Peter Scheuer (politician)

Peter Scheuer (born June 5, 1882 in St. Ingbert ; † June 15, 1944 ibid) was a Saarland politician ( center ).

Life

There is no information about Scheuer's school or professional training. Since he ran a correspondence in St. Ingbert from March 1900 , it is assumed that he completed a training as a journalist or printer. In the period that followed, Scheuer worked as a correspondent for various Palatinate and Bavarian newspapers. In 1915 he took over the editing of the Westpfälzische Zeitung .

Scheuer was a staunch Catholic and was politically active in the Center Party ("Christian People's Party"). For them he belonged to the St. Ingbert city council from 1930 to 1935 as parliamentary group leader. He was also a member of the Saar Regional Council from 1922 to 1935 . There he was first assessor until 1924, after which he held the office of deputy president of the state council. From 1928 to 1935 he was finally - as successor to Bartholomäus Koßmann  - the second and last Saarland regional council president. During his tenure he campaigned for the integration of the Saar region into the German Empire. Although he criticized the NSDAP's attacks on the church, he cooperated with the National Socialists. In the run-up to the referendum of 1935 , his party entered into an alliance with the NSDAP as part of the German Front , which Scheuer did not oppose.

After returning to the German Reich in Saarland , he continued to work as editor of the Westpfälzische Zeitung . Presumably in order to avert professional disadvantages, he applied for admission to the NSDAP in 1936, but this was rejected without giving reasons. Only after further attempts was he finally granted membership.

Scheuer had been married since 1907 and had four children (* 1908, * 1912, * 1916, * 1918). He died in his home in St. Ingbert in 1944.

literature

• Peter Scheuer: Catholic creed and national communitas. In: Ludwig Linsmayer (Ed.): January 13th. The Saar at the focus of history. Saarbrücken Landesarchiv, Saarbrücken 2005. pp. 248–261. ISBN 3-938415-00-2