Emil Lueken

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Emil Lueken (1957)
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Emil Heinrich Wilhelm Lueken (born March 20, 1879 in Oldenburg , † March 20, 1961 in Bremen ) was a German lawyer and politician (including Lord Mayor of Kiel ).

biography

Lueken was born as the child of the head teacher Johann Lueken and Anna Catharina Elise Eilers. After attending school in Oldenburg, Lueken studied law and economics from 1897 . He was particularly influenced by the social liberal teachings of Friedrich Naumann and Max Weber , which he heard during his studies at the University of Göttingen and the University of Heidelberg .

During his studies in Göttingen he became a member of the Schwarzburgbund - Association of Burschenschaft Germania in 1897 .

In 1900 he joined the National Social Club party , to which he belonged until it was dissolved in 1903. In the spring of 1900 he passed the first state law examination in Oldenburg and in the autumn of the same year he received his doctorate in Heidelberg.

Lueken married Frieda Cropp (1883–1970) in 1905. Together they had four children: Hillert, Bernd , Claus and Reiner Lueken. Hillert was arrested by the National Socialists in 1937 and driven to his death because he was with the Jewish artist Lotte Goldmann , who later became known as Lotti Huber.

Lueken was buried in his hometown Oldenburg.

Mayor of Heppen / Rüstringen

In 1907 Lueken was elected mayor of Heppens . When in 1911 Heppens merged with other outlying communities of Wilhelmshavens to form the first class town of Rüstringen , he was elected their mayor. In 1917 he received the title of Lord Mayor.

Despite the difficulties caused by the First World War , Lueken succeeded in maintaining Rüstringen's financial strength; war-related debts did not have to be taken on. The supply situation for the population could also be secured through active urban action. After the end of the war, the economy, which until then had been oriented towards the Wilhelmshaven naval port , had to be converted.

Lord Mayor of Kiel

This experience served Emil Lueken when he was elected Lord Mayor in a direct election by the Kiel population in 1920 . The independent Lueken gained the trust of large sections of the bourgeois forces and the majority Social Democrats (MSPD) - an important basis to distinguish between the traditional bourgeois members of the Council and the faction of the Social Democrats, the majority in the city parliament to mediate had.

The Kiel economy, which until then had been tailored to the imperial navy and the armaments yard, had to be converted to peace production - as in Rüstringen. For this purpose z. B. forced the construction of civil port facilities . The port in Voßbrook and with it Kiel-Holtenau airport , the free port on the site of the former marine coal yard in the Wik and the north port on the Kiel Canal were created .

Lueken was a supporter of the garden city movement. Together with his companions from the Rüstringen era, the technical building officer Willy Hahn and Leberecht Migge , the Kiel green belt was expanded, the first garden cities, such as B. the part-time settlement of Hammer was built and the narrow and poorly built Kuhbergviertel was made more homely.

Lueken gained supraregional influence in the German Association of Cities , on whose board he sat, and in the Association for Local Economy and Local Policy , of which he was chairman from 1922 to 1933. He made a name for himself especially in questions of municipal budget and financial policy.

In 1925 Lueken joined the German People's Party (DVP). His liberal economic outlook increasingly brought him into opposition to the Social Democrats, who, due to the poor overall economic situation , demanded greater direct financial commitment for the unemployed, money that could only have been spent with new debts. In addition, Lueken was moderately national.

When his electoral term ended in 1932, he did not have a secure majority in the city parliament, which now elected the mayor. Nevertheless, he was confirmed in office for a further twelve years, against the votes of the SPD and NSDAP .

After the victory of the NSDAP in the Reichstag election in 1933 , it increased the pressure on Lueken. He should dismiss the social democratic city ​​councils early. Lueken did not bow to these demands and at least wanted to wait for the local elections on March 12, 1933. Because of this attitude, he was removed from office by the NSDAP on March 10, 1933.

Activities in business

In April 1933 Lueken joined the NSDAP. Lueken left Kiel and, after a brief interlude in Hamburg, was a director at Commerzbank in Bremen until 1943 . He then served as a trustee for the assets of National Securitas Corp. Ltd. London and Royal Typewriters AG.

Bremen citizenship

After the Second World War he sat from 1945 to 1951 for the Bremen Democratic People's Party (BDV), which he co-founded, in the Bremen citizenship . The BDV became part of the FDP in 1951 .

Honors

Naming

In Wilhelmshaven, Emil-Lueken-Strasse in the Altengroden-Süd district was named after him. In 2002 a bridge over the Kleiner Kiel in Kiel was named Emil-Lueken-Brücke .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 103 No. 1933.
  2. ^ Hannfried Opitz:  Lueken, Bernd. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 467 f. ( Digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Dr. Emil Lueken - Internet portal of the city of Wilhelmshaven
  4. ↑ According to Hans-Henning Freitag, "hardly out of inner conviction". H.-H. Friday, in Rothert: Kiel CVs ..., p. 210.
  5. ↑ Dr. Emil Lueken - Internet portal of the city of Wilhelmshaven
  6. ↑ “before 1951” according to Hans-Henning Freitag, p. 210
personal data
SURNAME Lueken, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lueken, Emil Heinrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag, Lord Mayor of Kiel
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1961
Place of death Bremen