Wilhelm Tell (politician)

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Wilhelm Tell (born October 1, 1871 in Leipzig ; † May 12, 1950 ) was a German politician .

Life

Wilhelm Tell began his political career as mayor of Altenburg , the royal seat of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg .

On November 12, 1918, the day before he abdicated, Duke Ernst II of Saxony-Altenburg appointed him Chief Minister of State. He headed a cabinet made up of ducal officials and members of the state parliament of the majority Social Democratic Party of Germany (MSPD). When the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg was constituted on November 13, 1918 , he continued to head its government. He resigned on March 27, 1919, and was succeeded by the Social Democrat August Frölich . For the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg, Tell led the negotiations that led to the merger with the small Thuringian states of Saxony-Gotha , Saxony-Meiningen , Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and the people's state of Reuss to form the State of Thuringia on May 1st Prepared in 1920.

Until 1929 Wilhelm Tell was a member of the Thuringian state parliament , first for the German Democratic Party (DDP), then for the People's Rights Party (VRP).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Joachim Bergmann: The domestic political development of Thuringia from 1918 to 1932 . Europaforum-Verlag, Lauf an der Pegnitz 2001, ISBN 3-931070-27-1 , p. 222.
  2. ↑ Beate Häupel: The foundation of the state of Thuringia. State formation and reform policy, 1918–1923 (= Democratic Movements in Central Germany , Vol. 2). Böhlau, Weimar 1995, ISBN 3-412-12594-6 , p. 43.
  3. ^ Andreas Wolfrum: The Social Democracy in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg between 1848 and 1920 . Böhlau, Cologne and Weimar 2003, ISBN 3-412-17802-0 , p. 187.
  4. ^ Bernhard Post and Volker Wahl (eds.), Dieter Marek (ed.): Thuringia manual. Territory, constitution, parliament, government and administration in Thuringia from 1920 to 1995 (= publication of the Thuringian Central State Archive Weimar ). Böhlau, Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-7400-0962-4 , p. 272.
  5. ^ Volker Wahl : Background and founding of the country in 1919/20 . In: Bernhard Post and Volker Wahl (eds.), Dieter Marek (ed.): Thuringia manual . Böhlau, Weimar 1999, p. 26.
  6. ^ Bernhard Post and Volker Wahl (eds.), Dieter Marek (ed.): Thuringia manual . Böhlau, Weimar 1999, p. 245.
personal data
SURNAME Tell, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, Chief Minister of State of the Transitional Government of the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg from November 1918 to March 1919
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1950