Wilhelm von der Heyde

Wilhelm von der Heyde (born December 14, 1885 in Hadmersleben , † February 24, 1972 in Delmenhorst ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Von der Heyde spent his school days in Wernigerode and then began his apprenticeship in building management. He then attended the technical school in Berlin. He came to Delmenhorst as a young man. He was a participant in the First World War .

He joined the SPD after the war in 1919 and was a city councilor in Delmenhorst between 1919 and the seizure of power in 1933. He was dismissed from office in 1933 for political reasons. In autumn 1933 he was arrested for distributing leaflets. He was arrested and served in prison and in Farge concentration camp .

After the Second World War , he was Lord Mayor of his hometown Delmenhorst from 1946 with a brief interruption until 1968 . From the first to the fourth electoral term he was elected a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament between April 20, 1947 and May 5, 1963, of which he was age president from May 12, 1959.

Von der Heyde became an honorary citizen of Delmenhorst in 1968 , and in 1972 the Wilhelm-von-der-Heyde school center was named after him.

literature

• Barbara Simon : Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony 1946–1994. Biographical manual. Edited by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Lower Saxony State Parliament, Hanover 1996, p. 161.