Erich Wasa Rodig
Erich Wasa Rodig (born August 23, 1869 in Horka / Oberlausitz , † October 26, 1940 in Hamburg ) was Lord Mayor of the Prussian city of Wandsbek .
Life
Rodig initially worked as a lawyer . He later became second mayor in Forst in der Lausitz and then in the royal seat of Potsdam . In 1913 he became mayor of the city of Wandsbek, which at that time still belonged to Prussia . Due to the war conditions of the First World War , together with the Lord Mayor of the Prussian city of Altona Bernhard Schnackenburg , he unsuccessfully proposed the incorporation of the cities of Wandsbek and Altona to Hamburg in 1916. Rodig saw Wandsbek as a suburb of Hamburg: gradually sloping buildings, extensive green spaces, arteries and thoroughfares connected to Hamburg. This basic pattern corresponded to the “Scheme of the natural development of the organism Hamburg” published by Fritz Schumacher in 1921 . Rodig ran a moderate industrial settlement and incorporation policy . In 1926 the Haus Neuerburg cigarette factory moved to a building designed by Fritz Höger in Wandsbek. A year later, the western part of Tonndorf-Lohe and Jenfeld was incorporated into Wandsbek. In 1929 he submitted proposals for intermunicipal cooperation. Rodig resigned from the office of Lord Mayor in 1931. He was non-party throughout his life.
The tombstone was brought to the Wandsbek Historical Cemetery by Blankenese in 1990 .
Honors
- In 1931 Rodig was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Wandsbek for his services to the city of Wandsbek .
- The Rodigallee in Marienthal and Jenfeld has been named in his honor since 1947.
literature
- Helmut Stubbe da Luz : Rodig, Erich Wasa . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 1 . Christians, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7672-1364-8 , pp. 257-257 .
- Helmut Stubbe da Luz: Rodig, Erich Wasa. In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Vol. 12, pp. 347-349
- Helmut Stubbe da Luz : The Lord Mayors. Heinrich Denicke, Harburg. Bernhard Schnackenburg, Altona. Erich Wasa Rodig, Wandsbek. (Hamburgische Lebensbilder Vol. 6), Hamburg 1992. ISBN 3-923356-46-3
- Sebastian Merkel: Erich Rodig, Mayor. In: Olaf Matthes / Ortwin Pelc : People in the Revolution. Hamburg portraits 1918/19. Husum Verlag, Husum 2018, ISBN 978-3-89876-947-1 , pp. 155–157.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rodig, Erich Wasa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord Mayor of the Prussian city of Wandsbek |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horka , Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1940 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |