Wilhelm Sünkel

Wilhelm Sünkel (born June 4, 1894 ; † 1977 ) was a German teacher and mayor of Detmold in 1946 .

Wilhelm Sünkel had been a primary school teacher since 1914 and took part in the First and Second World Wars . He was a member of the NSLB . On January 1, 1946, he became a member of the SPD .

On February 7, 1946, Detmold's 30-strong local council, which was put together by the British military government at the turn of the year 1945/46, appointed the teacher Wilhelm Sünkel as mayor and his predecessor Richard Moes as city director. In the same year, on August 29, 1946, Sünkel resigned from his office. Sünkel's deputy, the lawyer Wilhelm Schnitger, was temporarily entrusted with the task. Wilhelm Sünkel was appointed head of the high school authority of the Lippe state government. With the incorporation of Lippe into the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, he was head of department 2 (churches and schools) at the district government in Detmold from 1947. Sünkel became government director in Detmold on February 14, 1949 . He retired on June 30, 1959.

Wilhelm Sünkel was the father of the educational scientist Wolfgang Sünkel . In addition to his educational and political activities, Sünkel has also worked on poetry collections for secondary schools.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Hedwig Schrulle: Administration in dictatorship and democracy. The district governments of Münster and Minden / Detmold from 1930 to 1960 (= research on regional history . Volume 60 ). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-76593-2 , p. 536 .
↑ Diether Kuhlmann: Old trunk and new heads in the Detmold town hall . In: Detmold in the post-war period . Aisthesis, Bielefeld 1994, ISBN 3-925670-94-7 , p. 64 .
↑ Diether Kuhlmann: Old trunk and new heads in the Detmold town hall . S. 78 .
↑ Ernst Siemer: Detmold becomes the seat of the district government . In: Detmold in the post-war period . Aisthesis, Bielefeld 1994, ISBN 3-925670-94-7 , p. 278 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sünkel, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German teacher and mayor of Detmold
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1894
DATE OF DEATH	1977

[Schrulle-1] A ^b Hedwig Schrulle: Administration in dictatorship and democracy. The district governments of Münster and Minden / Detmold from 1930 to 1960 (= research on regional history . Volume 60 ). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-76593-2 , p. 536 .

[2] Diether Kuhlmann: Old trunk and new heads in the Detmold town hall . In: Detmold in the post-war period . Aisthesis, Bielefeld 1994, ISBN 3-925670-94-7 , p. 64 .

[3] Diether Kuhlmann: Old trunk and new heads in the Detmold town hall . S. 78 .

[4] Ernst Siemer: Detmold becomes the seat of the district government . In: Detmold in the post-war period . Aisthesis, Bielefeld 1994, ISBN 3-925670-94-7 , p. 278 .