Max Jungnickel (politician)

Max Jungnickel

Max Louis Jungnickel (born March 24, 1868 in Chemnitz , † September 21, 1934 Siegmar ) was a German politician (SPD).

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Max Jungnickel was born the son of a restaurateur. After attending elementary school in Chemnitz from 1874 to 1882, he completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith by 1885. He then worked as a locksmith and fitter. In 1902 Jungnickel became managing director of the German Metalworkers' Association in Chemnitz (until 1906). In 1906 he became party secretary in Annaberg and held this office until 1918. In 1906 he married Pauline Alma Hauschild. The daughter Käthe (* 1909), who worked with the dramaturge and critic Dr. Hermann Gressieker was married.

In January 1919 Jungnickel was elected to the Weimar National Assembly, in which he represented constituency 30 (Saxony 15-23) until the first Reichstag of the Weimar Republic met. Jungnickel, who had also been a city councilor in Annaberg since 1919, then belonged to the Saxon state parliament until 1922 .

From 1921 to June 1922 Max Jungnickel was employed as a trade controller and supervisory officer in Chemnitz . From June 1922 to 1932 he worked as governor of the Chemnitz governorate . His social focus in the role of governor was on the construction of the Rabenstein hospital, tuberculosis care, the establishment of school dental care and the expansion of the road network. He was particularly committed to the Rotes Vorwerk children's recreation home (Oberwiesenthal), which was funded by the district association. Since Jungnickel was a member of the SPD, he retired early in June 1932.

In his second marriage, Max Jungnickel married the much younger Klara Frieda Glück (1884–1975), the daughter of the hosiery manufacturer Alexander Glück from Burkhardtsdorf . The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .
• Falk Drechsel, Die Glück-Fabrik. A piece of family and industrial history, in: Family and History. - Neustadt / Aisch 2 (2006) 3, pp. 445 - 453
• The briefing of the new governor, in: Chemnitzer Tageblatt of June 4, 1922
• The district thanks Amtshauptmann Jungnickel, in: Chemnitzer Tageblatt of June 15, 1932

Web links

• Max Jungnickel in the database of members of the Reichstag