Karl Mengel

Karl Mengel on an election poster for the state elections in Hesse in 1958

Karl Mengel (born January 18, 1900 in Rosenthal ; † February 10, 1975 ) was a Hessian politician ( CDU ) and member of the Hessian state parliament .

education and profession

Karl Mengel attended the agricultural school after primary school and then ran his parents' farm.

politics

On April 1, 1941, Mengel joined the NSDAP . After the Second World War , he was classified as a follower as part of the denazification on January 16, 1947 . The appeal against this decision was successful: With the appeal decision of July 1, 1948, the classification was changed to "exonerated".

Mengel was a member of the CDU and was active there in many board positions. From 1952 to 1964 and again from 1968 to 1972 he was a member of the district council of the Frankenberg district . In the district council he was parliamentary group leader of the CDU. Between 1968 and 1972 he was a member of the district committee.

From December 1, 1950 to November 30, 1966 he was a member of the Hessian state parliament.

In 1959 he was a member of the 3rd Federal Assembly .

Other offices

Karl Mengel was the first chairman of the district farmers' association in the Frankenberg district. He was a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck .

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 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).

Web links

Mengel, Karl. Hessian biography. (As of January 18, 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. 24. and p. 44. ( Online )

personal data
SURNAME	Mengel, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rosenthal
DATE OF DEATH	February 10, 1975

[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. 24. and p. 44. ( Online )