Wilhelm Klees
Wilhelm Klees (born March 12, 1841 in Buckau , † December 20, 1922 in Magdeburg ) was a pioneer of the labor movement and a social democratic politician.
Life
Klees first attended elementary school and then completed an apprenticeship as a lathe operator . In 1868, together with Julius Bremer , he founded the Social Reform Association , the first political organization of Magdeburg workers. The association, which at times comprised 200 members, was incorporated into the General German Workers' Association (ADAV) in 1869 .
Klees, who started his own cigar maker around 1869 , was one of the founding members of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) founded in Eisenach in 1869 .
During the Franco-Prussian War Klees did military service in 1870/1871.
In 1877 Klees became part-time managing director of the cooperative printing company Magdeburg, which printed the header of the Free Press published twice a week in Braunschweig . The newspaper was also aimed at the working class. Klees and Bremer edited the sheet and wrote texts for it.
In 1890 Klees was elected to the Magdeburg city council as the first social democratic member of his hometown Buckau . From 1893 to 1898 he was a member of the Reichstag for Magdeburg . From 1898 to 1903 he represented the constituency of Sorau-Forst there. Klees was also one of the leading functionaries of the Cigar and Tobacco Association .
Under the social democratic mayor Hermann Beims , Klees was again active in Magdeburg from 1919 to 1922 as an unpaid city councilor.
Honors
The city of Magdeburg named a street in his honor as Wilhelm-Klees-Straße .
literature
- Ingrun Drechsler: Klees, Wilhelm. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 ( article online ).
- Martin Wiehle : Magdeburg personalities. Published by the Magistrate of the City of Magdeburg, Department of Culture. imPuls Verlag, Magdeburg 1993, ISBN 3-910146-06-6 .
Web links
- Klees, Carl Ernst Wilhelm in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Wilhelm Klees . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klees, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdR, pioneer of the labor movement |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buckau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1922 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |