Heinrich Lange (politician, 1861)

Wilhelm Heinrich Lange (* 23. April 1861 in Copenhagen , Kingdom of Hanover ; † 9. October 1939 in Leipzig ) was a Social Democratic politician, Saxon Landtag and District Chief in Leipzig.

Life

After attending elementary school and an apprenticeship as a wood turner , Lange went on a wandering tour . Since the end of the 1890s he worked as a warehouse keeper in the consumer association Leipzig-Plagwitz .

Lange became a member of the SPD and led the party organization in Leipzig from 1897 to 1898. From 1895 to 1916 he was a city councilor for the SPD and from 1916 to 1919 an unpaid city councilor in Leipzig.

From 1909 to 1918 Lange represented the 4th Leipzig constituency in the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament . In 1919/20 he was a member of the Saxon People's Chamber , but resigned his mandate on February 8, 1920 due to excessive work, as he had been appointed district chief of the Leipzig district chief on October 1, 1919 . He held this office until June 30, 1924, when he received a waiting allowance and retired in 1926. Nothing is known about his life until his death in 1939.

literature

Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder : Saxon parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , pp. 416-417.

Web links

Literature by and about Heinrich Lange in the catalog of the German National Library
Biography of Heinrich Lange (politician, 1861) . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)

Remarks

↑ Continuation of the list of holders of the highest and highest Saxon state offices for the period from 1831 to the present . In: Calendar for the Saxon state official to the year 1932 . Dresden 1932, p. 191.
↑ No mention in: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdL Das Ende der Parliaments 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic during the National Socialist era: Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945. A biographical index . Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995.

personal data
SURNAME	Lange, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lange, Wilhelm Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saxon MP
DATE OF BIRTH	April 23, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hagen
DATE OF DEATH	October 9, 1939
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Continuation of the list of holders of the highest and highest Saxon state offices for the period from 1831 to the present . In: Calendar for the Saxon state official to the year 1932 . Dresden 1932, p. 191.

[2] No mention in: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdL Das Ende der Parliaments 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic during the National Socialist era: Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945. A biographical index . Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995.