Heinrich Korte

Heinrich Korte (born March 23, 1853 in Freienohl , † January 1, 1927 in Barop - Hombruch ) was a non-party local civil servant and politician and the first bailiff of the independent Gladbeck office .

Live and act

After leaving school, Heinrich Korte entered the administrative service of his home parish in the Sauerland region, where he trained as an administrative officer . In the first half of the 1880s, he moved to the Buer office in the Recklinghausen district , from where the neighboring Gladbeck was also administered. When the municipality of Gladbeck was raised to an independent office on April 1, 1885 through the commitment of the District Administrator Baron Robert von Reitzenstein , he appointed Heinrich Korte as its bailiff.

During his thirty-year term in office, Gladbeck experienced immense economic and population growth. The population rose from 4,435 in 1885 to 55,273 in 1915. Korte was responsible for equipping the former rural village with a modern infrastructure. This included, among other things, the construction of developed roads and paths and the establishment of a sewer system. The connection of Gladbeck to the national traffic through the opening of the railway lines Winterswijk – Gelsenkirchen and Osterfeld-Hamm , but also the construction of a tram line from Osterfeld via Gladbeck to Horst was of great importance . During his time, the first two official buildings and from 1908 to 1910 today's town hall were built.

Heinrich Korte retired in mid-September 1917 and moved to Godesberg . He died unexpectedly during a Christmas visit to his daughter in Barop and was buried in a grave of honor at the Gladbeck-Mitte cemetery.

Awards

1917: Cross of Merit for War Aid
1918: Austrian war cross for civil merit 3rd class

Honors

In Gladbeck a street is named after Heinrich Korte.

literature

Obituary in the Gladbecker Zeitung from January 1, 1927
Ralph Eberhard Brachthäuser: With passion for our city. The women and men of the first Gladbeck city council , Verlag Mainz, Aachen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8107-0308-8 , p. 20.

Individual evidence

↑ Ralph Eberhard Brachthäuser: With passion for our city. The women and men of the first Gladbeck city council , Verlag Mainz, Aachen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8107-0308-8 , pp. 21–24.

personal data
SURNAME	Korte, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German municipal officials and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Freienohl
DATE OF DEATH	January 1, 1927
Place of death	Barop - Hombruch

[1] Ralph Eberhard Brachthäuser: With passion for our city. The women and men of the first Gladbeck city council , Verlag Mainz, Aachen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8107-0308-8 , pp. 21–24.