Ernst Habermann (politician)

Mayor Ernst Habermann around 1907

Ernst Habermann (born June 8, 1866 in Nordhausen ; † June 6, 1958 there ) was a German local politician. From 1897 to 1921 he was the mayor of the community , from 1906 mayor and from 1909 mayor of Deutsch-Wilmersdorf .

Life

Habermann worked as a legal assistant in the Wilmersdorfer municipal administration from November 12, 1896. A little later he became the syndic of the municipal administration and after the death of his predecessor Friedrich Stork he was elected mayor on August 16, 1897. On April 1, 1906, the municipality received town charter and the official name Deutsch-Wilmersdorf. On April 1, 1907, Deutsch-Wilmersdorf left the Teltow district and became an independent urban district . On April 24, 1907, the magistrate of the newly created town of Deutsch-Wilmersdorf elected him mayor. In 1909 he was taken over by Kaiser Wilhelm II.Appointed Lord Mayor, which he remained until Greater Berlin was founded in 1920.

When workers 'and soldiers' councils took power during the November Revolution , the mayor and the entire magistrate were asked to remain in office. The councilors appeared at the city council , took their seats on the spectator benches and kept quiet. From 1920 to 1933 Habermann worked as an unpaid city councilor. He was a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge Zu den drei Lilien .

Memorial plaque on Habermannplatz

In 1956, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, he received the honorary title of City Elder of Berlin from the City of Berlin for his services in local politics . The Habermann square , a plaque on Habermann course and the Ernst-Habermann primary school, Babelsberg Street 24/25, remember him.

literature

Berlin's district mayor . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 7, 1997, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 120–127 ( luise-berlin.de - Wilmersdorf p. 124, not listed there).
Hainer Weißpflug: Habermann, Ernst . In: Hans-Jürgen Mende , Kurt Wernicke (Hrsg.): Berliner Bezirkslexikon, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . Luisenstadt educational association . Haude and Spener / Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7759-0479-4 ( luise-berlin.de - as of October 7, 2009).

Web links

Commons : Ernst Habermann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Obituary. (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, plenary minutes of July 1, 1958
The city of Wilmersdorf and its parliament. At: berlin.de

Individual evidence

^ Udo Christoffel: Berlin Wilmersdorf . A city part book. Ed .: Kunstamt Wilmersdorf. 3. Edition. Wilmersdorf Art Office, Berlin 1983, p. 141 .
↑ Habermannplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )

personal data
SURNAME	Habermann, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German local politician, Mayor of Deutsch-Wilmersdorf
DATE OF BIRTH	June 8, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH	June 6, 1958
Place of death	Nordhausen

[1] Udo Christoffel: Berlin Wilmersdorf . A city part book. Ed .: Kunstamt Wilmersdorf. 3. Edition. Wilmersdorf Art Office, Berlin 1983, p. 141 .

[2] Habermannplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )