Franz Rottmann

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Franz Rottmann (born May 14, 1905 in Recklinghausen ; † June 29, 1984 in Bocholt ) was the mayor , entrepreneur and local politician of the FDP .

Life

After secondary school, Franz Rottmann worked in the administration of the coal company Zeche König Ludwig in Recklinghausen-Herten and attended the administration academy in Bochum from 1930 to 1933 .

He joined the NSDAP on November 1, 1925 and was a member of the Recklinghausen city council. On October 4, 1933, he was elected First Alderman (Mayor) and from December 1938 to August 1939 he was entrusted with the representation of the Lord Mayor's affairs. On September 1, 1939, he replaced Fritz Emil Irrgang as Lord Mayor in Bocholt, who became his successor in Recklinghausen.

After two years of internment and subsequent denazification , Rottmann reoriented himself politically and professionally. In 1948 he founded a bus company - today Omnibus-Nahverkehr GmbH -, of which he was co-managing director until 1974 and its main shareholder until 1983. He was President of the Federal Association of the German Passenger Transport Industry for over 20 years. From 1952 to 1956 he had a seat in the Bocholt city council. From 1956 to 1964 he was a member of the Borken district council . During this time he was also a member of the Westphalia-Lippe Landscape Assembly .

Political party

In 1950 Rottmann was the founding chairman of the FDP local association in Bocholt and at the same time chairman of the Borken-Bocholt district association. He led the latter until January 1965. From 1954 he was chairman of the state technical committee for transport in the FDP state association of North Rhine-Westphalia and a member of the party's federal technical committee of the same name. As parliamentary group chairman in the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Assembly, he also became a member of the FDP state executive board with temporary voting rights in 1960.

Private

Franz Rottmann was married to Maria Degenhardt. The marriage resulted in two sons.

literature

  • District archive Borken: "... The best of the cities and the flat country at any time ..:", From the development and work of the Westmünsterland district Borken, p. 382 ff.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Based on documents from the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .
personal data
SURNAME Rottmann, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Recklinghausen
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1984
Place of death Bocholt