Florian Waldeck

Florian Waldeck (born February 15, 1886 in Mannheim ; † September 28, 1960 there ) was a German lawyer and politician.

Life

Waldeck was born as the son of an authorized signatory. The Jewish family was one of the long-established ones in Mannheim. After attending the Grand Ducal Gymnasium , he studied law in Munich, Freiburg i. Br. And Heidelberg and obtained his doctorate in 1912. He served in the First World War in Belgium. In 1916 he converted to Protestantism and a year later married the Catholic Bertha Mackle (1890–1964). In 1919 he became a lawyer. From 1920 he became involved in the board of the Mannheimer Altertumsverein , whose chairmanship he took over in 1930, and was a co-author of the series "Alte Mannheimer Familien" (Old Mannheim Families).

As a member of the DVP , Waldeck became a city ​​councilor in Mannheim in 1925 and chairman of the parliamentary group the following year. In 1927 he moved to the Baden state parliament . There he was elected parliamentary group chairman and in 1929 second vice-president of the state parliament. In 1931/32 he was also chairman of the DVP local association in Mannheim.

In 1933 the National Socialists pushed him out of all offices. Deprived of his economic existence, Waldeck emigrated to Belgium in 1939, where he was arrested the following year and deported to France. Although he was released from prison in late 1940, he was only able to return to Belgium in 1941. There he was arrested again on short notice in 1942. From 1943 until the liberation of Belgium he lived underground.

After the end of the Second World War , Waldeck returned to Mannheim and took part in the reconstruction of the badly damaged city. In 1947, he succeeded Anton Lindeck as chairman of the Mannheim Bar Association. From 1948 to 1953 he was a member of the Mannheim municipal council for the CDU . In the area of ​​local politics, he was particularly involved in the cultural field. In 1949 he was re-elected chairman of the Mannheim Antiquities Association. A year later he took over the chairmanship of an interim director of the Mannheim National Theater for a few months . In addition, he was appointed administrator of the estate of Carl and Anna Reiss in 1952 .

Waldeck's grave of honor in Mannheim

In addition, Waldeck was active in the legal representative offices in the post-war period. From 1948 to 1960 he was President of the North Baden Bar Association and, in 1959/60, President of the Federal Bar Association . He was also vice president of the German Bar Association from 1954 to 1960 .

Honors

The city of Mannheim granted Waldeck honorary citizenship and the Schiller plaque in 1954 . The Mannheim Business School made him an honorary senator. In 1955 he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit. After his death, the city of Mannheim named the meeting room of the municipal council in the armory after him. He was buried in the main cemetery in Mannheim . The city of Mannheim maintains his grave as an honor grave.

Publications (selection)

• The exemptions of the sovereigns and members of the sovereign families in civil proceedings , Heidelberg Univ. Diss. 1918.
• The relationships between the Princely Fürstenberg Court Theater in Donaueschingen and the Electoral National Theater in Mannheim . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 20, 1919, pp. 43–44.
• The participation of Mannheimer Kapital in the Mosbacher faience factory . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, vol. 20, 1919, pp. 59–60.
• I. Jolly. In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, vol. 21, 1920, pp. 5–13.
• II. Artaria. In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, vol. 21, 1920, pp. 58–66.
• III. from caterer . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 22, 1921, pp. 109-114.
• The Viennese castle actress Luise Neumann, later Countess Schönfeld, and Grand Duchess Stephanie . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 22, 1921, pp. 118–119.
• Old Mannheim families , Vol. 1–6, Mannheim: Familiengeschichtl. Association 1920–1926.
• 5. The van der Hoeven house, later Ferdinand Ladenburg house, (N 7. 18) . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, vol. 23, 1922, pp. 29–35.
• Mannheim Antiquities Association and Mannheim History Papers . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, vol. 25, 1924, pp. 8-16.
• The Lord Mayors of Mannheim from 1810-1891 . In: Kurpfälzer Jahrbuch, vol. 2, 1926, pp. 94–99 ( digital copy ).
• The board members of the Mannheimer Altertumsverein 1859-1929 . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 30, 1929, pp. 80–84.
• Friedrich Daniel Bassermann . In: Kurpfälzer Jahrbuch Vol. 4, 1928, pp. 169–174. ( Digitized version ).
• I dig into memories . In: Mannheimer Hefte, 1952, pp. 17-19.
• Eberhard Gothein . In: Mannheimer Hefte, 1953, pp. 1–2.
• Narrative - Stages of Life . In: Mannheimer Hefte, 1954, pp. 11-16.
• Mannheim and the Palatinate . In: Mannheimer Hefte, 1956, pp. 13-14.
• Dieter Bassermann in memory , Mannheim: Society of Friends of Mannheim and the Former Electoral Palatinate, Mannheimer Altertumsverein from 1859, 1957 (publications of the Society of Friends of Mannheim and the Former Electoral Palatinate, Mannheimer Altertumsverein from 1859; 4).
• 100 years of the Mannheim Antiquities Association . In: Mannheimer Hefte, 1959, pp. 3–7.
• Hans Engelhorn in memory . In: Mannheimer Hefte 1961, p. 3.

literature

• Wolfgang Brach: The Mannheim City Council 1945–1984. Mannheim 1984, ISBN 3-87804-162-4 .
• Waldeck, Florian. In: Karl Otto Watzinger : History of the Jews in Mannheim 1650-1945. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1984, pp. 142-144, ISBN 3-17-008696-0 .
• Christoph Popp: Florian Waldeck . In: Ulrich Nieß (ed.): The highest distinction in the city: 42 Mannheim honorary citizens in portrait. Mannheim 2002, ISBN 3-926260-55-6 .
• MannheimerAnwaltsVerein: Festschrift for the 125th anniversary ( memento from April 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Mannheim 2004
• Sebastian Parzer: Florian Waldeck - Mannheim honorary citizen and holder of the Schiller plaque. In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter - remmagazin 18/2009. Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89735-635-1 , pp. 45-54.
• Alina Grassl: Dr. Florian Waldeck (1886–1960) - lawyer, liberal politician and protector of Mannheim culture . In: Wilhelm Kreuz, Volker von Offenberg (ed.): Jewish students of the United Grand Ducal Lyceum - Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium Mannheim. Portraits from two decades, Mannheim 2014 (series of publications by the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium Mannheim in cooperation with the Mannheim City Archives - Institute for Urban History; 2), ISBN 978-3-95428-153-4 , pp. 167–178.

Web links

• Literature by and about Florian Waldeck in the catalog of the German National Library
• Professional ban for Jewish lawyers 1933: The case of the liberal politician Florian Waldeck in the light of Baden files (Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate)
• Speeches by Florian Waldeck in the Baden state parliament in the digital collections of the Badische Landesbibliothek