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)^[1]
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 [de], 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 [de], 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 [de], Independent (jointly supported candidate of CDU-FDP-DP; CDU/CSU-Gast)
Hermann Ehlers, CDU
Hermann Ehren, CDU
Willi Eichler, SPD
[[Josef Eichner|Josef Eichner [de]]], BP (from 14 December 1951 FU)
[[Josef Eichner|Rudolf Eickhoff [de]]], 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)
[[Josef Eichner|Hermann Etzel [de]]], BP (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 3 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
Peter Etzenbach, CDU
August-Martin Euler, FDP
Johannes Even, CDU
[[Josef Eichner|Hans Ewers [de]]], DP

F

Ernst Falkner, BP (until 27 October 1950)
Walter Faller, SPD (from 4 December 1951)
[[Josef Eichner|Ernst Farke [de]]], 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, Independent (from 5 December 1952 Non-attached)
Martin Frey, CDU
[[Josef Eichner|Hans-Joachim Fricke [de]]], 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)
[[Josef Eichner|Hans-Gerd Fröhlich [de]]], WAV (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
[[Josef Eichner|Heinz Frommhold [de]]], 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
[[Josef Eichner|Günter Goetzendorff [de]]], 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 [de], BP (until 30 December 1949)
Georg-August Zinn, SPD (until 21 January 1951)
Ernst Zühlke, SPD

References

^ Dedman, Martin (2010). The Origins and Development of the European Union 1945-2008: A History of European Integration. Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 9780415435604. Retrieved February 16, 2025.

[1] Dedman, Martin (2010). The Origins and Development of the European Union 1945-2008: A History of European Integration. Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 9780415435604. Retrieved February 16, 2025.

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