Martin-Heinrich Wilkens
Martin-Heinrich Wilkens (born September 26, 1888 in Hemelingen ; † June 3, 1966 in Bremen ) was a German entrepreneur and politician ( DDP , DStP, later BDV , CDU ).
biography
education and profession
Wilkens was the great-grandson of master goldsmith and silverware manufacturer Martin Heinrich Wilkens from Hemelingen and grandson of Diedrich Wilkens . He attended high school, learned the silversmith's trade and studied languages in Switzerland. In 1912 he founded a silver goods factory in Bologna . From 1917 he was the owner and general director of the metal goods factory MH Wilkens & Söhne AG founded by his great-grandfather in 1810 . In addition, he acted as chairman of the Association of German Silverware Manufacturers. In 1921 he acquired the Bremen silver goods factory .
politics
Wilkens joined the German Democratic Party (DDP) after the November Revolution, which in 1930 became the German State Party (DStP). From 1919 to 1933 he was a councilor in Hemelingen.
After the Second World War , Wilkens first joined the Bremen Democratic People's Party (BDV) and in 1946, as a member of the zone advisory board, was an expert on the special committee for the reconstruction of the countries in the British zone . In 1947 he moved to the CDU Bremen , whose state chairmanship he took over in 1951/52.
From 1947 to 1951 he was a member of the Bremen citizenship . From November 29, 1951 to April 4, 1952, he was Senator for Food and Agriculture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in the Senate of Wilhelm Kaisen (SPD). Although Wilkens was officially sworn in as a senator, he did not appear in this position due to illness. As a result, Helmut Yström (CDU) took over this office in 1952 . He made his salary available to Bremer Volkshilfe .
Chamber of Commerce
In 1945, at the suggestion of Senator Hermann Apelt (DVP, BDV / FDP), the American military government appointed him President of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce . In 1949 he was elected by the plenary of the Chamber and he was President until 1952 and from 1952 to 1959 Vice-President of the Chamber.
swell
- Norbert Korfmacher: Directory of members of the Bremen citizenship 1946 to 1996 (= local politics. Volume 1). LIT, Münster 1997, ISBN 3-8258-3212-0 .
- Karl Marten Barfuß, Hartmut Müller, Daniel Tilgner (eds.): History of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen from 1945 to 2005. Volume 1: 1945–1969 . Edition Temmen , Bremen 2008, ISBN 978-3-86108-575-1 .
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin-Heinrich Wilkens in the catalog of the German National Library
Johann Kaum (1946–1947) | Emil Rex (1947–1951) | Martin-Heinrich Wilkens (1951–1952) | Heinrich Barth (1952–1954) | Jules Eberhard Noltenius (1954–1968) | Ernst Müller-Hermann (1968–1974) | Uwe Hollweg (1974–1979) | Bernd Neumann (1979–2008) | Thomas Röwekamp (2008–2011) | Rita Mohr-Lüllmann (2011–2012) | Jörg Kastendiek (2012–2019) | Carsten Meyer-Heder (since 2019)
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| SURNAME | Wilkens, Martin-Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneurs and politicians (DDP, DStP, BDV, CDU), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hemelingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 1966 |
| Place of death | Bremen |