Ludwig Christians

Ludwig Christians (born November 1, 1875 in Westerstede , † October 26, 1940 in Bremen - Lesum ) was a teacher and Prussian district administrator .

Life

Christians attended elementary school in Ihrhove and then the teachers' college in Bederkesa . He passed the exam in Verden and had been a schoolmaster since 1896. From 1902 to 1920 he was a teacher at the elementary school in Bremen - Vegesack . Before 1914 he became a member of the SPD and stood up for the interests of the workers. During the First World War he served in the Landsturm in 1915/16 , but was then released as a teacher again. In February 1920 the Bremen Senate appointed him school inspector for the Bremen elementary schools. He was also a member of the Bremen National Assembly in 1919/20.

In December 1920 Christians was appointed as the successor to Karl von Buchka to the district administrator of the Prussian district of Blumenthal in the conservative administrative district of Stade . One of his important tasks was the promotion of social and general housing construction in his district with a growing population, due to the establishment of the Bremer Woll-Kämmerei (BWK) in Blumenthal. Christians campaigned for the social welfare and cultural promotion of the workforce. He was a member of the teachers' choir.

In the so-called Preussenschlag , the state government was replaced on July 20, 1932 by Reich Chancellor Franz von Papen as Reich Commissioner . By regulation of the conservative Prussian State Ministry , the Blumenthal district was dissolved during the district reform in 1932 and merged with the Osterholz district to form an enlarged Osterholz district. The social democrat Christians was removed from office in July 1932, followed for a short time by the lawyer Kurt Wellenkamp .

The National Socialists imprisoned Christians for several months in 1933 and took him into early retirement.

Honors

The Landrat-Christians-Straße in Bremen - Blumenthal was named in 1952 after him.

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• Monika Porsch: Bremen Street Lexicon. Revised complete edition. Schünemann, Bremen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7961-1969-9 .