Joseph Schilgen

Joseph Schilgen (born April 24, 1887 in Emsdetten ; † August 11, 1955 there ) was a German politician ( center ).

After attending primary school in Emsdetten from 1893 to 1896, Schilgen was trained at the Jesuit college Feldkirch in Vorarlberg until 1900 . Between 1905 and 1907 he completed a commercial apprenticeship in his parents' business, the jute spinning and weaving mill J. Schilgen in Emsdetten. In order to deepen his practical knowledge of the spinning trade, Schilgen traveled to Dundee , Scotland , in 1909 , where he further expanded his skills in a local textile factory. After his return to Germany he studied from 1909 to 1911 at the commercial college in Cologne and at the commercial college in Munich . In 1912 he married.

In November 1919, Schilgen entered the Weimar National Assembly as a replacement for the resigned Karl Matthias Schiffer , to which he was a member until the meeting of the first Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in June 1920 as a representative of constituency 17 (Münster-Minden).

Schilgen then devoted himself to his activity as a textile manufacturer for decades. In 1955 he was able to celebrate his 50th professional anniversary.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chronicle in: The time of June 9, 1955.