August Holweg
August Holweg (born October 21, 1905 in Linden ; † May 21, 1989 in Hanover ) was a German SPD politician .
Life
August Holweg was Lord Mayor of Hanover from 1956 to 1972 . He played a key role in the expansion of the Herrenhausen Gardens , the establishment of the Medical School in 1961, the construction of the Hanover city railway in 1965 and the construction of the Historical Museum on the Hohe Ufer in 1966. During his tenure, several dozen schools, numerous gyms, baths, day-care centers and Old people's homes built, social housing was promoted. The expansion of the tangent expressways, elevated roads and the expansion of the zoo also fall within his term of office.
August Holweg rests in a grave of honor at the Ricklingen city cemetery . On January 26, 1972, he was given honorary citizenship by the Hanover City Council.
Awards
- 1968: Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II.
- 1972: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Naming 1991 of August-Holweg-Platz in Hanover-Ricklingen
Literature (selection)
- Rudolf Klein (Ed.): Lower Saxony Lexicon. Everything you need to know about the state of Lower Saxony , Frankfurt am Main: Umschau-Verlag, 1969, p. 177
- German Biographical Encyclopedia , Vol. 5 (1997), p. 158
- Klaus Mlynek : Holweg, August. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 177.
- Helmut Zimmermann, August-Holweg-Platz, in ders. The street names of the state capital Hanover, Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 31
Web links
- Literature by and about August Holweg in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Holweg, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linden trees |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1989 |
| Place of death | Hanover |