Friedrich Kleim

Friedrich "Fritz" Kleim (born December 28, 1889 in Gudensberg ; † December 27, 1945 in Velen ) was a German politician of the NSDAP , mayor of Soest , mayor of Herford and acting district administrator in Prussia .

Political offices

Kleim was initially mayor of Soest . On May 1, 1933, he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1933 , Kleim became mayor of the then independent city or city ​​district of Herford in the East Westphalian part of the Prussian province of Westphalia . His appointment was largely due to Gauleiter Alfred Meyer . From August 1, 1933, Kleim was initially only provisional in the mayor's office, and his twelve-year term of office officially began on May 22, 1934. His predecessor as mayor was Ernst Althaus , who's only in 1928 started scheduled for twelve years term after the seizure of power could not lead to the end of the Nazi Party. When the previous district administrator of the Herford district , Erich Hartmann, became district administrator in the Bielefeld district , Kleim also served as provisional district administrator in the Herford district from December 1944 to April 1945 until the end of the National Socialist dictatorship. From August 1, 1943 to May 30, 1944, he also acted together with Hartmann as a provisional district administrator in the Minden district . From November 30, 1944, the government assessor Ulrich Kleibömer from the Bielefeld district office took over the official business of the Herford mayor's office. After the collapse of the National Socialist dictatorship in the Ravensberger Land, Kleim was replaced by a successor appointed by the British military government . He died in British internment. Heinrich Tiemann briefly succeeded him in the office of Lord Mayor of Herford on April 5, 1945, who was replaced by Friedrich Holzapfel after around two months . Friedrich von Laer followed him as District Administrator of the Herford district .

Others

Friedrich Kleim studied in Jena and Marburg law . From 1908 he was a member of the Corps Franconia Jena .

literature

• Norbert Sahrhage: Dictatorship and Democracy in a Protestant Region. City and district of Herford 1929 to 1953 . In: Herford research . tape 18 . Publishing house for regional history, Herford 2005.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 124 , 613
2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 26 , 587

predecessor	Office	successor
Ernst Althaus	Mayor of Herford 1933 - 1945	Heinrich Tiemann