Karl Kanka

Karl Kanka (born June 12, 1904 in Munich , † July 20, 1974 in Offenbach am Main ) was a German CDU politician .

Life and work

After graduating from high school, Kanka, who was a Roman Catholic , studied law in Frankfurt am Main and Giessen . In 1929 he settled as a lawyer in Offenbach am Main, where he later also became a notary.

Kanka was an SA member.

MP

After the Second World War, Kanka belonged to the Constitutional Advisory Assembly of Hesse . In September 1946 he and the constitutional lawyer Erwin Stein presented the "Vollradser Draft", a draft constitution for Hesse, which became the basis for the Hessian state constitution that was later adopted. From 1946 to 1958 Kanka was a member of the state parliament in Hesse , where he was deputy chairman of the CDU parliamentary group from August 1952. In 1948 he took part in the constitutional convention on Herrenchiemsee as an employee of Hermann Brill for Hesse .

He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1957 to 1965. He represented the Offenbach constituency in parliament.

Honors

1953: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
1966: Wilhelm Leuschner Medal

literature

Bruno Knapp : Memories of Karl Kanka. In: Offenbach History Society: Alt-Offenbach, sheets of the Offenbach History Society. Issue 44/45, 2003, ISSN 0174-8726 , pp. 6-11
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. 292 ( 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. 205.
Marc von Miquel: Punish or amnesty? West German Justice and Politics of the Past in the Sixties. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89244-748-9

Web links

Literature by and about Karl Kanka in the catalog of the German National Library
Kanka, Karl. Hessian biography. (As of July 12, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Albrecht Kirschner: Final report of the working group on the preliminary study "Nazi past of former Hessian state parliament members" of the commission of the Hessian state parliament for the research project "Political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse" . Hessischer Landtag , Wiesbaden 2013, p. 34. ( Online )
↑ Awarded the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal on February 7, 1967 . In: The Hessian Prime Minister (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1967 No. 8 , p. 241 , point 174 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).

personal data
SURNAME	Kanka, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	20th July 1974
Place of death	Offenbach am Main

[1] Albrecht Kirschner: Final report of the working group on the preliminary study "Nazi past of former Hessian state parliament members" of the commission of the Hessian state parliament for the research project "Political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse" . Hessischer Landtag , Wiesbaden 2013, p. 34. ( Online )

[2] Awarded the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal on February 7, 1967 . In: The Hessian Prime Minister (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1967 No. 8 , p. 241 , point 174 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).