Franz Bender (District Administrator)

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Franz Bender (born April 4, 1884 in Vallendar , † January 21, 1983 in Minden ) was a German administrative officer. As district administrator , he headed the Wittlich district from 1924 to 1939 .

Life

He was the son of the wine merchant Alexander Bender and his wife Caroline nee Freiin von Berg-Dürenthal.

After attending school in Vallendar and after Franz Bender had embarked on a career as an administrative officer, he became a member of the Center Party . At times he worked in Koblenz . In May 1924 he took over the administration of the Wittlich district. On February 15, 1939, because of his earlier membership in the Center Party and close church ties, he had to wait and was finally transferred to the government in Minden on April 1, 1939 . His successor as district administrator in Wittlich was Günther Kraaz .

Fritz Bender was on the main board of the Eifelverein . As such, he was present, among other things, when the Trier branch in 1933 consecrated the Nicola Caspary Bank near Trier with a view of the Moselle. In 1935 he also consecrated the swimming pool in Wittlich .

family

Franz Bender married Aenne, nee Tillmann († 1972), in 1919. She was a daughter of the judiciary, lawyer and notary Josef Tillmann.

literature

  • Helmut Gestrich: District Administrator Franz Bender in memory. In: Yearbook of the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich, 1984, pp. 330–332.
  • Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 , Düsseldorf 1994, p. 354
  • Franz Bender, district administrator in the Wittlich district in difficult times (1924–1939) . In: Yearbook of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, 1999, pp. 358–365.
  • Erwin Schaaf: The Epochs of the 20th Century . In: turning point. The 20th century in the district of Bernkastel Wittlich, Wittlich 2000, p. 15 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Publications of the Society for Rhenish History , Volume 69, 1994, p. 354.
  2. ^ Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (=  publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 354 .
  3. ↑ Nicola-Caspary-Bank lookout point near Trier
  4. ↑ The Wittlich swimming pool turns 75
personal data
SURNAME Bender, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German district administrator for the district of Wittlich (1939–1945)
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Vallendar
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1983
Place of death Minden