Friedrich Paffrath
Friedrich Paffrath (born September 9, 1896 in Remscheid ; † April 26, 1955 in Wilhelmshaven ) was a German politician and, shortly after the Second World War, acting Lord Mayor of Wilhelmshaven.
Career
Paffrath studied law and political science at the Universities of Marburg and Cologne . There he acquired the diploma for municipal civil servants in 1921 and was awarded the title of Dr. rer. pole. PhD . He then worked initially in his hometown of Remscheid as a municipal employee and was appointed city syndic in Saalfeld in 1922. In 1925 he was appointed First Mayor of Schmölln .
On April 8, 1929, he was elected mayor of the city of Rüstringen as successor to Paul Hug and was introduced to his office on May 6, 1929. After the seizure of power of the Nazis in 1933 Paffrath was pushed from office and held with difficulty as trade and industry representatives in Kiel afloat. From 1943 he performed in an office of the Navy in Blankenburg in the Harz military service . After the collapse of the Nazi regime, Paffrath was mayor of Blankenburg for a short time, but was appointed provisional mayor of the city of Wilhelmshaven just a few weeks later. On October 1, 1945, he moved to the office of the full-time, highest administrative officer of the city as senior city director. Paffrath's successor in the office of Lord Mayor was Reinhard Nieter .
Paffrath's main tasks in the city, which was badly damaged by the war, were mainly in the reconstruction of apartments, schools and streets as well as in the settlement of new industries that created a new livelihood for the city apart from its function as a naval port and naval shipyard.
In addition to his work as City Director, Paffrath was also a board member of the Lower Saxony City Council and the Oldenburg State Welfare Association .
In Wilhelmshaven there is Friedrich-Paffrath-Straße in recognition of his services.
Fonts
- The policy of social wages. Dissertation. Cologne. 1922.
- Wilhelmshaven 1945–1952. A report on the reconstruction of our municipal administration and the economic life of our city. Wilhelmshaven. 1952.
literature
- Wolfgang Günther: Paffrath, Friedrich. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , pp. 549-550 ( online ).
from the north (1873, provisional) | Julius Nakszynski (1874–1879) | Rudolf Schwanhäuser (1879–1881) | Friedrich Wilhelm Feldmann (1881–1883) | Friedrich Oetken (1884–1896) | Hans Ziegner-Gnüchtel (1896–1906) | Emil Bartelt (1906–1933, Lord Mayor from 1919) | Carl Heinrich Renken (1933–1937) | Wilhelm Müller (1937–1945) | Friedrich Paffrath (1945, provisional) | Reinhard Nieter (1945–1952) | Arthur Raschke (1952–1953) | Friedrich Peters (1953–1955) | Rudolf Onken (1955–1956) | Reinhard Nieter (1956–1961) | Johann Janßen (1961–1972) | Arthur Grunewald (1972–1976) | Eberhard Krell (1976–1981) | Hans Janßen (1981–1986) | Eberhard Menzel (1986–2011) | Andreas Wagner (2011–2019) | Carsten Feist (since 2019)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paffrath, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Remscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1955 |
| Place of death | Wilhelmshaven |