Hermann Pünder (politician)

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Hermann Pünder, 1932

Hermann Josef Pünder (born April 1, 1888 in Trier ; † October 3, 1976 in Fulda ) was a German doctor of law, civil servant and politician at the center . He rose to state secretary and head of the Reich Chancellery under Reich Chancellors Marx (center), Müller (SPD) and Brüning (center). After 1945 he belonged to the CDU and was a member of the German Bundestag from 1949 to 1957. From November 1945 to May 1948 he was the mayor of Cologne appointed by the British . In 1947 he became chief director (= chairman of the administrative council) of the economic council of the Bizone and organized important preparatory work for the emergence of the Federal Republic.

family

Hermann Pünder was married to Magda, b. Statz; his wife was the sister of Leo Statz (1898–1943) and cousin of Erich Klausener . The four children Hermann, Adelheid, Winfried and Tilman came from the marriage . His grandson is the lawyer Hermann Pünder .

He was the brother of the economist and lecturer Marianne Pünder . His older brother was the lawyer Werner Pünder , whose son Reinhard Pünder was bishop of the Brazilian diocese of Coroatá .

The grave of Hermann and Magda Pünder is located in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (lit. J, between lit. C + D).

Live and act

Promotion to head of the Reich Chancellery

The Luther cabinet in the Old Reich Chancellery, Pünder is the senior official

After attending school in Bad Münstereifel , Pünder studied law in Freiburg , Berlin and London. He completed his studies in 1911 with a doctorate to become a Dr. jur. from. In 1919 he became a councilor in the Reich Ministry of Finance . Under the independent Chancellor Hans Luther, Pünder moved to the Reich Chancellery in 1925, initially with the rank of Ministerial Councilor, but with the official title of "Ministerial Director". Pünder then rose to state secretary and head of the Reich Chancellery - a post he held from 1926 to 1932 under Reich Chancellors Marx (center), Müller (SPD) and Brüning (center). He also taught part-time at the German University of Politics in Berlin, partly at the same time as Theodor Heuss, who also taught there .

Forced retirement since 1933

However , Pünder was not prepared to serve Brüning's successor, Franz von Papen . So he went from Berlin to the provinces and initially served as district president of Münster from 1932 to 1933, before the National Socialists ousted him from this position and sent him into retirement. From 1939 he served as a reserve officer, most recently as a major, on the staff of Military District Command VI in Münster.

Acquittal in the process at the People's Court

Cell prison Moabit, site plan 1896

After the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , he was arrested by the Secret State Police in Münster on July 21, 1944 and transferred to Berlin. There he was imprisoned for four months in the Lehrter Strasse cell prison and was interrogated for participating in the conspiracy against Hitler . A contact with Carl Friedrich Goerdeler , who was one of the main conspirators, made him suspicious .

It all came down to the defense in the process and the possibility of influencing relevant people, especially Roland Freisler . By threading a spectacular contact between Heinz Tietjen and Roland Freisler, the chairman of the People's Court, Marianne Pünder obtained her brother Hermann's acquittal in the process at the People's Court . However, it was only an acquittal for lack of evidence. The co-defendant Eugen Bolz was sentenced to death in the same proceedings.

Protective prisoner until May 1945

After the acquittal he was taken into protective custody and first locked up in the Ravensbrück concentration camp in a special cellar prison of the Drögen Security Police School . Towards the end of the war, the special prisoners were brought to the so-called Alpine fortress via Buchenwald , Schönberg , Dachau and ended up in Niederdorf in South Tyrol . There they were a brave before being shot by the SS guards rescue operation saved.

Post-war career

Politically unencumbered, Pünder was able to continue his political and administrative career shortly after the end of the Second World War, first as Lord Mayor of Cologne and then as Chief Director of the Administrative Council in the Economic Council of the United Economic Area ( Bizone ).

From 1947 to 1973 Pünder was chairman of the Central Cathedral Building Association in Cologne from 1842 .

Political party

During the Weimar Republic , Pünder was a member of the Center Party . In 1945, Pünder was one of the founders of the CDU in Westphalia . From October 15 to November 30, 1945 Pünder was first chairman of the CDP (later CDU) in Münster.

MP

In 1947 Pünder was elected as a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia after he had previously belonged to the appointed state parliament. In 1949 and 1953 he won a direct mandate for the German Bundestag in the Cologne II constituency , of which he was a member until 1957.

From 1949 to 1953 he was chairman of the Bundestag committee for ERP issues and from March 20, 1952 until the end of the first legislative period of the committee for local politics .

From July 16, 1952 to July 1, 1956 he was also a member of the European Parliament . At times he is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , where in 1957 he headed the Committee on Budgetary Questions and Intergovernmental Work Programs.

Public offices

On April 1, 1932, after the Prussian strike, Pünder was appointed district president of Münster as the successor to the dismissed Rudolf Amelunxen , but was put into temporary retirement by the National Socialists on July 1, 1933 . For a short time in 1933, he was also acting head president of the province of Westphalia . In 1934 Pünder was finally dismissed from civil service.

On November 20, 1945, Pünder was appointed Lord Mayor of Cologne by the British military government . He held this office until 1948. In 1947 he was appointed senior director (= chairman of the administrative board) of the economic council of the Bizone .

Honors

Grave (Melaten cemetery)

Publications

  • Politics in the Reich Chancellery. Records from 1929–1932. German publishing house, Stuttgart 1961.
  • From Prussia to Europe. Life memories. German publishing house, Stuttgart 1968.

literature

Web links

Commons : Hermann Pünder  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadt-koeln.de
  2. ^ Hermann Pünder: From Prussia to Europe. Life memories. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1968. 317–346.
  3. ↑ Historical Archives of the City of Cologne, A 188 ff. , Accessed on January 29, 2014
  4. ↑ See Rudolf Morsey : Hermann Pünder . In: Rheinische Lebensbilder. Volume 12, 1991, pp. 275-295.
  5. ^ Philipp Gatzka: Hermann Pünder . Shaker Verlag, Aachen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8440-4479-9 , p. 102 .
  6. ^ Philipp Gatzka: Hermann Pünder . Shaker Verlag, Aachen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8440-4479-9 , p. 609-613 .
  7. ^ Tilman Pünder: In the clutches of the Nazi state. State Secretary Dr. Hermann Pünder 1944/45 , Münster: Aschendorff 2018, p. 14
  8. ↑ Pünder, Hermann, Dr. Dr. hc In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Pabst to Pytlik] (=  KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 964 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 221 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).
  9. ^ Tilman Pünder: In the clutches of the Nazi state. State Secretary Dr. Hermann Pünder 1944/45 , Münster: Aschendorff 2018, p. 14
  10. ^ Tilman Pünder: In the clutches of the Nazi state. State Secretary Dr. Hermann Pünder 1944/45 Münster, Aschendorff 2018. pp. 46–54
  11. ^ Tilman Pünder: In the clutches of the Nazi state. State Secretary Dr. Hermann Pünder 1944/45 Münster, Aschendorff 2018. pp. 88–98
  12. ↑ Peter Koblank: The Liberation of Special Prisoners and Kinship Prisoners in South Tyrol. Online edition Myth Elser 2006.
  13. ↑ Carsten Krystofiak: Time travel: Eastern Front on the Canal - Research without end: The historian Christian Steinhagen knows everything about "The Brown Minster". In: Ultimo. No. 11/13, May 13, 2013 - May 26, 2013, p. 8 f.
  14. ↑ stadt-koeln.de
personal data
SURNAME Pünder, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pünder, Hermann Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (center, CDU), MdL, MdB, MdEP
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1976
Place of death Fulda