Józef Krzymiński

Josef Krzyminski (Polish: Józef Krzymiński ) (* March 1, 1858 in Kaleje, † October 20, 1940 in Szczeglino ) was a physician and member of the German Reichstag.

Life

Krzyminski went to high school in Schrimm and Polish Lissa and studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald and from 1882 in Berlin. From 1885 to the end of his life he practiced as a doctor in Inowroclaw. From 1889 he became involved in a sports club Sokol, for which he also formulated gymnastics rules from a medical perspective. From 1891 to 1905 he was one of the few Polish members of the City Council of Inowroclaw. Here he protested against the renaming of the city in Hohensalza.

From 1894 to 1907 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the electoral district of Bromberg 4 ( Inowrazlaw, Mogilno, Strelno ) and the Polish faction.

On November 10, 1918 he became a member of the local workers 'and soldiers' councils and on November 24, Chairman of the District People's Council. In 1919, he became the first president of the Polish government Inowroclaw. Between 1920 and 1928 he was chairman of the board of a savings bank. From 1927 he was chairman of a Medical Association. In September 1939, he organized a militia in his hometown, he was interned in a concentration camp in Szczeglino, where he died. He had with his wife Anna Kepinski a son named Jozef, who was also a doctor.