Konrad Gumbel

Konrad Gumbel (born October 20, 1886 in Falkenberg , † December 29, 1962 in Gießen ) was a Hessian politician ( SPD ) and a former member of the Hessian state parliament .

education and profession

Konrad Gumbel was the son of the Wagner (Johann) Heinrich Gumbel and his wife Barbara Elisabeth, nee Hassenpflug. He was married to Margaretha Johanna Ida, nee Sader. Konrad Gumbel was a Protestant.

Konrad Gumbel did a molding apprenticeship after attending elementary school. As a participant in the First World War , he was injured and retired from military service with war blindness. He attended the Marburg College for the Blind and studied economics in Marburg and Giessen. He completed his studies with a degree in economics and received his doctorate. rer. pole. He then worked as a lecturer at adult education centers and educational institutions of the SPD. From 1945 he was head of the Gießen pension office.

politics

Konrad Gumbel was a member of the German Metalworkers' Association from 1906 to 1933 and before 1933 a member and functionary of the SPD. From 1929 to 1933 he was a city councilor in Gießen and from 7 December 1931 to 7 July 1933 a member of the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse .

After the seizure of power of the Nazis , he could not continue his political work. From July 15, 1946 to November 30, 1946 he was a member of the state assembly of Greater Hesse, which advised the constitution, and from December 1, 1946 to November 30, 1954, he was a member of the Hessian state parliament for two terms .

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. 272 ( 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. 158.
• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 288.
• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , pp. 118–119.

Web links

• Gumbel, Konrad. Hessian biography. (As of December 29, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).