg and after Charlotte Hofmann-Hege: A golden trace (see literature)
- ↑ ib: Prelate Dr. Hege introduces himself to his district . In: Heilbronner Voice , September 26, 1959
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hege, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German farmer and politician, MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Löwenstein - Breitenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd January 1983 |
| Place of death | Waldenburg -Hohebuch |