Karl Böhme (politician)

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Karl Boehme

Karl Böhme (born July 17, 1877 in Jura , Ragnit district , † 1940 in Brazil ) was a German politician ( DDP ) and peasant functionary.

Life and work

After attending grammar schools in Lyck and Insterburg , Böhme, who was of Protestant faith, studied economics and history in Strasbourg , Leipzig and Berlin . During his studies he became a member of the Association of German Students in Berlin . After his doctorate in philosophy in 1901, he joined the service of the German Farmers' Union as managing director . During the First World War he was a member of the Advisory Board of the War Food Office.

Political party

Böhme initially belonged to the German Social Reform Party , but left it in 1910 and - despite further political activity - remained independent until the end of the Empire. In 1918 he participated in the founding of the DDP , of which he was a board member from 1919 to 1925. In 1925 he joined the DVP , but did not appear there any further.

MP

Böhme belonged to the Reichstag for the constituency of Marburg from 1907 to 1912 . In July 1913 he returned to parliament in a by-election for the Magdeburg constituency and joined the parliamentary group of the National Liberal Party as an intern. In 1919/20 he was a member of the Weimar National Assembly . Then he was again a member of the Reichstag until December 1924 .

literature

  • Hillger: Handbook of the German constituent assembly , Leipzig 1919
  • Bernd Haunfelder : The Liberal Members of the German Reichstag 1871-1918. A biographical manual. Aschendorff, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-402-06614-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Böhme, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (DDP), Member of the Bundestag and peasant functionary
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Jura , Ragnit district
DATE OF DEATH 1940
Place of death Brazil