title: Helmut Artzinger
text: # Helmut Artzinger
  
  Helmut Artzinger (April 22, 1912 – October 22, 1996) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
  
  ## Life
  
  Artzinger was a member of the CDU since 1948. In 1953 he became a council member of the city of Weinheim and in 1959 a member of the district council. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1961 to 1976. There he first represented the constituency of Mannheim-Land and from 1965 the constituency of Bruchsal-Karlsruhe-Land II. From 1965 to 1977 he was also a member of the European Parliament.
  
  ## Literature
  
  Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.
  
  