Alfred Schmidt (politician, 1880)
Alfred Schmidt (born November 13, 1880 in Karlsruhe ; † June 14, 1956 in Bad Reichenhall ) was a German politician and Lord Mayor of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr from 1928 to 1933 (1928–1930 initially acting).
Life
He grew up in Karlsruhe as the son of the local gas works director. After attending grammar school, Alfred Schmidt studied law in Heidelberg, Berlin and Freiburg and completed his studies with a doctorate. During his studies he became a member of the Association of German Students Freiburg . Schmidt was director of the tax administration in Berlin-Charlottenburg before moving to Mülheim an der Ruhr in 1913. Here he worked as an alderman under Mayor Paul Lembke .
During the Spartacus uprising in 1919 and during the Ruhr occupation from 1923 to 1925, he was able to avert greater damage to the city of Mülheim and the population of Mülheim through his negotiating skills. After Lembke left the office of Lord Mayor, Alfred Schmidt initially took over his duties on a provisional basis. On February 26, 1930 he was officially elected by the City Council as the new head of the city with a majority of 47 to four votes.
Alfred Schmidt held office as Lord Mayor for three years. In 1933, when the German civil service was brought into line, he was forced to retire. As a pensioner, he lived in Mülheim for a few years before moving to Bayerisch Gmain in 1936 . As a major in the military district command in Bad Reichenhall, he was activated again from 1938 to 1945.
He died in Bad Reichenhall in 1956 after a brief, serious illness.
literature
- Mülheimer Stadtspiegel 1956 No. 8, p. 27
- Franz-Rolf Krapp: Mülheim - way of a city on the Ruhr. A little history of the city from the beginning to the present . Mülheim an der Ruhr 1967, pp. 177–178.
- Thomas Emons: Deposed by the Nazis - Lord Mayor Dr. Alfred Schmidt . In: Mülheimer Woche v. February 17, 1994.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 196.
Municipal director: Johann Hermann Voerster (1808–1813)
Mayor: Johann Heinrich Michels (1813–1816) | Lambert Maubach (1816–1821) | Franz Kniffler (1822) | Christian Weuste ( 1822–1847) | Friedrich Fritsch (1847–1851) | Wilhelm Oechelhäuser (1852–1856) | Karl Obertüschen (1857–1873) | Heinrich Bang (1873–1878) | Karl von Bock and Polach (1879–1895)
Lord Mayor: Karl von Bock and Polach (1895–1902) | Paul Lembke (1904–1928) | Alfred Schmidt (1928–1933) | Wilhelm Maerz (1933–1936) | Edwin Hasenjaeger (1936–1945) | Wilhelm Diederichs (1946–1948) | Heinrich Thöne (1948–1969) | Heinz Hager (1969–1974) | Dieter from Siepen (1974–1982) | Eleonore Güllenstern (1982–1994) | Hans-Georg Specht (1994–1999) | Jens Baganz (1999–2002) | Dagmar Mühlenfeld (2003–2015) | Ulrich Scholten (since 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician and Lord Mayor of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1956 |
| Place of death | Bad Reichenhall |