Georg von Garßen

Georg von Garßen , also Georg von Garssen , (* 1852 ; † 1923 ) was a German politician and mayor of the city of Goslar from 1882 to 1917. The city honored his achievements in 1917 with honorary citizenship. Von-Garßen-Straße in Goslar is named after him.

Live and act

During his studies was of Garßen 1869 member of the connection , the later fraternity Frisia Göttingen . He became a reserve officer after participating in the war against France (1870/71) in 1879 as a secret councilor and as a city counsel (legal advisor) initially a representative, then from 1882 elected mayor and successor to Theodor Tappen . In the Goslar Chronicle, the city praised Georg von Garßen as "one of the best". He was largely responsible for contractual regulations with the Duchy of Braunschweig. He planned and promoted the later urban development of the urban areas on Georgenberg (from 1898) and on Steinberg (from 1900). During his tenure a wreath of elegant villas was built there. New living space had to be created as the population of Goslar grew steadily. The population rose from 10,790 in 1880 to over 27,881 in 1925. By the time he served as mayor for the 25th time, the number of inhabitants had almost doubled.

The first gas station, the new power station (1900) in Hildesheimer Strasse (today Kulturkraftwerk), the slaughterhouse (Okerstrasse slaughterhouse), new water pipes, the sewer system and a bathing establishment were built. Mayor von Garßen decided to make major renovations such as the new building of the club hospital in Spitalstrasse (1883–1966). In addition, there was the construction of the high school building in Schilderstraße (Ratsgymnasium) and the “higher girls' school” (later the CVD high school). But all his attention was devoted to the care and maintenance of the imperial palace. On May 1, 1883, he opened the railway line to Grauhof and Langelsheim. Goslar slowly grew into an important means of transport for business and tourism. Many civil servants and pensioners who had traveled to the city increased the proportion of retirees in the city from 1326 in 1895 to over 2133 in 1907. With its beautiful villas, guest houses and hotels on the green outskirts, Goslar became the “Pensionopolis” of the Wilhelminian era. Goslar owes its most beautiful districts and villas outside the old town to von Garßen. Until 1917 he was also a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Hanover . Friedrich Klinge became his successor as Lord Mayor and Member of Parliament .

He died on January 23, 1923 and was honored to be buried in the forest cemetery on Hildesheimer Strasse.

family

His son Adolf von Garßen (1885-1946) was appointed President of the Higher Regional Court in Celle in March 1932. He was one of two presidents nationwide who retained their position in 1933. In May 1933 he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 2.624.517) and was a member of the RDB and the BNSDJ . On April 12, 1945, he was imprisoned by the British military authorities because they assumed joint responsibility for the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp . He died in the field hospital in 1946.

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume 1: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 103.
• Horst-Günther Lange; Goslarsche Zeitung; Articles of September 11, 1999 and March 5, 2002
• Armin Theuerkauf: Chronicle of the city of Goslar . Volume IV 1881–1932, Museumsverein Goslar eV Goslar 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.goslar.de/strassenverzeichnis/index.php?id=142
2. ↑ Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , p. 193.
3. ↑ http://www.goslar.de/strassenverzeichnis/index.php?id=142
4. ↑ Elmar Schürmann: Historical development in the former Prussian areas of the district court districts of Aurich and Osnabrück. In: Rechtsanwaltskammer Oldenburg (Hrsg.): Lawyer without right - fate of Jewish lawyers in the district of today's Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg. 2007, p. 34.

Web links

• Traveling exhibition of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice "Justice under National Socialism - About Crimes in the Name of the People -" Documentation on the special section Celle: "Curriculum Vitae Adolf v. Garßen " .