Joseph Wagenbach

Heinrich Joseph Wagenbach (born July 26, 1900 in Hundsangen ; † September 10, 1980 in Neuenhain , in Bad Soden am Taunus ) was a Hessian politician ( CDU ), member of the Hessian state parliament and district administrator in the district of Gießen (1945-1946) and district administrator of the Main-Taunus-Kreis (1946–1966).

education and profession

Heinrich Joseph Wagenbach, nickname Joseph, was the son of the mason foreman Joseph Wagenbach and his wife Margarethe. He is the father of Klaus Wagenbach . After graduating from high school in 1921, Joseph Wagenbach studied law and economics at the Hadamar high school at the Universities of Marburg, Freiburg, Münster and Gießen and graduated in 1924 with a degree in economics and in 1926 with a doctorate. phil off. From 1926 to 1933 he worked as Reich Managing Director of the Federation of German Soil Reformers , and from 1933 to 1945 at the Deutsche Bau- und Bodenbank in Berlin .

politics

Wagenbach was a founding member of the CDU in 1945. From June 1, 1945 to June 30, 1946 Wagenbach was district administrator in the district of Gießen , from July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1966 district administrator of the Main-Taunus district . From July 15, 1946 to November 30, 1946, he was a member of the state assembly that advised the constitution , and from January 7, 1947 to November 30, 1950, a member of the Hessian state parliament. In the state parliament he was chairman of the committee for food and agriculture.

Other offices

From 1946 to 1964, Joseph Wagenbach was the founder, president and later honorary president of the Hessian Savings Banks and Giro Association , and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Helaba and the German Savings Banks and Giro Association .

Honors

Wagenbach was honored with the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1963 . In 1977 he received the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal , the highest award in the State of Hesse. In 1950 he became an honorary citizen of Oberreifenberg and Niederreifenberg .

Joseph Wagenbach was involved in numerous social projects in the Holy Land . In 1959 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Canali and invested in the Papal Lay Order on September 26, 1959 in Fulda Cathedral by Lorenz Jaeger , Archbishop of Paderborn and Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . He was a member of the German Association of the Holy Land .

Works

First number of the first year of communications from the Josephsiedlung, Berlin-Tegel.

In addition to his academic and professional publications, Wagenbach also developed a local history literature with two pillars at the same time, the Westerwald and Berlin-Tegel.

• Hundsangen - home. Festschrift to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the existence of the parish church in Hundsangen. Self-published, "22. im Ernting (August) 1926", 55 pages.
• As editor: Joseph-Siedlung. Communications from January 1928.
• Hundsangen - home. Edited by the Hundsangen community. Self-published, "Christmas 1963 / New Year 1964", 234 pages.

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 , p. 416 ( 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 , p. 393.
• Otto Renkhoff: Nassau biography . 2nd Edition. Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-922244-90-4 , p. 838 .

Web links

• Wagenbach, Heinrich Joseph. Hessian biography. (As of July 12, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joseph Wagenbach: Hundsangen - Heimat, extended edition 1964. S. 200 .