Richard Hueck
Richard Hueck (born June 10, 1893 in Lüdenscheid , † February 14, 1968 in Murnau am Staffelsee ) was a German manufacturer and local politician ( CDU ). From 1946 to 1948 he was Lord Mayor of the city of Lüdenscheid.
Life
Richard Hueck married the writer Else Hueck-Dehio (1897–1976) in 1920 . Together with his cousin Eduard Hueck , he managed Hueck & Cie, a metal rolling and pressing plant based in Lüdenscheid. From 1933 to 1945 he was church master of the Evangelical parish of Lüdenscheid and was a leader within the Confessing Church of Lüdenscheid. In March 1940 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and took part in the Second World War as a soldier .
Hueck participated in the founding of the Lüdenscheid CDU in 1946 and was elected its first chairman. From 1946 to 1952 he was councilor of the city of Lüdenscheid. On October 23, 1946, he was elected Lord Mayor of Lüdenscheid by the first freely elected city council. He held the office of Lord Mayor until 1948.
His hobby was numismatics , which provided links to Wilhelm Jüngermann, who designed a cast bronze medal for Richard Hueck in 1950.
portrait
- Cast bronze medal 1950, 68 mm. Medalist: Wilhelm Jüngermann (1900-1977). Front: RICHARD <> HUECK Unclothed neck portrait to the right, signed: W <> J. Back: I TRUST AND BUILD IN GOD BECAUSE HE HELPS IN EVERY NEED --- Helmeted coat of arms over deer antlers with skull, next to it a Gothic church window, Greek coin Athens , gear and rod of Mercury
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Hartmut Waldminghaus: The Protestant Church in Lüdenscheid in the years 1933–1945. In: Geschichts- und Heimatverein Lüdenscheid e. V. (Ed.): The Reidemeister. History sheets for Lüdenscheid town and country. No. 154, February 2003, p. 1202.
- ↑ medal on museum-digital.de, accessed March 1, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hueck, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Lüdenscheid |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludenscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1968 |
| Place of death | Murnau am Staffelsee |