Albert Abicht (9 December 1893 in
Lemnitz
Lemnitz is a municipality in Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, on the edge of the Thuringian Forest. The town is a member of the municipal association Triptis
Triptis is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is ...
,
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – 5 January 1973, in
Nuremberg) was a German farmer and politician (
ThLB/
DNVP,
NSDAP).
Agriculture
After elementary school, Abicht attended the agricultural school in
Triptis
Triptis is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 22 km southwest of Gera. The town is the seat of the municipal association Triptis.
History
Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Triptis was p ...
from 1908 to 1910 and then went into agriculture. He served military service during
World War. From 1917, he worked as a cashier in town
Leubsdorf
Leubsdorf is a village of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, in the district of Neuwied.
Geography
The village of Leubsdorf consists of the four parts Leubsdorf, Hesseln, Rothe Kreuz and Krumscheid.
History
First known documents about Leubsdorf d ...
. Later he returned to his original profession, and in 1928 rented an estate in
Oberpöllnitz. From 1927, he was chairman of the Agriculture department in
Gera district,
Thuringia and a member of the Main Chamber of Agriculture in Weimar. In addition, he held various positions in the agricultural community.
Politics
Abicht joined the
Thuringian Agricultural League
The Thuringian Agricultural League (german: Thüringer Landbund) was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1933. Part of the wider Agricultural League, it was often allied with the German National People's Party (DNVP).
History
Establishe ...
in the 1920s and briefly joined the
German National People's Party from 1931 to 1932.
Bundesarchive
/ref> In 1933 he joined the Nazi Party. From 1924, he was a member of the district council of Gera district, and in the general election of July 1932 he was elected to the DNVP in the German Reichstag
The Reichstag (, ; officially: – ; en, Parliament) is a historic government building in Berlin which houses the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament.
It was constructed to house the Imperial Diet (german: Reichstag) of the ...
, which he served in until November 1933. In Parliament he represented the constituency of Thuringia.
From 1922 to 1928, Abicht served as mayor of the municipality of Leubsdorf
Leubsdorf is a village of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, in the district of Neuwied.
Geography
The village of Leubsdorf consists of the four parts Leubsdorf, Hesseln, Rothe Kreuz and Krumscheid.
History
First known documents about Leubsdorf d ...
. At the same time he was chairman of the rural community association for Gera and board member of the rural community day in Weimar, Thuringia.
References
1893 births
1973 deaths
People from Saale-Orla-Kreis
People from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German Protestants
German National People's Party politicians
Nazi Party politicians
Nazi Party members
German farmers
Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
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