Hermann Imbusch

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Hermann Imbusch (born May 10, 1877 in Osterfeld , † December 7, 1914 on the Eastern Front ) was a German trade union official and center party politician .

Origin and education

Hermann Imbusch was born as the son of the day laborer Johann Heinrich Imbusch and his wife Gertrud. Born Brüner. His younger brother was the future union leader, member of the Reichstag and chairman of the German trade union federation , Heinrich Imbusch . Because of the same first letter of their first names, the brothers were later confused again and again in public. In 1881 the family moved to Frintrop (since 1915 part of Essen ) on the Brüner'schen Kotten . While attending primary school , religious instruction by the pastor of St. Josef , Peter Schlenter (1846–1908), had a formative influence on the Imbusch brothers.

Union and politics

After finishing school, Imbusch worked underground until 1904 , joined the Christian Miners' Union in 1897 with his brother Heinrich , took over its pay office in Frintrop in 1903 and became a legal protection expert as secretary in its main office in Essen in 1904 . As early as 1903 he had taken part in a training course at the central office of the People's Association for Catholic Germany in Mönchengladbach , which was directed by Heinrich Brauns , who he knew from his time as vicar in Borbeck . In the years that followed, Imbusch and his brother also advised foreign miners' associations on union issues.

MP

Since 1903 the Imbusch brothers have been involved in the municipal council elections in Borbeck; In 1907 Hermann was elected for the Catholic Center Party and was a member of the municipal council until 1909. In May 1908 he was elected to the Prussian House of Representatives, to which he belonged until his death in 1914, for the constituency administrative district Aachen 2 (Eupen as well as the city and district Aachen ) as the successor to Viktor Rintelen . Nevertheless, he was listed as a member in the printed matter until 1917.

Hermann Imbusch died as a soldier on the Eastern Front of the First World War .

literature

  • Heinrich Imbusch : The Imbusch brothers. In: 25 Years of the Christian Trade Union Movement , 1899-1924. Festschrift, Christian trade union publisher Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1924, pp. 194–204.
  • Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 323, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 .
  • Andreas Koerner: Heinrich Imbusch. In: Borbecker Contributions, 8th JG, No. 1/1992 of the Kultur-Historisches Verein Borbeck from April 16, 1992 (see above).
  • Michael Schäfer: Heinrich Imbusch. Christian union leader and resistance fighter. Beck, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-406-34669-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinrich Imbusch: The Imbusch brothers. In: 25 years of the Christian trade union movement 1899 - 1924. Festschrift, Christian trade union publisher Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1924, p. 194.
  2. ↑ Johannes van Acken : Festschrift for the golden jubilation of the Catholic. Miners and workers' association St. Lambert zu Gladbeck iW , Gladbeck 1921, p. 18.
personal data
SURNAME Imbusch, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade union official and politician (center)
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterfeld
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1914