Hans Heinrich Redlhammer
Hans Heinrich Redlhammer (born September 30, 1891 in Gablonz , † April 16, 1980 in Hofheim am Taunus ) was a German diplomat and local politician. From 1946 to 1953 he was Lord Mayor of Wiesbaden , since 1951 suspended.
Life
Redlhammer was born as the son of the glass manufacturer Eduard Ludwig Redlhammer. After studying law at the Consular Academy in Vienna , he joined the Austrian-Hungarian Foreign Service in 1915 and, from 1920, that of the German Empire . In 1929 he was promoted to Berlin for lecturers Legationsrat, since 1931, he headed the Telegraph Aktiengesellschaft in Berlin and has been placed in temporary retirement, and on July 18, 1933, after the seizure of power of the Nazis , retired.
After the end of the war, he was initially employed in Wiesbaden as a press and radio representative, and the following year he was elected mayor of the state capital of Greater Hesse as a candidate for the CDU . During his tenure from August 12, 1946 until his retirement on June 18, 1953, he made a lasting contribution to their reconstruction. In 1951 he was suspended from office. After leaving office, he remained district chairman of the CDU Wiesbaden until 1957.
After the war, Redlhammer's activities also focused on the reconciliation between Germany and France. In 1949 he was a co-founder and later President of the Franco-German Society , and from 1961 he was President of the Stresemann Society .
Honors
- 1967: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Otto Renkhoff : Nassau biography. Short biographies from 13 centuries. 2nd completely revised and expanded edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-922244-90-4 ( publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau 39).
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Heinrich Redlhammer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ City without a head. In: The time . December 31, 1953, accessed on April 9, 2018 (temporarily updated online on November 22, 2012).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Redlhammer, Hans Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gablonz on the Neisse |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1980 |
| Place of death | Hofheim am Taunus |