Otto Lang (politician, 1883)

Otto Lang (born July 2, 1883 in Angersbach , † September 6, 1955 in Soltau ) was a German veterinarian and Hessian politician ( NSDAP ). He was a member of the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic .

family

Otto Lang was the son of the merchant Friedrich Lang and his wife Maria, née Rodemer. He was married to Lina Lang, née Müller.

education and profession

Otto Lang studied veterinary medicine after graduating from high school and was awarded a Dr. med. vet. PhD . From 1908 to 1927 he worked as a veterinarian in Nieder-Moos . In the First World War he did military service . From 1927 he was a veterinarian in Grebenhain .

politics

Otto Lang was politically close to the NLP and the Bauernbund in the German Empire . On April 19, 1926, he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 34,689) and was the main initiator of the establishment of the local NSDAP group in his place of residence Grebenhain on March 1, 1929 as the first in the Lauterbach district . After the circles were introduced as part of the structure of the NSDAP in June 1932, Otto Lang became district leader of the party and also represented the NSDAP from 1932 to 1933 as a member of the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse . After the " seizure of power " he became district director in the Lauterbach district.

In 1934 he was expelled from the party and his doctorate was revoked. Lang's complaint was directed against this measure, which was justified by taking advantage of the office , which was rejected by the NSDAP's Supreme Court .

literature

• 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. 234.
• 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. 499.
• 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 , p. 168.
• Helmut Heiber: Files of the party chancellery of the NSDAP: Register, Vol. 1, 1983, ISBN 9783486496413 , page 43, online

Web links

• Schmidt, Müller, Lang, August Wilhelm, Trautwein and Schwebel on the Hoherodskopf, around 1932. Historical photo documents from Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Lang, Otto. Hessian biography. (As of May 7, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).