Heinrich Hartwig

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Heinrich Hartwig

Heinrich Hartwig (born July 4, 1875 in Opole ; † June 4, 1945 there ) was a German politician (center).

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After attending elementary school in Opole, Hartwig learned his father's trade as the son of a long-established master cutler. Later he was part of the military before he went to Dresden , Hamburg , Frankfurt am Main , Nuremberg , Vienna and Budapest for further training .

In 1903 Hartwig settled in Opole, where he founded the Hartwig brothers (steel goods), of which he later became the sole owner. From 1914 to 1918 Hartwig took part in the First World War as a member of the Secret Field Police .

In 1924 Hartwig became chairman of the Catholic commercial association in Opole. He was also a board member of the Upper Silesian Gau in the Catholic Commercial Association of Germany and chairman of the journeyman's examination committee at the Opole Chamber of Crafts.

From May 1928 to July 1932, Hartwig was a member of the Catholic Center Party in the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic .

Hartwig died in Polish captivity shortly after the end of the war in 1945.

Today, among other things, a street named after him in Neumünster (Heinrich-Hartwig-Straße) commemorates his life and work.

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