Franz Mürmann

Gravestone Dr. Franz Mürmann, Warburg Castle Cemetery

Franz Mürmann (born October 15, 1912 in Altenbeken ; † April 23, 1991 in Warburg ) was a German archivist , high school teacher and historian . 1964–1969 he was mayor of Warburg.

Life

He was the son of August Mürmann and his wife Gertrud, geb. Green weight. After leaving school, he first trained as a scientific archivist , then studied history , German and French and received his doctorate in 1938 at the University of Münster . During the Second World War he was known despite hemophilic predisposition soldier who fell into American captivity and spent some time working on cotton fields of the Midwest USA . After his return he married Ingeborg Rauer on June 4, 1949 in Bochum , with whom he had two daughters.

In 1951 he became a teacher at the Marianum grammar school in Warburg and was also responsible for the Warburg city ​​archive . He was also involved in setting up a historical museum in the Haus Stern building , which was built in 1340 and inaugurated in 1968. After his retirement, he also wrote works on the history of the region and published a two-volume work on the history of the town of Warburg, which was published in 1986 for the 950th anniversary of the town of Warburg. In 1988 the museum in the Stern and the city archive were modernized and significantly expanded.

politics

In 1959 Mürmann joined the Warburg city council for the CDU . Five years later he was elected mayor.

During his tenure, the city was declared a federal development site by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and connected to the federal motorway 44 . The railway line should be electrified and the Calden airport built in nearby Hesse .

Large new access roads were also built within the city. In 1968 the foundation stone was laid for the construction of a new savings bank building. In the upper main street, a whole row of six historic buildings was replaced by new commercial buildings behind it, the associated house gardens along today's Josef-Wirmer-Straße were largely destroyed and replaced by parking spaces.

To improve the medical care of the district, a hospital association was founded in order to significantly expand the St. Petri Hospital with a new operating wing and an eight-story bed tower. For this purpose, Hüffertstrasse was to be relocated and the Schützenplatz, which served the fairground, and some house gardens were to be destroyed, which led to great resentment among the population and the establishment of a free voter initiative , the Citizens' Union.

In the local elections in 1969, the CDU no longer received a majority in the city council. The cinema operator Heribert Schlinker , established by the Citizens' Union, was elected as the new mayor .

Works

as author:

• The military system of the former Paderborn Monastery since the end of the Thirty Years' War. Dissertation at the University of Münster 1938, Westfälische Zeitschrift , vol. 95, Münster 1939
• The historical development of the city of Warburg from the first Prussian occupation in 1802 to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. In: The city of Warburg. 1036-1986. Volume 1, Hermann Hermes Verlag, Warburg 1986.
• The golden star . ed. from the Museumsverein Warburg eV Bonifatius-Druckerei Paderborn, Warburg 1988.

as editor:

• Festschrift Gymnasium Marianum Warburg . Association of the former students of the grammar school Marianum, Warburg 1974.
• Berthold Zünkler: Warburg in those days, the end of the war in 1945 in the old district of Warburg. Bussesche-Verlagsbuchhandlung, Herford 1982, ISBN 3-87120-864-7 .
• From 950 years of Warburg city history. In: The waiting. 47th year, No. 49, Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 1986.
• 700 years of Borgentreich 1280–1980 . Borgentreich 1980.
• The city of Warburg. 1036-1986 . Volumes 1 and 2, Hermann Hermes, Warburg 1986.

Awards

• 1988: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon

literature

• Association of former students of the Marianum high school in Warburg: The Marianer. Issue 6, Warburg 1955.
• Heinz Wittenbrink: Dr. Franz Mürmann †. In: The Marian. Issue 22, Warburg 1992, p. 37.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der Marianer, No. 6, p. 31.
2. ↑ myHeritage.de