Hans Rummer

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Hans Rummer (born June 24, 1880 in St. Johannisrain , † April 28, 1945 in Penzberg ) was a German miner , mayor and politician .

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Memorial stone on Münchener Strasse, in Berlin-Schöneberg

Hans Rummer attended elementary school in Penzberg from 1886 to 1892 , after which he worked in agriculture. From July 24, 1894, he was employed in the mine in Penzberg, first as a pit boy , then as a tug and tiller . He obtained his civil rights in Penzberg on July 11, 1914. From 1915 to 1917 he participated as a soldier in the First World War on the Western Front .

Hans Rummer was a member of the Provisional National Council in Bavaria from 1918 to 1919 . From 1919 to 1921 Rummer was first honorary, then until 1933 full-time mayor in Penzberg. He was the first social democratic mayor of the young city. One of his achievements was the development of the infrastructure in the rapidly growing town, from the expansion of the sewerage system to residential construction and the construction of important public buildings such as the former beneficiary's home and the town hall .

On March 11, 1933, he was arrested and forcibly removed from office by the National Socialists . He had to officially resign as mayor on March 21, 1933 "voluntarily and on his word of honor" and renounce all honorary posts.

On April 28, 1945, Hans Rummer and a few helpers deposed the National Socialist Mayor Josef Von Werden, who was planning extensive destruction. In this way, u. a. The prepared demolition of the Loisach bridges prevented the demolition of the waterworks and the destruction of the coal mine, which was the basis of life for the place. It also thwarted the murder of several hundred French and Soviet prisoners of war working underground. It was planned to hand over the city to the American armed forces without a fight.

On the same day Rummer and some of his helpers were shot by units of the werewolf of Upper Bavaria in the course of the so-called Penzberger Murder Night .

literature

  • Katrin Fügener: Hans Rummer. Victims of the night of the murder (= writings of the Penzberg City Museum. 4) Penzberg 2005.
  • Biographical Lexicon of Socialism . Volume 1: Deceased Personalities. Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf. GmbH, Hanover 1960, p. 258.
  • Bernt Engelmann: “We still have our heads firmly on our necks.” The Germans between Zero Hour and the Economic Miracle , Bertelsmann Club GmbH, original edition Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1987, ISBN 3-462-01688-1 , p. 65.

Web links

Commons : Hans Rummer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical Lexicon of Socialism. Volume 1: Deceased Personalities. Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf. GmbH, Hanover 1960, p. 258.
personal data
SURNAME Rummer, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German miner and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Johannisrain
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1945
Place of death Penzberg