Willy Steinmetz

Willy Steinmetz (born August 20, 1900 in Braunschweig ; † December 20, 1969 there ) was a German engineer , entrepreneur and politician ( DP , CDU ).

Life

After attending elementary school, participating in World War I in 1918 and graduating from secondary school in 1919, Steinmetz began studying mechanical engineering at the Braunschweig Technical University , which he completed in 1926 with the examination as a graduate engineer. He then worked as an engineer in the field of construction and planning at MIAG Mühlenbau und Industrie AG in Braunschweig. At the same time he studied economics in Frankfurt am Main , which he in 1930 with the graduation to the Dr. rer. pole. completed. From 1934 to 1944 he worked for MIAG mainly abroad. Since May 1, 1937, he was a member of the NSDAP ( membership number4,235,942). He also worked on a voluntary basis as an SA Rottenführer.

Steinmetz joined MIAG in 1944, became managing director of MIAG-Betriebs-GmbH in Braunschweig in 1948 and was director of MIAG Mühlenbau und Industrie GmbH in Hanover from 1952 to 1960 . He also acted as Vice President of the Braunschweig Chamber of Commerce and Industry and as a board member in various associations.

Steinmetz joined the DP after 1945, was chairman of the DP district association in Braunschweig and was elected to the state board of the DP Lower Saxony . In addition, he was a member of the DP Federal Committee, here Chairman of the Federal Committee for SME Issues and Deputy Chairman of the Federal Committee for Economic Issues. In 1960 he switched to the CDU.

Steinmetz had been a councilor for the city of Braunschweig since 1952. From 1955 until his resignation on October 17, 1957, he was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament . He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1957 to 1969. Initially elected for the DP, he had been a non-attached MP since July 1, 1960 and then a member of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group from September 20, 1960 until he left parliament . In the third and fourth electoral terms (1957-1965) he was drafted into the Bundestag via the Lower Saxony state list. In the fifth electoral term he represented the constituency of Göttingen in parliament .

Steinmetz officiated as mayor (deputy mayor) of the city of Braunschweig in the 1950s.

Publications

The degree of profitability of grain transport and storage according to different systems.
The granaries. Second volume.
Economic studies on handling and conveyor systems.

Web links

Literature by and about Willy Steinmetz in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Peter Klausch : Brown Roots - Old Nazis in the Lower Saxony state parliament groups of the CDU, FDP and DP (PDF; 1.8 MB), 2008.
↑ Stephan A. Glienke: The Nazi past of a later member of the Lower Saxony state parliament . Final report on a project of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen on behalf of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Published by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Revised reprint of the first edition. Hannover 2012, p. 60 ( online as PDF) .

personal data
SURNAME	Steinmetz, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engineer, entrepreneur and politician (DP, CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	20th August 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	20th December 1969
Place of death	Braunschweig

[1] Hans-Peter Klausch : Brown Roots - Old Nazis in the Lower Saxony state parliament groups of the CDU, FDP and DP (PDF; 1.8 MB), 2008.

[2] Stephan A. Glienke: The Nazi past of a later member of the Lower Saxony state parliament . Final report on a project of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen on behalf of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Published by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Revised reprint of the first edition. Hannover 2012, p. 60 ( online as PDF) .