Herbert Hinnendahl

Herbert Hinnendahl (born January 2, 1914 in Schildesche , today a district of Bielefeld ; † November 1, 1993 in Bielefeld) was Lord Mayor of Bielefeld for twelve years .

Life

Hinnendahl completed an apprenticeship at the AOK from 1928 to 1931 , after which he also passed two administrative examinations for social insurance. During the Second World War he was taken prisoner by the British , from which he returned to Bielefeld in 1945. In 1947, Hinnendahl, who had meanwhile joined the SPD , became a member of the city council. In 1961 he became mayor. In the local elections in 1961 there was a stalemate between the SPD and CDU / FDP , so that neither of the two camps was able to push through its candidate for the office of mayor. It was agreed that Hinnendahl would succeed Rudolf Nierhoff in 1963 . This was done and Hinnendahl was Lord Mayor of Bielefeld until 1975.

During his tenure he influenced the establishment of Bielefeld University as well as the local reorganization . In connection with the opening and above all the naming of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld in 1968, Hinnendahl came into the focus of the national press. The exhibition hall was named after Richard Kaselowsky , which, due to the role of the industrialist, caused numerous protests among others in the Friends of the Reichsführer SS . The mayor reacted unhappily and, in Heino Siemens' opinion, also undemocratic, by making it impossible for protesters to participate in city council meetings by filling the visitor seats early on. With the cancellation of the then North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Heinz Kühn , the opening event was so burdened that Hinnendahl canceled it.

Hinnendahl's term of office ended on May 22, 1975 and Klaus Schwickert was his successor. Just eight days later he was made an honorary citizen of the city. Hinnendahl died in 1993. His grave is in the Sudbrack cemetery.

Others

• In addition to his work as Lord Mayor, Hinnendahl was managing director of AOK in Bielefeld from 1965 to 1979.
• Bielefeld's Herbert-Hinnendahl-Straße ⊙ is named after Hinnendahl . It was previously called Düppelstrasse.

See also

• History of the city leaders of Bielefeld

References and comments

1. ↑ See corresponding article
2. ^ Heino Siemens: May 30, 1975: Herbert Hinnendahl becomes an honorary citizen of the city of Bielefeld. City of Bielefeld, accessed on October 16, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Hang von Kuenheim: No celebration without Oetker. DIE ZEIT, accessed on October 16, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Wilfried Massmann: A noble comrade. Neue Westfälische, accessed on October 16, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Tour of the Sudbrack cemetery. (PDF) (No longer available online.) City of Bielefeld, archived from the original on March 8, 2016 ; accessed on October 16, 2015 . Info: The 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.