Franz Lürken

Franz Lürken (* 1890 ; † April 23, 1937 ) was a German politician ( center ). From 1924 to 1933 he was mayor of Dorsten , then mayor of St. Mauritz until his death .

Life

In 1924 Franz Lürken became mayor of Dorsten for the Catholic Center Party . After the seizure of power of the Nazis in January 1933 Lürken had published yet for May 1, 1933 a call, roads and houses for Hitler's newly declared National Labor Day to decorate with swastika flags. Nevertheless, the National Socialists pushed him out of office that same year.

Although the party did not yet have a majority in the Dorsten city council, the city council set up a commission on March 30, 1933 at the request of the NSDAP to investigate Lürken's official affairs. It consisted of lawyer Sanen, businessman Paul Schürholz (both shortly before joining the NSDAP), Hans Duesberg and teacher Lorenz (both NSDAP). As early as May 25, 1933, the commission handed over the material it had collected to the NSDAP district leadership in Recklinghausen , which in turn scheduled a meeting for June 13. In addition to the members of the commission, the following took part: the district leader Barthel, the NSDAP commissioner for local politics in the district of Recklinghausen , Rottmann, District Administrator Matthaei (NSDAP) and Lürken himself City accused.

On the advice of the commission, Lürken then submitted his application for retirement to the district administrator present, which he immediately accepted. As the legal representative of Lürken, the former Dorstener NSDAP chairman, alderman Fritz Köster , took over the official business on the same day. In August 1933 Josef Gronover was appointed mayor by the NSDAP.

Lürken left Dorsten and became mayor of St. Mauritz (today a district of Münster ) on December 1, 1933 . He was killed in a car accident on April 23, 1937.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franz Lürken in Dorsten-Lexikon.de Accessed on August 28, 2020
2. ↑ Risthaus (1986), pp. 22-23
3. ↑ Online in Dorsten under the swastika. Retrieved on August 26, 2020

literature

• Willi Risthaus: “Politically we were dead.” After 1933, there was no more resistance among the Social Democrats. In: Wolf Stegemann (Hrsg.): The standardized everyday life (Dorsten under the Hakenkreuz, Vol. 3), Dorsten 1985, pp. 20-25.
• Wolf Stegemann : NSDAP alderman Fritz Köster threatened critics with a concentration camp. As Mayor Dr. Lürken was levered out of office. In the S. (Ed.): Everyday life that is switched into line (Dorsten under the Hakenkreuz, vol. 3), Dorsten 1985, pp. 54–55

predecessor	Office	successor
Wilhelm Muller	Mayor of the city of Dorsten 1924–1933	Fritz Köster