Theodor Bömelburg

Theodor Bömelburg

Theodor Bömelburg (born September 27, 1862 in Westönnen near Werl , † October 17, 1912 in Hamburg ) was one of the leading trade unionists in the German Empire as chairman of the masons 'and later the construction workers' union . He was also a social democratic politician.

Live and act

Bömelburg worked until 1894 as a bricklayer journeyman . In 1886 he was one of the founders of the bricklayers' association in Bochum . From 1889 he worked as a functionary at the bricklayers' association in Hamburg. In 1891 he was a co-founder of the nationwide Central Masons Association. Between 1894 and 1910 Bömelburg was the first chairman of the German bricklayers' association. After that, until his death, he was chairman of the newly founded construction workers' association. He was also secretary of the international conference of masons from 1907.

Theodor Bömelburg was also chairman of the Hamburg trade union cartel for a number of years , at the time of the Hamburg dockworkers' strike , in which he took an active part in word and deed.

In 1899, 1902, 1905 and 1908 he was one of the chairmen of the trade union congress of the free trade unions . In 1902, in this capacity, he spoke out against internal union criticism in favor of a close alliance with the SPD. The party and the trade union are one , this saying of his was much acclaimed and on the other hand was very controversial.

At the same time, he was one of the most determined opponents of Rosa Luxemburg during the mass strike debate . At the trade union congress of 1905, he strongly opposed a general political strike. He called on the meeting to end the debate in the trade unions: "It has cost immense sacrifices to get the organization up to date, but in order to develop our organization we need calm in the workers' movement." Congress followed this call more clearly Majority.

Bömelburg had belonged to the SPD since 1887. In Hamburg he had been district chairman since 1888. For the party he belonged to the Hamburg parliament from 1904 to 1907 . He was one of the 13 MPs who for the first time put an SPD parliamentary group in the citizenship. Before them, only Otto Stolten had entered the Hamburg parliament in 1901 as a single social democrat. Between 1903 and 1912 Bömelburg was a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Dortmund-Hörde.

In autumn 1910 Theodor Bömelburg showed the first signs of a nervous condition, but he did not pay enough attention to them because of his commitment to the Central Arbitration Court for the Construction Industry . After several spa stays, he died in the Barmbeck hospital in Hamburg , a cure was not possible.

Honors

Street sign to Theodor Bömelburg in Hamburg-Horn

• In Hamburg-Horn , the Bömelburgweg has been named after him since July 16, 1929, with an interruption during the National Socialist era.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinrich Stühmer: Bömelburg † , In Sozialistische Monatshefte 1912 Issue 23, Rundschau, Public Life, Trade Union Movement, page 1435 f, a contemporary obituary, accessed May 3, 2009 (PDF file; 4.54 MB)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Heinrich Stühmer: Bömelburg † , In Sozialistische Monatshefte 1912, issue 23, Rundschau, public life, trade union movement, page 1435 f, a contemporary obituary, accessed May 3, 2009 (PDF file; 4.54 MB); At the time, Stühmer was a member of the cartel commission, and with some information he contradicts the information provided by biosop
3. ^ Chronology of the German trade unions (entry from May 22/27, 1905)
4. ↑ Local association Dortmund-Marten [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed May 3, 2009  
5. ↑ See history workshop Horn: The street names of Horner and their meaning, accessed May 3, 2009

Web links

• Theodor Bömelburg in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Biography of Theodor Bömelburg . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP). Accessed May 3, 2009. The information there is contradicted in various sources, for example regarding the day of death and constituency (Stühmer and local association) for the Reichstag .
• Biography of Theodor Boemelburg . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
• Heinrich Stühmer: Bömelburg † , In Sozialistische Monatshefte 1912 Issue 23, Rundschau, Public Life, Trade Union Movement, page 1435 f, a contemporary obituary, accessed May 3, 2009 (PDF file; 4.54 MB)