Karl Meißner (politician, 1890)

Karl Meißner (born December 1, 1890 in Widdern , Württemberg ; † March 9, 1965 ) was a Hessian politician ( SPD ) and a member of the Hessian state parliament .

education and profession

After attending primary school, Karl Meißner trained as a gardener between 1905 and 19O8 and worked in the profession he had learned until 1927. From 1925 to 1926 he attended the Academy of Labor . From 1927 he was a full-time union employee and was dismissed for political reasons in 1933, arrested several times and placed under police supervision. He then worked as a freelance gardener until 1946. Since 1946 he has been working full-time again in the ÖTV trade union .

politics

Karl Meißner had been a member of the trade union and the SPD since 1908. He was a member of the general works council of the city administration of Frankfurt am Main and from 1924 its chairman. Until 1933 he was community representative in Frankfurt-Griesheim .

After 1945 he was a co-founder of the SPD in the Obertaunus district . For the SPD he was a member of the city council of Oberursel until 1952 . At the same time, he had been a member of the Obertaunus district council from 1946 and led the SPD parliamentary group there. From December 1, 1950 to November 30, 1962 he was a member of the Hessian state parliament.

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. 328–329 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).

Web link

• Meissner, Karl Wilhelm. Hessian biography. (As of November 12, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).