Emil Zimmermann (politician, 1884)
Emil Friedrich Zimmermann (born April 13, 1884 in Dieburg , † February 8, 1951 in Gelsenkirchen ) was a German lawyer and politician .
Life and work
Zimmermann was born the son of a civil servant. After graduating from high school, he began studying law and political science at the universities of Gießen and Berlin , which he completed in 1905 with the first state examination and in 1909 with the second state examination. During his studies in 1902 he became a member of the Landsmannschaft Darmstadtia Gießen . He first worked as a government assessor in Darmstadt , completed a traineeship and then worked as a research assistant at the city administrations in Frankfurt am Main , Hanau and Essen . In 1912 he became a magistrate's assistant in Rendsburg .
MP
During the Weimar Republic , Zimmermann was a member of the Westphalian Provincial Parliament from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1926 to 1932 .
Public offices
Zimmermann had been the second mayor of the city of Rendsburg since 1915. He served as Lord Mayor of the city of Buer from 1919 to 1928 and was subsequently elected Lord Mayor of the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer , which took the name Gelsenkirchen in 1930 . In 1933 he was forced into retirement by the National Socialists. In 1945 the British occupation authorities reinstated him as Lord Mayor. He held this office until 1946. In addition, he was a board member of the German and Westphalian Association of Cities.
Honors
- Emil-Zimmermann-Allee (connecting street between Cranger Strasse and Horster Strasse) was named after him.
- In Haltern am See the “Emil Zimmermann Youth Hostel”, which was built in 1927 by the city of Gelsenkirchen, bears his name.
literature
- Alfred Bruns (Ed.), Josef Häming (compilation): The Members of the Westphalia Parliament 1826–1978 (= Westphalian source and archive directories, Volume 2). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 1978, p. 669.
Individual evidence
- ^ Berthold Ohm and Alfred Philipp (eds.): Directory of addresses of the old men of the German Landsmannschaft. Part 1. Hamburg 1932, p. 113.
- ↑ WAZ of August 8, 2012: Room with a view of the lake
Friedrich Wilhelm Vattmann (1877–1900) | Theodor Machens (1900–1919) | Carl von Wedelstaedt (1919–1928) | Emil Zimmermann (1928–1933) | Carl Engelbert Böhmer (1933–1945) | Emil Zimmermann (1945–1946) | Robert Geritzmann (1946–1963) | Hubert Scharley (1963-1969) | Josef Löbbert (1969–1975) | Werner Kuhlmann (1975–1989) | Kurt Bartlewski (1989–1996) | Dieter Rauer (1996–1999) | Oliver Wittke (1999-2004) | Frank Baranowski (since 2004)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zimmermann, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zimmermann, Emil Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Gelsenkirchen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1951 |
| Place of death | Gelsenkirchen |