Karl von Buchka (23 September 1885 in

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

– 11 February 1960 in

Freiburg, Lower Saxony Freiburg (in High German, officially Freiburg an der Elbe; short: Freiburg/Elbe,Thus Freiburg is differentiated from Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg (officially: Freiburg im Breisgau) and Freiburg, Fribourg, also distinguished as Freiburg im Üechtla ...

) was a German politician active in both pre- and post-

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politics. Involved in local politics, Buchka served as ''Landrat'' (a district administrator) in Blumenthal District, Hanover from 1917 to 1920 and in the same position in

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from 1921 to 1932. He was a member of the

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until 1933 when, following

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's seizure of power, he took membership of the

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as member no. 1,683,854. Buchka was a member of the

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from 1953 to 1957, representing the

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.Deutschland Bundestag, ''Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutsches Bundestages: A - M'', Saur, 2002, p. 995

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1885 births 1960 deaths German People's Party politicians Nazi Party politicians Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957 Politicians from Göttingen Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub