Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt
Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt , born as Kurt Wittmer (born December 10, 1889 in Kiel , † October 24, 1975 on the Lauterbach farm near Vöhl , Waldeck-Frankenberg district ), was a German lawyer , farmer and politician ( DNVP , CDU ).
Professional career
After attending grammar schools in Gdansk and Berlin and graduating from the Putbus pedagogy in 1909 , Wittmer-Eigenbrodt began studying law and political science at the universities in Greifswald, Heidelberg and Kiel , which he completed in 1912 with the first state examination in law. He was a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg (1909) and the Corps Pomerania Greifswald (1910). From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a war volunteer . As an officer of the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment , he suffered several wounds. Most recently he was used as an aircraft observer.
Wittmer-Eigenbrodt worked as a government trainee in Schleswig after the end of the war and was given leave of absence at his own request in 1919. In 1921 he married Hildegard Eigenbrodt (* 1, April 1891, † 1 June 1984), the youngest daughter of the hereditary tenant Karl Eigenbrodt at Gut Hof Lauterbach near Vöhl in northern Hesse , changed his name accordingly and now worked as a farmer. After the death of his father-in-law in 1934 , he leased the property, which is now shared by heirs and has been in his family ever since.
From 1939 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier in the Air Force , most recently as captain and column leader and as commander of air supply districts. In May 1943 he was dismissed from service to manage his own property. Since he had given civilian clothes to German soldiers towards the end of the war, he was arrested in April 1945 and interned for 18 months.
Wittmer-Eigenbrodt worked again as a farmer in Vöhl from October 1946. From 1948 to 1959 he acted as President of the Hessian Farmers' Association and was then Honorary President. In 1950 he went on an eight-week trip to the United States . From 1954 he was executive president of the German SME bloc.
politics
Wittmer-Eigenbrodt was a member of the DNVP and managing director of the DNVP regional association Schleswig-Holstein during the time of the Weimar Republic . After 1945 he joined the CDU. In the Bundestag election in 1957 he was elected to the German Bundestag . He represented the constituency of Fritzlar - Homberg . He entered the 4th German Bundestag via the Hesse state list .
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002 , Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 968.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 64/1003; 53/610
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittmer-Eigenbrodt, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wittmer, Kurt (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, farmer and politician (DNVP, CDU), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1975 |
| Place of death | Lauterbach farm , Waldeck-Frankenberg district |