Hermann Harden

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Hermann Harden (born September 28, 1912 in Hamburg , † July 19, 1964 in Erfurt ) was a German local politician of the LDPD and from 1953 to 1961 mayor of the city of Eisenach in Thuringia .

Life

The son of a factory worker studied constitutional and administrative law in Potsdam after completing his commercial training . From 1922 he was active in the socialist workers' youth in Hamburg and became their leader in 1925. Harden took part in World War II as a soldier and was captured in 1944. After the war he joined the LDPD. In 1946 he accepted a position at the Jüterbog city ​​administration , became a city councilor in 1948 and mayor in 1950. On December 1, 1953, he was appointed mayor of Eisenach, where he replaced his party colleague Werner Fischer , who had resigned on October 30, 1953. For Harden's tenure, his commitment to maintaining all-German relations should be emphasized. Harden's term of office also included the opening of the Wartburg Stadium and the reopening of the Lutherhaus, which was restored after severe war damage, in 1955. On May 6, 1955, Harden was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit. On September 13, 1961, Harden resigned for health reasons, according to other sources for political reasons. Harden's successor was Sigfried Möckel .

After the end of his term of office as mayor, Harden worked in a HO company in Erfurt, where he died on July 19, 1964 at the age of 51. Harden was married and had two children.

Harden was a member of the People's Chamber for the LDPD from 1954 to 1958 . In 1955 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Eisenach , accessed on February 28, 2013
  2. ↑ Biography on www.eisenach.de ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed March 1, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eisenach.de
  3. ^ People's Chamber of the GDR. Handbook of the People's Chamber of the GDR . Berlin 1957 p. 317
  4. ^ New Germany , May 7, 1955, p. 2
personal data
SURNAME Harden, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1964
Place of death Erfurt