Ferdinand Hillebrand

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Ferdinand Hillebrand (born October 22, 1890 in Titz , † January 17, 1972 in Cochem ) was a German local politician and mayor of Zell and Cochem.

Life

Gravestone of Ferdinand Hillebrand

After completing his school education, Hillebrand began studying economics , which he completed with the title of Diplom-Volkswirt . He was married to Käthe Schiffer (1893–1969) from Cologne. In the period from 1923 to 1933 he was mayor of Zell an der Mosel, where in 1929 a. a. for the campaign initiated by Philipp Bohn to introduce the name of the vineyard area "Original Zeller Schwarze Katz" . When he was re-elected honorary mayor of Zell on March 17, 1949, his planned assumption of office was forbidden by a veto by the military government . Hillebrand, who carried the military title captain of the reserve ( reserve officer ), was elected honorary mayor of the city of Cochem on November 29, 1949.

He held office there for two terms from 1949 to 1953 and after his re-election until 1957. In particular, he was busy with restoring public life and rebuilding the city, which had largely been destroyed in the war. During his term of office, the new construction of the parish church of St. Martin fell from 1950, as well as the reconstruction of the Marienkrankenhaus in the period from 1950 to 1951. His experience, open-mindedness and closeness to the citizen made him not only in the various municipal institutions, but also with the citizens the post-war years to a valued mayor. When the Cochem vigilante group was re-established in 1953 on the initiative of Karl Seekatz, Hillebrand took over the patronage. After a visit by Bochum's mayor Josef Calderoni to the district town during the wine and homeland festival in 1955, Calderoni was greeted personally by Hillebrand in front of the festival guests on the Cochem market square.

Hillebrand paid a return visit on the occasion of the May evening party in Bochum in 1956, followed by the Cochem vigilante group in 1957, and over the years a friendly relationship with the Bochum May evening society developed over the years . After Hillebrand found himself unable to run again in the upcoming election for a new mayor due to his age of 67, the Cochem city council decided to fill the position of mayor with a full-time employee. After Willy Massoth was elected as the new mayor of Cochem, Hillebrand gave up his official duties on August 1, 1957. However, he stayed true to his hometown, where he died in 1973 at the age of 82.

literature

  • Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Hillebrand, Ferdinand , In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 156.
  • Fifteen against four votes, details from the day before yesterday's city council meeting in Cochem (on the election of Hillebrand as the new mayor, In: Rhein-Zeitung, No. 150 Cochem-Zell, November 10, 1949)
  • Cochem's mayor introduces himself, In: Trierischer Volksfreund No. 145 from 19/20. November 1949
  • Obituary notice of the city of Cochem, In: Rhein-Zeitung, Edition D Cochem-Zell from January 20, 1972
  • Günter Bretz (contemporary witness): On the 125th birthday of Mayor Ferdinand Hillebrand (Cochem 2015).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Josef Gilles : The Moselle valley between Koblenz and Trier 1920–1950 . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2005, ISBN 978-3-89702-943-9 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ^ Karl Seekatz, lawyer and local author in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database RPPD
  3. ↑ Cochem and Bochum: The vigilante groups make friendships between cities. In: cochemer-buergerwehr.de. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hillebrand, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Titz
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1972
Place of death Cochem