Friedrich Ringshausen
Friedrich Ringshausen | |
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Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Darmstadt | |
In office 1 March 1927 – 9 January 1931 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Peter Gemeinder |
Head of Ministerial Department II People's State of Hesse | |
In office 1 July 1933 – 17 February 1941 | |
Reichstag Deputy for Hesse-Darmstadt | |
In office 14 September 1930 – 17 February 1941 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 June 1880 German National People’s Party Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund |
Profession | Teacher |
Friedrich Ringshausen (28 June 1880 in Nidda – 17 February 1941 in Darmstadt) was an official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Darmstadt and in the State government of the People's State of Hesse.
Early years
The son of a master glazier, Ringshausen attended school in Nidda, and then teacher training college in
Nazi career
In September 1923, he joined the Nazi Party and founded an ortsgruppe (Local Group) in Offenbach am Main, serving as the
On 7 November, 1929 he became a member of the Offenbach Stadtrat (City Council) and also of the Starkenburg Provincial Landtag. In September 1930, he was elected to the Reichstag from electoral constituency 33, (Hesse-Darmstadt) and remained a Reichstag Deputy until his death. Also in that year, Ringshausen joined the National Socialist Teachers League and became its chairman in Hesse, retaining this position until his death.[3]
On 9 January 1931, Ringshausen was given a leave of absence from his Gauleiter position, and was succeeded by Peter Gemeinder. Ringshausen was posted to the Party’s Reichsleitung (National Leadership) office at the Brown House in Munich. He became a Reichsredner (National Speaker) and was engaged in propaganda activity. He would not return to his prior post, as Gau Hesse-Darmstadt on 1 January 1933 was merged with the neighboring Gau Hesse-Nassau South to form Gau Hesse-Nassau under Jakob Sprenger. Instead, Ringshausen became Gauinspekteur and head of the Party’s Office of Education in Gau Hesse-Nassau. He would retain these Party assignments until his death.[4]
After the
A member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), Ringshausen was promoted to SA-Standartenführer on 30 January 1938. He died on 17 February 1941.[6]
Bibliography
- Höffkes, Karl (1986). Hitlers Politische Generale. Die Gauleiter des Dritten Reiches: ein biographisches Nachschlagewerk. Tübingen: Grabert-Verlag. ISBN 3-87847-163-7.
- Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2017). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945. Vol. II (Georg Joel - Dr. Bernhard Rust). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932970-32-6.
References
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, pp. 394–395.
- ^ Höffkes 1986, p. 271.
- ^ Höffkes 1986, p. 272.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 395.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 395-397.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 394.
External website
- Information about Friedrich Ringshausen in the Reichstag database