List of members of the 1st Bundestag

This is a list of members of the First German Bundestag – the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose members were in office from 1949 until 1953.

They were elected in the 1949 West German federal election.

Members

A

• Konrad Adenauer, CDU (Chancellor)
• Willi Agatz, KPD
• Adolf Ahrens, DP
• Johannes Albers, CDU
• Luise Albertz, SPD
• Lisa Albrecht, SPD
• Jakob Altmaier, SPD
• Rudolf Amelunxen, Zentrum (until 7 October 1949)
• Maria Ansorge, SPD (from 17 November 1951)
• Anton von Aretin, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Josef Arndgen, CDU
• Adolf Arndt, SPD
• Otto Arnholz, SPD
• Thea Arnold, Zentrum (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
• Karl Atzenroth, FDP
• Hermann Aumer, BP (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached)

B

• Fritz Baade, SPD
• Wilhelm Bahlburg, DP (from 13 September 1951 Non-attached, from 24 January 1952 DP-Gast, from 10 September 1952 Non-attached)
• Siegfried Bärsch, SPD
• Walter Bartram, CDU (from 13 May 1952)
• Friedrich Bauereisen, CSU
• Bernhard Bauknecht, CDU
• Joseph Baumgartner, BP (until 1 January 1951)
• Georg Baur, CDU
• Valentin Baur, SPD
• Paul Bausch, CDU
• Helmut Bazille, SPD
• Josef Becker, CDU
• Max Becker, FDP
• Arno Behrisch, SPD
• Karl Bergmann, SPD
• Ludwig Bergsträsser, SPD
• August Berlin, SPD
• Helmut Bertram, Zentrum (from 3 November 1949, from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Anton Besold, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Emil Bettgenhäuser, SPD
• Anna Maria Bieganowski, WAV (from 21 March 1952, from 23 April 1952 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
• Karl Bielig, SPD
• Willi Birkelbach, SPD
• Peter Blachstein, SPD
• Martin Blank, FDP
• Theodor Blank, CDU
• Paul Bleiß, SPD
• Franz Blücher, FDP
• Hans Bodensteiner, CSU (from 14 November 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
• Johannes Böhm, SPD
• Willy Brandt, SPD
• Aenne Brauksiepe, CDU
• Heinrich von Brentano, CDU
• Wilhelm Brese, CDU
• Hermann Brill, SPD
• Else Brökelschen, CDU
• Paul Bromme, SPD
• Josef Brönner, CDU
• Walter Brookmann, CDU
• Eberhard Brünen, SPD
• Karl Brunner, SPD (until 13 November 1951)
• Gerd Bucerius, CDU

C

• Carl von Campe, DP (from 23 January 1950, until 8 January 1952)
• Hermann Clausen, SSW (from 23 January 1952 FU-Gast, from 3 July 1953 Non-attached)
• Johann Cramer, SPD

D

• Otto Dannebom, SPD
• Robert Dannemann, FDP
• Hugo Decker, BP
• Johannes Degener, CDU (until 31 December 1951)
• Thomas Dehler, FDP
• Gregor Determann, Zentrum (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Anton Diel, SPD
• Maria Dietz, CDU
• Hans Dirscherl, FDP
• Clara Döhring, SPD
• Anton Donhauser, BP (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 September 1952 CSU)
• Fritz Dorls, DKP-DRP (from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, am 23 October 1952 Mandatsaberkennung)
• August Dresbach, CDU

E

• Anton Eberhard, FDP (from 3 October 1952)
• Heinrich Eckstein, CDU
• Eduard Edert, unabhängig (CDU/CSU-Gast)
• Hermann Ehlers, CDU
• Hermann Ehren, CDU
• Willi Eichler, SPD
• Josef Eichner, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Rudolf Eickhoff, DP
• Hans Ekstrand, SPD
• Hermann A. Eplée, CDU (from 16 January 1953)
• Ludwig Erhard, CDU
• Fritz Erler, SPD
• Franz Etzel, CDU (until 4 January 1953)
• Hermann Etzel, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 3 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
• Peter Etzenbach, CDU
• August-Martin Euler, FDP
• Johannes Even, CDU
• Hans Ewers, DP

F

• Ernst Falkner, BP (until 27 October 1950)
• Walter Faller, SPD (from 4 December 1951)
• Ernst Farke, DP
• Heinrich Fassbender, FDP
• Aloys Feldmann, CDU
• Conrad Fink, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 5 January 1952 CSU)
• Walter Fisch, KPD
• Wilhelm Fischer, SPD (until 21 October 1951)
• Egon Franke, SPD (from 17 May 1951)
• Rudolf Freidhof, SPD
• Walter Freitag, SPD
• Richard Freudenberg, unabhängig (from 5 December 1952 Non-attached)
• Martin Frey, CDU
• Hans-Joachim Fricke, DP (from 22 March 1952)
• Ferdinand Friedensburg, CDU (from 1 February 1952)
• Hans Friedrich, FDP (from 5 October 1950 Non-attached, from 16 November 1950 BHE/DG, from 2 April 1952 FDP-Gast)
• Hans-Gerd Fröhlich, WAV (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
• Heinz Frommhold, DKP-DRP (from 7 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 26 March 1952 DP-Gast, from 11 February 1953 Non-attached)
• Konrad Frühwald, FDP
• Gustav Fuchs, CSU
• Joseph-Ernst Graf Fugger von Glött, CSU
• Oscar Funcke, FDP (from 14 September 1951)
• Friedrich Funk, CSU
• Elimar Freiherr von Fürstenberg, BP (from 7 November 1950 Non-attached, from 19 January 1951 CSU)

G

• Karl Gaul, FDP
• Karl Gengler, CDU
• Robert Geritzmann, SPD
• Heinrich Gerns, CDU
• Eugen Gerstenmaier, CDU
• Paul Gibbert, CDU
• Christian Giencke, CDU
• Heinrich Glasmeyer, Zentrum (from 23 November 1951 CDU)
• Alfred Gleisner, SPD
• Hermann Glüsing, CDU
• Josef Gockeln, CDU
• Günter Goetzendorff, WAV (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 29 April 1953 WAV)
• Hubertus von Golitschek, FDP
• Robert Görlinger, SPD
• Hermann Götz, CDU
• Otto Graf, SPD
• Otto Heinrich Greve, SPD
• Margarete Gröwel, CDU
• Arthur Grundmann, FDP
• Wilhelm Gülich, SPD
• Gustav Gundelach, KPD
• Bernhard Günther, CDU

H

• Johannes Hagge, CDU (from 24 June 1953 FDP)
• Wilhelm Hamacher, Zentrum (until 29 July 1951)
• Richard Hammer, FDP
• Johannes Handschumacher, CDU (from 21 January 1953)
• Heinrich Happe, SPD
• Paul Harig, KPD
• Walther Hasemann, FDP
• Wolfgang Hedler, DP (from 19 January 1950 Non-attached, from 28 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 16 September 1950 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
• Rudolf-Ernst Heiland, SPD
• Anne Marie Heiler, CDU
• Franz Heinen, SPD (from 24 July 1953)
• Martin Heix, CDU
• Heinrich Hellwege, DP
• Günther Henle, CDU
• Hans Henn, FDP (from 1 February 1952)
• Arno Hennig, SPD
• Fritz Henßler, SPD
• Gustav Herbig, SPD (until 1 December 1951)
• Matthäus Herrmann, SPD
• Theodor Heuss, FDP (until 15 September 1949, resigned upon being elected President)
• Anton Hilbert, CDU
• Werner Hilpert, CDU (until 10 October 1949)
• Heinrich Höcker, SPD
• Johannes Hoffmann, Zentrum (, from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Curt Hoffmann, FDP (from 15 June 1951)
• Karl Hoffmann, FDP
• Heinrich Höfler, CDU
• Heinrich Hohl, CDU (from 3 November 1949)
• Franz Höhne, SPD
• Friedrich Holzapfel, CDU (until 20 January 1953)
• Matthias Hoogen, CDU
• Hermann Höpker-Aschoff, FDP (until 9 September 1951)
• Anton Hoppe, CDU
• Michael Horlacher, CSU
• Peter Horn, CDU (from 10 June 1950)
• Elinor Hubert, SPD
• Karl Hübner, FDP (from 1 February 1952)
• Eugen Huth, CDU
• Margarete Hütter, FDP (from 15 September 1949)

I

• Herta Ilk, FDP (from 3 November 1949)
• Heinrich Imig, SPD

J

• Werner Jacobi, SPD
• Peter Jacobs, SPD
• Elfriede Jaeger, DKP-DRP (from 29 February 1952)
• Paul Hans Jaeger, FDP (from 22 January 1953)
• Richard Jaeger, CSU
• Robert Jaffé, DP (from 9 January 1952)
• Hans Jahn, SPD
• Albert Ludwig Juncker, FDP
• Johann Junglas, CDU

K

• Karl Kahn, CSU
• Jakob Kaiser, CDU
• Oskar Kalbfell, SPD
• Hellmut Kalbitzer, SPD
• Margot Kalinke, DP
• Hugo Karpf, CSU
• Linus Kather, CDU
• Irma Keilhack, SPD
• Wilfried Keller, WAV (from 24 April 1952, from 6 December 1951 DP, Non-attached)
• Emil Kemmer, CSU
• Heinrich Kemper, CDU
• Karl Kern, CDU
• Dietrich Keuning, SPD
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU
• Georg Richard Kinat, SPD
• Liesel Kipp-Kaule, SPD
• Erich Klabunde, SPD (until 21 November 1950)
• Josef Ferdinand Kleindinst, CSU
• Friedrich Klinge, DP (until 21 December 1949)
• Otto Kneipp, FDP
• Waldemar von Knoeringen, SPD (until 3 April 1951)
• Wilhelm Knothe, SPD (until 20 February 1952)
• Harald Koch, SPD
• Georg Kohl, FDP (until 31 January 1952)
• Rudolf Kohl, KPD (from 26 January 1950)
• Erich Köhler, CDU (President of the Bundestag)
• Wilhelm Königswarter, SPD (from 1 February 1952)
• Hermann Kopf, CDU
• Lisa Korspeter, SPD
• Anni Krahnstöver, SPD
• Paul Krause, Zentrum (until 18 October 1950)
• Gerhard Kreyssig, SPD (from 4 April 1951)
• Herbert Kriedemann, SPD
• Heinrich Krone, CDU
• Christian Kuhlemann, DP
• Georg Kühling, CDU
• Walther Kühn, FDP
• Ernst Kuntscher, CDU
• Johannes Kunze, CDU
• Georg Kurlbaum, SPD

L

• Wilhelm Laforet, CSU
• Roman Lampl, BP (from 10 November 1950, from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Erwin Lange, SPD
• Erich Langer, FDP (from 10 June 1952 Non-attached, from 29 March 1953 WAV)
• Willi Lausen, SPD
• Bruno Leddin, SPD (until 25 March 1951)
• Robert Lehr, CDU
• Robert Leibbrand, KPD (until 26 January 1950)
• Eugen Leibfried, CDU
• Ernst Lemmer, CDU (from 1 February 1952)
• Aloys Lenz, CDU
• Gottfried Leonhard, CDU
• Heinrich Leuchtgens, FDP (from 21 January 1950 DRP, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 6 December 1950 DP, from 27 July 1953 partei- und Non-attached)
• Eduard Leuze, FDP (from 21 March 1952)
• Fritz Linnert, FDP (until 27 October 1949)
• Paul Löbe, SPD (Father of the House)
• Gertrud Lockmann, SPD (from 28 November 1950)
• Hans Löfflad, WAV (from 6 December 1951 DP)
• Bernhard Lohmüller, SPD (until 2 March 1952)
• Martin Loibl, CSU (until 16 April 1951)
• Alfred Loritz, WAV (from 6 December 1951 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
• Heinrich Lübke, CDU (until 30 September 1950)
• Paul Luchtenberg, FDP (from 30 October 1950)
• Paul Lücke, CDU
• Adolf Ludwig, SPD
• Gerhard Lütkens, SPD

M

• Heinrich Maerkl, BP (from 1 September 1952)
• Ernst Majonica, CDU (from 19 November 1950)
• Robert Margulies, FDP
• Franz Marx, SPD
• Willy Massoth, CDU
• Heinz Matthes, DP
• Oskar Matzner, SPD
• Adolf Mauk, FDP (from 7 April 1952)
• Agnes Katharina Maxsein, CDU (from 1 February 1952)
• Ernst Mayer, FDP (until 18 December 1952)
• Friedrich Mayer, SPD
• Hugo Mayer, CDU
• Georg Mayerhofer, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Matthias Joseph Mehs, CDU
• Franz Xaver Meitinger, BP (from 26 September 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Karl Meitmann, SPD
• Wilhelm Mellies, SPD
• Erich Mende, FDP
• Fritz Mensing, CDU
• Walter Menzel, SPD
• Hans-Joachim von Merkatz, DP
• Hans Merten, SPD (from 23 April 1951)
• Arthur Mertins, SPD
• Erich Meyer, SPD
• Heinz Meyer, SPD
• Emmy Meyer-Laule, SPD
• Friedrich Middelhauve, FDP (until 17 October 1950)
• Herwart Miessner, DKP-DRP (from 5 October 1950 FDP-Gast, from 20 December 1950 FDP)
• Friedhelm Missmahl, SPD
• Karl Mommer, SPD
• Kurt Moosdorf, SPD (from 4 May 1952)
• Wendelin Morgenthaler, CDU
• Willibald Mücke, SPD
• Richard Muckermann, CDU
• Franz Mühlenberg, CDU
• Hans Mühlenfeld, DP (until 15 May 1953)
• Friederike Mulert, FDP (from 1 February 1952)
• Kurt Müller, KPD (from 10 May 1950 Non-attached)
• Heinrich Müller, SPD
• Karl Müller, CDU
• Oskar Müller, KPD
• Willy Müller, SPD
• Ernst Müller-Hermann, CDU (from 1 January 1952)

N

• Friederike Nadig, SPD
• Wilhelm Naegel, CDU
• Jakob Neber, CDU
• Peter Nellen, CDU
• Kurt Neubauer, SPD (from 1 February 1952) (youngest member and last surviving member of the 1st Bundestag)
• August Neuburger, CDU
• Franz Neumann, SPD
• Fritz Neumayer, FDP
• Christof Nickl, CSU
• Otto Niebergall, KPD
• Heinrich Niebes, KPD (from 10 July 1952)
• Maria Niggemeyer, CDU
• Wilhelm Niklas, CSU (from 30 May 1951)
• Robert Philipp Nöll von der Nahmer, FDP
• Erik Nölting, SPD (until 15 July 1953)
• Wilhelm Nowack, FDP (until 30 September 1952)
• Friedrich Nowack, SPD
• Hermann Nuding, KPD (until 20 April 1951)

O

• Willy Odenthal, SPD (from 28 September 1951)
• Fritz Oellers, FDP (until 5 June 1951)
• Josef Oesterle, CSU
• Eugen Fürst zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, BP (from 8 January 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU, until 1 September 1952)
• Richard Oetzel, CDU (from 24 January 1953)
• Fritz Ohlig, SPD
• Erich Ollenhauer, SPD
• Alfred Onnen, FDP
• Eduard Orth, CDU
• Franz Ott, unabhängig (Non-attached, from 4 May 1950 WAV-Gast, from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached, from 26 March 1952 DP/DPB-Gast, from 26 June 1952 Non-attached)

P

• Otto Pannenbecker, Zentrum (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Sepp Parzinger, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Wilhelm Paschek, WAV (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached, from 30 January 1951 WAV, from 6 December 1951 DP, until 22 April 1952)
• Ernst Paul, SPD
• Hugo Paul, KPD
• Georg Pelster, CDU
• Georg Peters, SPD
• Franz Pfender, CDU
• Robert Pferdmenges, CDU (from 12 January 1950)
• Karl Georg Pfleiderer, FDP
• Kurt Pohle, SPD
• Bernard Povel, CDU (until 21 October 1952)
• Ludwig Preiß, FDP
• Ludwig Preller, SPD (from 16 March 1951)
• Victor-Emanuel Preusker, FDP
• Moritz-Ernst Priebe, SPD
• Maria Probst, CSU
• Hermann Pünder, CDU

R

• Willy Max Rademacher, FDP
• Bernhard Raestrup, CDU
• Wilhelm Rahn, BP (from 14 January 1950, from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 October 1950 WAV-Gast, from 14 February 1951 CSU)
• Wilhelm Rath, FDP
• Hans Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg, FDP (until 19 January 1953)
• Luise Rehling, CDU
• Hans Reif, FDP
• Max Reimann, KPD
• Otto Reindl, WAV (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
• Bernhard Reismann, Zentrum (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Richard Reitzner, SPD
• Heinz Renner, KPD
• Hans Revenstorff, FDP
• Gerhard Ribbeheger, Zentrum (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Willi Richter, SPD
• Friedrich Rische, KPD
• Heinrich Georg Ritzel, SPD
• Julie Rösch, CDU
• Franz Richter – Fritz Rößler alias „Dr Franz Richter“, DKP-DRP (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 6 September 1950 Non-attached, from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, until 21 February 1952)
• Ernst Roth, SPD (until 14 May 1951)
• Karl Rüdiger, FDP (until 20 February 1951)
• Heinrich-Wilhelm Ruhnke, SPD
• Oskar Rümmele, CDU
• Hermann Runge, SPD

S

• Anton Sabel, CDU
• Gustav Sander, SPD
• Walter Sassnick, SPD
• Hermann Schäfer, FDP
• Fritz Schäffer, CSU
• Marta Schanzenbach, SPD
• Hugo Scharnberg, CDU
• Josef Schatz, CSU
• Ernst Schellenberg, SPD (from 1 February 1952)
• Lambert Schill, CDU
• Hans Schlange-Schöningen, CDU (until 9 June 1950)
• Carlo Schmid, SPD
• Wilhelm Schmidt, WAV (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
• Martin Schmidt, SPD
• Joseph Schmitt, CDU
• Hans Schmitz, CDU
• Kurt Schmücker, CDU
• Ludwig Schneider, FDP
• Erwin Schoettle, SPD
• Friedrich Schönauer, SPD (until 2 April 1950)
• Joachim Schöne, SPD
• Gerhard Schröder, CDU
• Louise Schroeder, SPD
• Carl Schröter, CDU (until 25 February 1952)
• Richard Schröter, SPD (from 1 February 1952)
• Fritz Schuler, CDU
• Hubert Schulze-Pellengahr, CDU
• Kurt Schumacher, SPD (Leader of the Opposition, died 20 August 1952)
• Johann Schuster, WAV (from 6 December 1951 DP)
• Josef Schüttler, CDU
• Hans Schütz, CSU
• Hans-Christoph Seebohm, DP
• Gebhard Seelos, BP (until 25 September 1951)
• Johann Segitz, SPD (from 4 December 1951)
• Johannes Semler, CSU (from 14 May 1950)
• Günther Serres, CDU
• Walter Seuffert, SPD
• Günther Sewald, CDU (until 25 November 1949)
• Theodor Siebel, CDU
• Max Solleder, CSU
• Josef Spies, CSU
• Karl Graf von Spreti, CSU
• Willy Stahl, FDP
• Robert Stauch, CDU
• Paul Stech, SPD
• Artur Stegner, FDP
• Viktoria Steinbiß, CDU
• Willi Steinhörster, SPD
• Georg Stierle, SPD
• Hermann Stopperich, SPD (until 6 January 1952)
• Anton Storch, CDU
• Franz Josef Strauss, CSU
• Otto Striebeck, SPD
• Käte Strobel, SPD
• Gertrud Strohbach, KPD (from 16 May 1951)
• Detlef Struve, CDU
• Richard Stücklen, CSU
• Otto Suhr, SPD (until 31 January 1952)

T

• Johann Temmen, SPD
• Wilhelm Tenhagen, SPD
• Adolf von Thadden, DKP-DRP (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte; 1950 DRP, from 20 April 1950 Non-attached)
• Grete Thiele, KPD
• Hans Tichi, WAV (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
• Robert Tillmanns, CDU
• Peter Tobaben, DP
• Josef Trischler, FDP
• Hermann Troppenz, SPD

V

• Hermann Veit, SPD
• Walter Vesper, KPD (until 30 June 1952)
• Rudolf Vogel, CDU
• Ludwig Volkholz, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Axel de Vries, FDP (from 5 January 1953)

W

• Oskar Wacker, CDU
• Oskar Wackerzapp, CDU
• Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner, SPD
• Eduard Wahl, CDU
• Josef Wallner, WAV (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
• Albert Walter, DP
• Johann Wartner, BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Helene Weber, CDU
• Karl Weber, CDU
• Herbert Wehner, SPD
• Philipp Wehr, SPD (from 21 May 1952)
• Stephan Weickert, WAV (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, until 16 March 1952)
• August Weinhold, SPD
• Franz Weiß, CDU
• Erwin Welke, SPD
• Hans Wellhausen, FDP
• Ernst Weltner, SPD
• Fritz Wenzel, SPD
• Helene Wessel, Zentrum (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 13 November 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
• Eberhard Wildermuth, FDP (until 9 March 1952)
• Rudolf Will, FDP (from 1 February 1952)
• Alex Willenberg, Zentrum (from 26 October 1950, from 14 December 1951 FU)
• Bernhard Winkelheide, CDU
• Ernst Winter, SPD (from 9 November 1952)
• Carl Wirths, FDP
• Otto Wittenburg, DP
• Konrad Wittmann, WAV (from 6 December 1951 DP, from 9 May 1952 Non-attached, from 5 July 1952 CDU/CSU-Gast)
• Jeanette Wolff, SPD (from 1 February 1952)
• Ernst Woltje, DP (from 30 May 1953)
• Max Wönner, SPD
• Franz-Josef Wuermeling, CDU

Z

• Walter Zawadil, FDP (from 26 November 1952 DP)
• Franz Ziegler, BP (until 30 December 1949)
• Georg-August Zinn, SPD (until 21 January 1951)
• Ernst Zühlke, SPD

See also

• Politics of Germany
• List of Bundestag Members