Karl Siemsen

Karl Friedrich Ernst Siemsen (born November 2, 1887 in the village of Mark , today Hamm , † January 2, 1968 in Düsseldorf ) was a German lawyer and politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

Born in the village of Mark near Hamm in Westphalia in 1887, Karl Siemsen grew up in a Protestant pastor's family with the siblings Paula (1880–1965; married to the doctor and author Karl Eskuchen since 1911 ), Anna (1882–1951; educator, politician , Author), August (1884–1958; educator, politician, journalist, publicist) and Hans (1891–1969; journalist, writer). After graduating from high school, he studied law at the universities of Tübingen , Munich and Göttingen . In 1914 he passed his first state examination in law, but then had to interrupt his studies and then took part in the First World War as a soldier . In 1917 he was taken prisoner as a company commander.

After Siemsen was released from captivity, he returned to Germany. There he continued his studies and after the second state examination in 1920 settled as a lawyer in Düsseldorf.

Political party

Siemsen was a member of the SPD from 1922 until it was banned in 1933. After the Second World War he took part in the re-establishment of the party.

MP

Siemsen was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament from 1950 to 1962 .

Public offices

Siemsen served from February 1956 to July 1958 as Minister for Federal Affairs in the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia led by Prime Minister Fritz Steinhoff . During his tenure, he mainly participated in the development of West German Broadcasting (WDR).

literature

Bernd Haunfelder : North Rhine-Westphalia - country and people. 1946 - 2006. A Biographical Handbook . Aschendorff, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-402-06615-7 , p. 439

Web links

Karl Siemsen at the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Christine Mayer: Siemsen, Anna Marie Emma Henni, married Vollenweider (pseudonym Friedrich Mark). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , pp. 381-383 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Siemsen, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Siemsen, Karl Friedrich Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	November 2, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mark village , today Hamm
DATE OF DEATH	2nd January 1968
Place of death	Dusseldorf

[1] Cf. Christine Mayer: Siemsen, Anna Marie Emma Henni, married Vollenweider (pseudonym Friedrich Mark). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , pp. 381-383 ( digitized version ).