Bernhard Clostermann

Anton Bernhard Clostermann (born June 29, 1874 in Bochum ; † January 11, 1919 in Koblenz ) was the last mayor of Mülheim from 1909 to 1914 until Mülheim was incorporated into the city of Cologne, and from 1915 until his untimely death in 1919, mayor of Koblenz.

Life and work

Honorary grave of Clostermann and his wife

Clostermann was born the son of a mill owner. He studied law in Marburg and Freiburg . After his preparation as a magistrate's assessor in 1904, he was a member of the Bochum city council from 1906. In 1909 he became the last mayor of Mülheim until it was incorporated in Cologne in 1914 , after which he was a member of the Cologne city council and finally, from 1915, first mayor of Koblenz.

As mayor or mayor, Clostermann was a member of the Rhineland Provincial Parliament from 1912 to 1918 .

Clostermann's wife died in 1917 after giving birth to their third child. Only 14 months later, Clostermann died of cancer on January 11, 1919 at the age of 45. He was buried in the main cemetery in Koblenz in a grave of honor.

Acting as the Lord Mayor of Koblenz

On February 1, 1915, the city council of Koblenz elected him mayor; Clostermann was introduced to the office on March 3, 1915. Until his untimely death in 1919, he led the city through the difficult times of the First World War. He earned his merit with the Koblenzers in the organization of war operations and in securing food for the population. Fuel had become very scarce, and people remembered the harsh winter of 1916/1917 as the turnip winter . At the end of the war there were mass movements in many cities. Clostermann managed to maintain peace and order in Koblenz and to work together with the workers 'and soldiers' council . American troops occupied the city on December 12, 1918.

View from Ehrenbreitstein to the Rhine and the mouth of the Moselle at the Deutsches Eck (1919), the flag of the USA flies over the fortress.

Honors

According to him, which is Clostermannstraße in Cologne-Mülheim named.

literature

• Max Bär : From the history of the city of Koblenz. 1814-1914. Krabbensche Buchdruckerei, Koblenz 1922.
• Wolfgang Schütz, Bernd Weber (Ed.): Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. 2. revised u. exp. Ed., Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH, Mülheim-Kärlich 2005.
• Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (Ed.): History of the City of Koblenz (General Editor : Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt):
  • Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X .
  • Volume 2: From the French city to the present. Theiss, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8062-1036-5 .

Web links

• Entry on Clostermann, Bernhard Anton in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on February 24, 2015 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Members of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament 1888–1933 (according to place of residence). (PDF) Landschaftsverband Rheinland, accessed on April 16, 2016 .