Heinrich Rieke

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Heinrich Rieke

Heinrich Rieke (born June 10, 1843 in Teichhütte , † July 21, 1922 in Braunschweig ) was a German social democratic politician and trade unionist.

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After attending primary school, Rieke did an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and stone carver and then went on a journeyman hike through Germany. He then worked as a bricklayer until 1877. In 1868 Rieke joined the ADAV and from 1872 belonged to the SDAP and later to the SPD . From 1873 to 1876 Rieke was President of the International Masons 'and Carpenters' Union, based in Braunschweig. From 1886 he was an independent master mason there. From 1878 to 1922 he was a city councilor and from 1903 to 1916 a member of the supervisory board of the consumer association in Braunschweig. In addition, Rieke was for many years chairman of the regional Social Democratic Party organization and companies supporting the party Druckerei H. Rieke & Co . In 1903, 1907 and 1912 he ran in vain for the Reichstag . From 1918 to 1920 Rieke was a member of the Braunschweig State Parliament . In 1920 he became a member of the Reichstag and served as senior president until his death .

literature

  • Wilhelm Heinz Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1867-1933. Biographies, chronicles, election documentation. A handbook (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 7). Droste, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-7700-5192-0 , p. 677.
  • Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Heinrich Rieke . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
personal data
SURNAME Rieke, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politicians (ADAV, SDAP, SPD), MdR and trade unionists
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Pond hut
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1922
Place of death Braunschweig