Josef Lang (politician, 1897)

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Josef Lang (born August 24, 1897 in Kochertürn ; † June 26, 1965 in Neuenstadt am Kocher ) was a German farmer and politician ( CDU ).

Life

Lang, who worked as a farmer, joined the CDU after the Second World War and temporarily served as mayor of the Kochertürn community. On January 30, 1952, he replaced the late MP Karl Vogt in the Heilbronn constituency in the state parliament of Württemberg-Baden, to which he belonged until the end of the legislative period. From 1952 to 1960 he was a member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament for the Heilbronn-Land I constituency .

Honors

  • 1952: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Josef-Lang-Strasse in Neuenstadt am Kocher