Theodor Bickes

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Theodor Bickes
Emil Stumpp : Theodor Bickes (1926)

Theodor Bickes (born October 15, 1868 in Pirmasens , † July 9, 1933 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician of the DVP in Württemberg .

Life

Theodor Bickes was the son of the evangelical city vicar in Pirmasens Johann Georg Bickes (1841–1909) and first attended the Latin school in Grünstadt and the humanistic grammar school in Mannheim and Landau . This was followed by a degree in natural sciences at the TH Karlsruhe and a degree in economics in Munich and Heidelberg . From 1892 Bickes worked as a chemist at BASF in Ludwigshafen , then in a leading position in Brooklyn and from around 1895 in Feuerbach . In 1913 he moved to Stuttgart and joined the administration of the Württemberg Red Cross . During the First World War , he was its delegate on various fronts in charge of hospital trains . In 1918 King Wilhelm II of Württemberg appointed him court counselor. During the years of the Weimar Republic he continued to work in a leading position for the German Red Cross, which was established in 1921 .

politics

Theodor Bickes was a member of the German Party , then in 1918 initially joined the Citizens' Party , whose business he led from 1918 to 1919, before he became a founding member of the Württemberg DVP in 1919 . As successor to Gottlob Egelhaaf , he took over the chairmanship of the Württemberg DVP on February 28, 1920, which he held until 1927. His successor as chairman was Johannes Rath . Theodor Bickes was a member of the Landtag of the Free People's State of Württemberg from June 1920 to June 1924 and a member of the Reichstag from May 1924 to September 1930 . He then withdrew from political life and limited himself to his work for the Red Cross, which he was only able to do sporadically due to a serious illness.

literature

  • Ansbert Baumann: Theodor Bickes. In: Maria Magdalena Rückert (Ed.): Württembergische biographies including Hohenzollern personalities. Volume III. On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-17-033572-1 , pp. 16-18.
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 70 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ansbert Baumann: Theodor Bickes. In: Württembergische biographies. Volume 3. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2017, p. 16.
  2. ↑ Baumann: Theodor Bickes, p. 18.
personal data
SURNAME Bickes, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (DVP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirmasens
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1933
Place of death Stuttgart