Heinrich Strunk
Heinrich Strunk (born April 12, 1883 in Essen ; † March 5, 1952 ) was a Christian-social German politician who initially belonged to the Center Party and later to the CDU , of which he was a co-founder.
Live and act
Heinrich Strunk was born the son of a worker, attended elementary school and did an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic at Friedrich Krupp AG , where he got a job. In 1902 he became a member of the Christian Metalworkers Association and in 1908 in the cartel of Christian trade unions. From 1923 to 1926 Strunk was a board member of the welfare association. He was appointed director of Deutsche Volksbank AG Essen in 1926 and removed from office in 1933 by the National Socialists. In 1939 the office of administrative director of the community association of the catholic parishes and as head of the church tax office in Essen followed.
As a member of the Center Party, Strunk was a city councilor from 1919 to 1933 and from November 25, 1925 a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Rhine Province . Membership in the Prussian Landtag existed from 1920 to 1933.
Strunk belonged to the Essen circle around Gustav Heinemann , who advocated non-denominational party formation. Strunk admitted himself as an advocate of Christian socialism. Since January 1946 he was a co-founder and first chairman of the CDU in Essen. He was also a member of the central citizens' committee appointed in 1945, the council of the city of Essen appointed by the military government in 1946 and the elected council from October 13, 1946. Strunk took over the chairmanship of the parliamentary group. In addition, there are memberships in the zone advisory board of the British-occupied zone and then the Frankfurt Economic Council . In addition, Heinrich Strunk was a member of the appointed state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1946 to 1947 .
In addition, Strunk was a member of the supervisory board of the non-profit housing cooperative Essen-Nord, the Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , from which the Essener Verkehrs-AG emerged in 1954 , and the Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft .
Heinrich Strunk was buried in the terrace cemetery in Essen-Schönebeck .
Honors
A memorial stone was set in honor of Heinrich Hirtsiefer , Christian Kloft and Heinrich Strunk in 1964 on Hedwig-Dransfeld-Platz in Essen-Altendorf to honor the work of these three central politicians and trade unionists. A plaque on the stone bears the inscription: In honor of the Altendorf citizens / Dr. Heinrich Hirtsiefer / Christian Kloft / Heinrich Strunk .
In 1956 in Essen-Altendorf, Heinrich-Strunk-Strasse was named after him in recognition of his decades of successful work as a local politician in the Essen area .
literature
- Alfred Kalis: Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the Catholic workers' movement St. Mary's Assumption . Essen 1964. Sete 16ff.
- Hanns Schold: Heinrich Strunk no longer works . Ed .: Essener Tageblatt. Essen March 6, 1952.
- Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 , p. 152 .
Web links
Heinrich Strunk at the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
Individual evidence
- ^ Rolf Badstübner: Clash. Decision year 1947 (PDF; 607 kB)
- ↑ List of selected memorials in the diocese of Essen. In: Vera Bücker, Bernhard Nadorf, Markus Potthoff: Nikolaus Groß, workers leader, religious witness, resistance fighter. “How should we stand before God and our people?” Political and social Catholicism in the Ruhr area 1927–1949 . Lit, Münster, 2nd edition 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5680-1 , pp. 345–362, here p. 356.
- ^ Erwin Dickhoff: Essener streets . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 , p. 335, 336 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strunk, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (center, CDU), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1952 |
| Place of death | eat |