Konrad Frühwald (politician, 1890)
Konrad Frühwald (born June 5, 1890 in Roßbach , Middle Franconia , † April 19, 1970 in Neustadt an der Aisch ) was a German politician ( DNVP , FDP ). He was called the "farmer philosopher".
Life and work
Frühwald was a farmer by profession and took over his parents' farm in 1919. In the same year he became President of the Bavarian Land Association . From 1930 to 1933 he was President of the District Chamber of Farmers in Middle Franconia . During the National Socialism he went into "inner emigration" and lived as a traveling shepherd in Franconia . From 1945 to 1967 he was Vice President of the Bavarian Farmers' Association . He was also involved in the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria .
Frühwald was married to a daughter of the former Bavarian member of the state parliament Luitpold Weilnböck (DNVP). His son Konrad junior was a member of the Bavarian state parliament for the Bavarian party and later for the CSU .
Political party
Frühwald had been a member of the DNVP since 1919, but rejected Alfred Hugenberg's course and cooperation with the NSDAP . After the Second World War he was one of the founders of the FDP Bavaria .
MP
Frühwald was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1928 to 1933 .
In 1947 he became a member of the Bavarian Senate and was a member of it until 1969. He was in the German Bundestag from 1949 to 1957, and since 1953 he has been the spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group for agricultural policy.
Honors
- 1959 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1965 Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 .
Web links
- Ernst Frühwald: The farmer's philosopher. The life picture of a politician from Franconia , with a foreword by Josef Ertl , former Federal Minister. D., comments by Franz Josef Strauss , Bavarian Minister-President and a contribution by Hans August Lücker , Bonn, former Vice-President. D. des European Parliament , self-published, 2nd edition Sennfeld 1989.
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SURNAME | Frühwald, Konrad |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politicians (DNVP, FDP), MdB, MdL |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1890 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rossbach , Middle Franconia |
DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1970 |
Place of death | Neustadt an der Aisch |