Arthur Gruber

Arthur Gruber (born July 12, 1914 in Sulzbach an der Murr ; † July 2, 1981 ) was mayor from 1946 to 1977 and later mayor of Sindelfingen .

Life

Arthur Gruber attended elementary school and from 1924 the secondary school in Pforzheim , from 1927 the secondary school in Sindelfingen. From 1930 he was a management trainee at the mayor's office Maichingen and according to the teaching management assistant in the mayoralties Maichingen, Güglingen and Eibensbach and 1935 administrative assistant in the district office Geislingen . He attended the higher administrative school in Stuttgart from 1935 to 1936 and passed the examination for higher administrative service. In 1936 he entered the service of the city of Sindelfingen. In the period from 1939 to 1945 he was drafted as a soldier and was for a time in captivity. Gruber married Lydia Renz on April 7, 1940, and they had four children.

From 1932 to 1945, and thus also during National Socialism, Karl Pfitzer was mayor of Sindelfingen. After the Second World War, Pfitzer was deposed by the American military government on October 2, 1945, and Werner Häring was appointed acting mayor instead . In 1946 Gruber was a co-founder of the CDU in Sindelfingen and in the Boeblingen district. He was elected mayor on March 6, 1946 by the local council with ten votes, Häring received eight votes from the 18 councilors. However, after Haring's objection, the military government initially rejected the election and demanded a new election. He was re-elected on May 25, 1946, this time with 11 votes. On February 21, 1948, the population was elected mayor. The city grew to over 20,000 inhabitants. In the course of its new status as a major district town , Gruber was appointed lord mayor by the mayor on February 1, 1962. In April 1976 he was elected member of the state parliament, but resigned from office as mayor on July 1, 1977 for health reasons, in 1979 he also resigned from the state parliament. His successor in office as Lord Mayor was Dieter Burger . Sindelfingen expanded rapidly after the Second World War. Under Gruber's leadership, the population rose from 8,275 in 1946 to 4,3,033 in 1970 and through the incorporation of Darmsheim and Maichingen to 55,711 in 1971. Approximately 15,000 apartments were built during that time, 26 kindergartens and 19 public schools Buildings are the town hall, hospital, outdoor swimming pool and the new town hall. Gruber died on July 2, 1981.

Honors

• Honorary citizen of Los Angeles in recognition of services to the Danube Swabians in 1969
• Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class on June 11, 1970, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of service
• Appointment as an honorary citizen of Sindelfingen at the time of adoption on July 29, 1977 and at the same time
• Awarded the Great Cross of Merit
• Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg 1981
• Arthur-Gruber-Straße in Sindelfingen is named after him.

Remarks

1. ^ Gäubote May 4, 1971.
2. ↑ Speech by Mayor Köerner in: A. Gruber, speeches and speeches p. 110
3. ↑ Häring was “unemployed”, as Gruber states, Burr p. 183
4. ^ Sindelfinger Zeitung on July 27, 1980.
5. ↑ Burr pp. 186-187
6. ↑ ^{a b} Gruber, Reden p. 115
7. ↑ Weissert p. 173f
8. ↑ ^{a b} Weissert p. 174
9. ^ Sindelfinger Zeitung on September 15, 1969.

literature

• Wolfgang Burr [Hrsg.]: The climate is a bit rough, ... Sindelfingen Chronicle of the mayor Wilhelm Hörmann, Karl Pfitzer, Arthur Gruber, Gottlieb Lutz; 1893–1948 , Sindelfingen: City Archives, 1995
• Arthur Gruber: Speeches and speeches , without publisher and location information 1971
• Hermann Weissert: Sindelfingen through the ages, Roman settlement, canons' monastery, weaver town, industrial center , Röhm-Verlag, Sindelfingen 1988.