Karl Atzenroth

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Karl Atzenroth (born September 22, 1895 in Cologne , † June 18, 1995 in Koblenz ) was a German entrepreneur and politician ( FDP ).

Life and work

Karl Atzenroth, who was of Protestant faith, was the son of the furniture manufacturer Emil Atzenroth. After graduating from secondary school in Berlin and doing military service in World War I, he studied business administration and economics in Bonn and Cologne . After receiving his doctorate, he took over his father's woodworking factory in Koblenz , where he also lived. From 1927 he was an honorary member of the board of directors of the professional association for the woodworking industry ( Holz-Berufsgenossenschaft ). In World War II Atzenroth was another soldier, most recently as regimental commander.

In the 1950s and 1960s Atzenroth was a member of the administrative board of the Federal Employment Agency . He was a co-founder and board member of the "Vereinigung Mittelrheinischer Unternehmerverband" and chairman of the German section of the "Union Européenne de l'Ameublement".

Political party

Atzenroth was a member of the FDP, whose federal executive he was a member from 1956 to 1958 and between 1960 and 1966.

MP

Atzenroth was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election 1949 to 1965. From 1953 to December 12, 1956 he was deputy chairman of the Bundestag committee for burden sharing, from June 20, 1962 to 1965 chairman of the Bundestag committee for development aid. From 1957 to January 8, 1963 he was chairman of the economic policy working group of the FDP parliamentary group.

With Robert Pferdmenges ( CDU ) and Willi judge ( SPD ) Atzenroth was instrumental in the development of co-determination law (1951: Montan Co-Determination Act , 1952: Works Constitution Act , 1953: Personalvertretungsgesetz ) involved.

The liberal Atzenroth was one of the most vehement opponents of the shop closing law . In the Bundestag debate on September 9, 1956, he criticized: " The law requires that goods are offered in times when there is little or no need, but that the sales outlets must be closed if there is a particularly urgent need."

Atzenroth also spoke out against an expansion of the statutory vacation entitlement and also in favor of abolishing the employer's contribution to health insurance in return for the introduction of continued wages in the event of illness .

Publications

  • The way of softwood to Rhenish furniture manufacturing , Cologne, Wirtsch.- u. social science Diss., Cologne 1923.
  • The load balancing seen from the delivery side. Lutzeyer Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Bonn 1952.
  • In my days. atrico-Verlag Bernhard Geue, Böblingen 1980.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Spiegel of February 28, 1962.
personal data
SURNAME Atzenroth, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneurs and politicians (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1995
Place of death Koblenz