Franz Konrad (politician)

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Franz Josef Konrad (born September 16, 1891 in Edelbeuren , † May 15, 1957 in Laupheim ) was a German politician . He held the office of Lord Mayor in Schwäbisch Gmünd twice . He was initially a politician of the Center Party , then from May 1, 1933 a member of the NSDAP (membership number 2.922.232) and finally supported at least by the CDU . Party membership in the CDU can at least not be proven beyond doubt.

Life

From April 12, 1924 to October 10, 1934, Konrad was first town schoolteacher , then mayor of Laupheim . In November 1934 he was instructed by the Ministry of the Interior in Stuttgart to take over the post of Lord Mayor in Schwäbisch Gmünd, since his regular predecessor Karl Lüllig was removed from office by the National Socialists . It became his task to break up the economic monostructure of the city with the restriction to the silver and jewelry industry, since the tax revenue of the city was extremely low. Among other things, he was able to win a ZF Friedrichshafen plant for Schwäbisch Gmünd, from which ZF Lenksysteme (today: Robert Bosch Automotive Steering ) emerged. He achieved the lifting of the state of emergency for Schwäbisch Gmünd, which the city had due to the effects of the economic crisis. He also managed to build a new barracks, the Adolf Hitler barracks (later Hardt barracks ). In 1942 Konrad was drafted into the Navy , but returned in 1943. After being frequently ill, he retired in 1945 and moved back to Laupheim before the end of the war.

In the Mayor election in 1948 Konrad ran again and was elected with almost two thirds of the votes. The American administration , in consultation with Prime Minister Reinhold Maier , succeeded in preventing Konrad from taking up his post, although Konrad was exonerated by the relevant arbitration boards. In the then necessary new election, Hermann Kah was elected Lord Mayor. In 1954 Konrad ran again for the mayoral election and was re-elected to office with a clear majority against Kah. He took office, but had to resign from office for health reasons at the end of 1956. He died shortly after of a cardiac embolism . Part of the estate is preserved in the Schwäbisch Gmünd city archive .

In the Schwäbisch Gmünder district Rehnenhof-Wetzgau a street was named after Konrad. This designation came under fire in 2014 and again in 2020.

literature

  • Franz Merkle: Franz Konrad: Concession of the NSDAP to the Catholic population in Gmünd . In: Wolfgang Proske (Ed.): Perpetrators - Helpers - Free Riders , Volume 8, Nazi victims from the north of what is now Baden-Württemberg. Gerstetten 2018, pp. 245-259.
  • Franz Merkle: Franz Konrad, Lord Mayor from 1934 to 1945. In: Einhorn-Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd. einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2015, ISBN 978-3-95747-030-0 , p. 201 ff.
  • Ulrich Müller: Franz Konrad - a controversial Lord Mayor. In: einhorn-Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd. einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2015, ISBN 978-3-95747-030-0 , p. 215 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Remembrance steles reformulated , in Gmünder Tagespost of February 26, 2016; accessed on October 15, 2018 (chargeable).
  2. ↑ Directory of the mayors since the abolition of the imperial city in: residents' book of the city and the district of Schwäbisch Gmünd , Städt-Verlag, Stuttgart 1969, p. 10.
  3. ↑ record Spruchkammer files Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg EL 902/7 Bu 7982 (as at 1 May 2014).
  4. ^ Franz Konrad † in: Rems-Zeitung of May 17, 1957, p. 7.
  5. ↑ Newspaper article from 1928 on stadtkapelle-laupheim.de (as of May 1, 2014).
  6. ↑ a b Lord Mayor a. D. Franz Konrad † in: Schwäbische Zeitung of May 17, 1957, p. 9.
  7. ↑ Ulrich Müller: The Development of Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1933 to 1992 Part 1 (1932–1945) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (As of May 1, 2014). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schwaebisch-gmuend.de
  8. ↑ Ulrich Müller: The Development of Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1933 to 1992 Part 2 (post-war period) (as of May 1, 2014).
  9. ^ Stadtarchiv Schwäbisch Gmünd, inventory D09.
  10. ↑ Article Can Gmünd still afford a Hindenburg square? from April 14, 2014 on rems-zeitung.de.
  11. ↑ The Municipal Group of SPD suggested in March 2020 the road instead in Lina Haag Street renaming of 23 March 2020 spd-gmuend.de.
personal data
SURNAME Konrad, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konrad, Franz Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, Lord Mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd and Mayor of Laupheim
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Edelbeuren
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1957
Place of death Laupheim