Johannes van den Kerkhoff

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Johannes van den Kerkhoff

Johannes van den Kerkhoff (born September 22, 1876 in Odenkirchen , † April 21, 1945 in Freudenstadt ) was a German politician (DNVP).

Kerkhoff attended elementary school in Krefeld from 1882 to 1890 . After that he received private lessons. He later became head of the Krone AG iron and steel works in Velbert in the Rhineland. He later became a member of the main committee of the RdI .

In 1919 Kerkhoff joined the German National People's Party (DNVP). For this, he was in the Reichstag elections of June 1920 in the Reichstag voted, which it up to the elections of May 1924 belonged. In the Reichstag, Kerkhoff was the driving force behind the rail connection between Velbert and Kettwig . On May 12, 1922, a corresponding application for the provision of the necessary funds was accepted in the Reichstag.

literature

  • Dieter Klemp: Velbert bridge stories . Scala Verlag, Velbert 2011, p. 27.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max von Stockhausen: Six years Reich Chancellery. From Rapallo to Locarno , 1954, p. 79.