Heinz Mohnen

Heinz Mohnen (born March 11, 1914 in Cologne ; † June 17, 2005 ibid) was a German lawyer and chief city director of Cologne.

Life

After visiting the Schiller-Gymnasium in Cologne-Ehrenfeld Heinz poppies studied in Cologne Jura . In 1938 he received his doctorate and passed the major state examination in 1940. In 1933 he joined the SA and in 1937 the NSDAP . After military service and imprisonment, he was appointed judge at the Cologne Regional Court in April 1946 . Heinz Mohnen last worked here as deputy chairman of the 5th civil chamber. In January 1951 he was appointed advisor to the legislative department in the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Justice. Eventually he became President of the State Labor Court in Hamm and in January 1957 President of the Cologne District Court . In October 1964, Heinz Mohnen was appointed honorary professor at the law faculty of the University of Cologne .

Tomb at the Melaten cemetery (2013)

In December 1964, Heinz Mohnen ( SPD ) became city director of Cologne . On October 1, 1965 he was appointed senior city director of Cologne for twelve years. During his tenure, he was particularly committed to housing construction. During his term of office the construction of the Roman-Germanic Museum and the Müngersdorfer Stadium as well as the inauguration of the Zoobrücke in 1966, the opening of the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in 1967, the reconstruction of the historical town hall from 1968 to 1972 as well as the municipal territorial reform in 1975 with the Cologne Act, municipalities and cities from the surrounding area were incorporated into Cologne.

After his tenure as City Director, Heinz Mohnen volunteered on the board of trustees of the Evangelical Hospital Cologne-Weyertal , on the board of the Cologne house and landowners association and in the Cologne racing club .

Heinz Mohnen died at the age of 91. His grave is in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne .

In 2011, a square in the Lindenthal district of Cologne was named after him. Research carried out in 2019 by the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne on Mohnen's biography during the Nazi era came to the conclusion that Mohnen had actively served the Nazi regime. The city administration therefore recommends that the Lindenthal district council rename the square.

Honors

1994: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

1977: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Federal Cross of Merit 1st class

Crown cross of the Diaconal Work of the Evangelical Church

Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John

Commendatore dell'Ordire al Merito della Republica Italiana

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Ayhan Demirci: Shock in Cologne City Hall: Nazi files on the size of the Cologne SPD emerged. July 17, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German). (chargeable).
^ Jürgen Müllenberg: New name for Heinz-Mohnen-Platz. City of Cologne - Office for Press and Public Relations, March 10, 2020, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Mohnen, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and city director of Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH	March 11, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	June 17, 2005
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Ayhan Demirci: Shock in Cologne City Hall: Nazi files on the size of the Cologne SPD emerged. July 17, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German). (chargeable).

[2] Jürgen Müllenberg: New name for Heinz-Mohnen-Platz. City of Cologne - Office for Press and Public Relations, March 10, 2020, accessed on March 10, 2020 .

[3] Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .