Hermann Weidemann (politician)

Hermann Karl Otto Weidemann (born September 7, 1887 in Ribnitz , † July 26, 1961 in Hofgeismar ) was a Hessian politician ( SPD ) and a member of the Hessian state parliament .

After primary school, Hermann Weidemann worked as a printer. From 1905 he was a member of the SPD and the Association of German Book Printers . In 1919 he worked as an editor for the Hofgeismarer Zeitung . From 1919 to 1933 he was a city councilor, alderman and member of the district council for the SPD. From 1928 to 1933 member of the Kassel Municipal Parliament and the Provincial Parliament of the Hesse-Nassau Province .

On May 2, 1933 and July 20, 1944 he was arrested and held in Sachsenhausen concentration camp .

The US occupation forces appointed him acting mayor of the city of Hofgeismar on April 24, 1945 , whose office he held until 1948. Between July 15, 1946 and November 30, 1946, Weidemann was a member of the state assembly of Greater Hesse that advised the constitution and from December 1, 1946 to November 30, 1954, a member of the Hessian state parliament.

Weidemann had been married to Ida Moll since 1909 and had four daughters. His daughter Lotti had to work as a worker in an armaments factory and died in an Allied bombing raid on Kassel.

literature

Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 .

Web links

Weidemann, Hermann Karl Otto. Hessian biography. (As of July 26, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

^ Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 403.
^ Jochen Lengemann : The Hesse Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 424 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).

personal data
SURNAME	Weidemann, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Weidemann, Hermann Karl Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	September 7, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ribnitz
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1961
Place of death	Hofgeismar

[1] Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 403.

[2] Jochen Lengemann : The Hesse Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 424 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).