Friedrich Krafft (politician)

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Friedrich Krafft (born October 13, 1857 ; † April 22, 1936 ) was a German administrative lawyer who was Lord Mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein from 1896 to 1920 .

Life

Krafft studied law , doctorate to Dr. jur. and embarked on a civil service career . In 1896 Krafft, who was a government assessor at the time, was appointed full-time mayor. In 1903 he was awarded a first class knight of the Grand Ducal Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion . He held the honorary title of (royal Bavarian) court counselor and was a member of the Mannheim aerospace association "Zähringen" eV, founded in May 1908. In his role as mayor, he was also a member of the board of the Pfalzwerke AG .

Krafft was a member of the SPD . With regard to urban development, he sponsored the talented Jewish architect Markus Sternlieb , who became a city architect in 1911.

Krafft also built the Ludwigshafen city park from the gauge in the south via the “Inselbastei” in the north and the Rhine promenade to the granary north of the “Rheingalerie”. The idyllic park island belonged to the then independent village of Mundenheim until 1898 as "Mundenheimer Wäldchen" and was to be converted into a housing estate. Friedrich Krafft prevented this with his veto against the deforestation of the Rhine bank forest.

A square in the south district is named after him. He was also an honorary citizen of Ludwigshafen.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Haas, Hansjörg Probst: The Palatinate on the Rhine. 2000 years of national, cultural and economic history. 1984, p. 208. ( limited preview of Google Books )
  2. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Baden , 1910 edition, p. 172.
  3. ↑ Yearbook of the German Aviation Association 1913 , p. 85.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Wolf: Maybach engines and automobiles in the Rhine-Neckar triangle and the Palatinate. 6th edition, 2013, p. 169. ( limited preview of Google Books )
  5. ^ Address book of directors and supervisory boards , edition 1918, page 631.
  6. ↑ SWR2 manuscript service: SWR2-Stolpersteine ​​- Marcus Sternlieb, Ludwigshafen (accessed on October 10, 2017)
  7. ↑ Rhine Walk. In Ludwigshafen, steles on the riverbank will bring visitors closer to chapters of the city's history. In: Wormser Zeitung from April 28, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Krafft, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer, Lord Mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein (1896–1920)
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1857
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1936