Anton Dengler (Mayor)

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Anton Dengler, painting by the Bonn portrait painter Paul Türoff
Opening trip of the Bonn – Godesberg – Mehlem electric tram on July 24, 1911. The guests of honor stand with the then Godesberg mayor, Anton Dengler (center), at the Rheinallee stop

Anton Dengler (born January 17, 1852 in Osterhofen ; † September 24, 1914 in Godesberg ) was a German administrative officer who served as mayor of Godesberg for 26 years.

Life

Dengler, who came from Bavaria, first became an officer in the Bavarian Army . He took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 and the siege of Paris , and retired as an engineer lieutenant. D. from military service. He began his administrative career in the 1870s as a volunteer in the Poppelsdorf mayor , which belonged to the Rhine Province .

Mayor of Bornheim

In 1880 he took over the office of mayor of Bornheim in the Rhineland. Here he had the first town hall built in 1883 and planned to develop the municipality of Roisdorf , which was part of the mayor's office and had a well-known spring, into a health resort. Another idea of ​​Dengler for the development of Roisdorf was the establishment of a garrison . He negotiated with Kommerzienrat Heinrich Freiherr von Diergardt in Bornheim about the acquisition of meadow areas between Roisdorf and Bornheim with the aim of relocating the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Rhenish Landwehr Regiment No. 28 of the VIII Army Corps , which had been stationed in Brühl up to that point, to Roisdorf . However, the project failed because of the municipal and mayor's council, which represented the interests of influential citizens.

As a result of resistance to his ideas, he accepted the election of mayor of Godesberg in 1888. On September 26, 1888, Dengler was appointed mayor of the mayor's office in Godesberg by decree of the Upper President of the Rhine Province . He succeeded Carl August von Groote , who had held this office since 1857. Shortly thereafter, Dengler was also appointed as registrar. Since 1912 he was also the port commissioner for the landing area of ​​the municipality of Godesberg, in 1913 he was elected ferry school.

Work in Godesberg

When he joined the mayor's office in Godesberg, this administrative unit of the district of Bonn consisted of seven municipalities. In addition to Godesberg (about today's Alt-Godesberg ) there were Friesdorf , Lannesdorf , Mehlem , Muffendorf , Plittersdorf and Rüngsdorf . As mayor, Dengler successfully managed to bring together the individual communities that were previously little connected. In 1899, Plittersdorf and Rüngsdorf were incorporated into Godesberg under him, and Friesdorf followed in 1904. One effect of the incorporation was the significant traffic engineering expansion of Godesberg to the banks of the Rhine. Dengler had a development plan drawn up which jointly determined the street lines of Godesberg, Rüngsdorf and Plittersdorf. Here he worked with the well-known town planner Joseph Stübben , whose planning also had a significant impact on the design of the Godesberg villa district .

Most of Godesberg's infrastructure, which still exists today, was developed under Dengler. This includes the design of the banks of the Rhine with a steamboat bridge at the Bastei as well as the construction of the panorama park and (until 1910) the two and a half kilometers long Rhine promenade in cooperation with the Association for Homeland Preservation and Local History Bad Godesberg , which provided many of the required properties; Projects that were realized despite resistance from local residents. After the construction of the new landing stage, ships on the Rhine were able to dock for the first time. On Dengler's initiative, the Benninghaus company from Duisburg built an electrically powered ferry ( Electric Ferry of the Rheinstrom Godesberg-Niederdollendorf ), because it “favored electric motors instead of smoking steam engines”.

Under him, the spa park was created after the city had acquired private gardens. Dengler himself had a villa built for himself on the corner of the park (then: Koblenzer / Ludwigstraße , today: Koblenzer / Friedrich Ebert-Straße ). He initiated the construction of the Godesberg train station in Art Nouveau style and in 1891 saw to it that a steam tram was installed that connected Godesberg with Bonn and later with Mehlem (see also: the waiting hall of the Godesberg II station ). Essential roads and sewer systems were built. Dengler supported the establishment of the volunteer fire brigade and had supply facilities such as the electricity company, waterworks (such as the waterworks in Plittersdorf ), garbage disposal, a bathing establishment (on the Rhine) and a slaughterhouse built. Dengler was a member of the “Bismarck Monument Comitee zu Godesberg am Rhein” for the construction of a Bismarck tower in Godesberg and in 1890 had the Rüngsdorf cemetery laid out. The creation of the Godesberg city coat of arms , for which he has been striving since 1896, goes back to him . On September 14, 1900, the emperor finally approved the use of this coat of arms with the highest decree.

Dengler also played a key role in Godesberg's further development into a health resort. The expansion of the spa park, the renovation and redesign of the wells and the settlement of exclusively smokeless industry led to a steady increase in visits to the spa.

“He shaped Godesberg, turned several villages into a handsome seaside resort with a thoroughly urban character, which hardly differed from a city like Bonn in terms of its services for the citizens. He was an energetic head of administration who was eager for quick success. The community of Godesberg thanked him by naming a street after him during his lifetime. "

- Bonner General-Anzeiger

To mark the 25th anniversary of his service, the city organized a torchlight procession and a festival for him in 1913, and at the same time he received the Red Eagle Order IV class . He died the following year. His successor as mayor was Josef Zander (1915–1933), who tried to continue the development of Godesberg in the spirit of his predecessor. Dengler's wife Luise, b. Schmidt (1856–1931), was also active after his death as chairman of the Fatherland Women's Association in Godesberg. A son was killed in the First World War .

Honors

  • 1899: A street is named after him. Today Denglerstr runs through the districts of Godesberg-Villenviertel and Plittersdorf
  • 1914: Honorary grave in the Godesberg castle cemetery

Publications

  • Mayor's office of Godesberg. Report on twelve years of administration, April 1, 1889 to March 31, 1901 , Godesberg 1901
  • From the story of Godesberg. Two lectures , Jean Schneider, Godesberg 1903
  • Mayor's office of Godesberg. Report on twenty-five years of administration, 1888-1913. Reimbursed by Mayor Dengler , Godesberg 1913

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Irmgard Wolf, Red Eagle Order of Kaiser Wilhelm II. , January 16, 2002, Bonner General-Anzeiger
  2. ↑ a b Dietrich Höroldt, Bornheim, young city on old cultural soil: History from the Stone Age to the present , ISBN 978-3-76161-6-277 , Bachem , 2008, p. 93 (snippet)
  3. ↑ Lars Winterberg, water: everyday drink, prestige product, in short supply , ISBN 978-3-83096-8-504 , Waxmann Verlag, p. 152
  4. ↑ New health resort plans by Mayor Anton Dengler , website of Heimatfreunde Roisdorf e. V.
  5. ^ Yearbook of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis , Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (HRg.), Rheinland-Verlag, 1989, p. 126 (Snippet)
  6. ↑ Peter Bläser, A Contemplation on the History of the Ferry System between Bad Godesberg and Niederdollendorf , 1992, Kreis der Heimatfreunde Niederdollendorf, p. 30 ff.
  7. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia (PDF; 1.3 MB), Volume XII Provinz Rheinland, Verlag des Königlich Statistischen Bureaus (Ed.), 1888, pages 134-138
  8. ↑ a b Diethard H. Klein, Heike Rosbach (Ed.), Bonn: a reading book: the city of Bonn then and now in sagas and stories, memories and reports, letters and poems , ISBN 978-3-88042-3-435 , Husum Verlag, 1987, p. 71 (Snippet)
  9. ^ Rüngsdorf , Bad Godesberg Stadtmarketing eV
  10. ^ Lothar Vreden, Ferry Bad Godesberg - Niederdollendorf: "First Electric Ferry of the Rhine River Godesberg-Niederdollendorf" - opening trip on July 11, 1908 , Virtual Bridge Courtyard Museum
  11. ^ Bad Godesberg: coat of arms , website of the city of Bonn
  12. ↑ Heinz Nienhaus, Zum Godesberger Draitschbrunnen: A mineral spring that put the stamp of a bathing resort on the formerly simple village , Der Mineralbrunnen, edition 1/1989, p. 8 and 21 and advertisement on p. 22
  13. ↑ Sabine Harling, A foray through 400 years of Godesberg history , in: 100 Years of the CV Circle Bad Godesberg 1909–2009 , Festschrift, Board of Directors of the CV Circle Bad Godesberg (ed.), Pp. 46–48
  14. ^ Bonn in the First World War 1914 to 1918 , website of the Bonner Geschichtswerkstatt eV
  15. ↑ Denglerstraße in the Bonn street cadastre
personal data
SURNAME Dengler, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Godesberg
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterhofen
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1914
Place of death bad Godesberg