Helmuth Hörstmann

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Helmuth Hörstmann (born December 7, 1909 in Bad Essen , † April 3, 1993 in Celle ) was a doctor and Lord Mayor of the city of Celle.

Life

Hörstmann graduated from high school in Celle at Easter 1931 and then began studying medicine at the University of Berlin . There he became a member of the Teutonia fraternity in 1931 . In 1934 he became a member of the Teutonia Zurich fraternity . In the summer of 1934 he moved to the University of Königsberg and later to the Universities of Zurich and Kiel . In 1937 he passed the medical state examination in Berlin and was then a medical intern at the Rudolf Virchow Clinic . At the end of 1938 he became an assistant doctor in the hospital of the Paul-Gerhardt-Stift in Berlin-Wilmersdorf . In December 1939 Hörstmann was promoted to Dr. med. PhD at the University of Berlin (" Surgery in cystic kidneys "). He then worked as an assistant doctor at the Achenbach Hospital in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, as a senior physician at the Berlin-Wilmersdorf Municipal Hospital and as a senior physician in the surgical department of the Cecilien Hospital in Landsberg / Warthe . From 1944 he worked there as a part-time company doctor in the foreign labor camp of the IG-Farben plant. After the Second World War , Hörstmann was initially acting chief physician at the Friedrichshain Municipal Hospital . Around 1948 he moved to Celle as a general surgeon.

During the National Socialist era , Hörstmann was a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 4,831,946) and the SS (membership number 155,951) from 1933 . From 1937 Hörstmann acted as the deputy standard doctor of the SS medical staff II / 42. On April 20, 1939 he was promoted to SS-Untersturmführer . On January 30, 1942, he was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer . He was now head of this SS medical unit. Because of Hörstmann's past as an SS officer, the city council of Celle decided on February 11, 2011 to rename the "Helmuth-Hörstmann-Weg", named after it, to "Am Französischer Garten".

Public offices

  • 1956: Member of the city council of Celle
  • 1957: Medical officer of the Bundeswehr base in Celle
  • 1972: Team doctor for the German Olympic swimming team
  • 1973: elected Lord Mayor of Celle (re-elected four times), resignation in 1986 immediately after his re-election

Awards

family

In 1942 Helmuth Hörstmann and Ilsetraud Streitberger († April 5, 1992) married, and together they had three sons.

Fonts

  • Surgery on cystic kidneys . Charlottenburg 1939 (= Berlin, Med. Diss., 1939).

literature

Web links

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  1. ↑ Gabriele Schulte: Celle struggles with street names to deal with Nazi greats . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , December 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ Bernhard Strebel: “It doesn't matter what the name of the street you live in”. Street names in Celle and personal connections to National Socialism . (PDF; 758 kB) On behalf of the city of Celle. Revised and amended version. Hanover, November 30, 2010, p. 31 and P. 123.
  3. ↑ Oliver Gatz: Council changes street names. ( Memento of the original from December 7th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cellesche-zeitung.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Cellesche Zeitung , February 11, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Hörstmann, Helmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German SS doctor and Lord Mayor in Celle
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad food
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1993
Place of death Celle