Hermann Hippen

Hermann Hippen (born July 16, 1907 in Aurich ; † February 18, 1979 in Aurich) was mayor of the city of Aurich from 1964 to 1978 .

The Hippen family is an old generation of craftsmen. Hermann Hippen first attended grammar school in Aurich , but graduated with secondary school leaving certificate and then did a commercial apprenticeship . During the Great Depression , he lost his job in the training company in the 1920s. In 1930 he found a job with the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse and stayed there until his retirement in 1969 as an administrative officer. He lived through World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a soldier and was released from captivity in 1946.

After the war he became involved in the Aurich sports association , the fire brigade and joined the SPD in 1958 . In 1961 he moved into the city parliament for the SPD, where he was elected as an alderman. When the mayor of Aurich, Hermann von Schleusen, resigned in 1964, Hippen was elected as his successor, initially from a coalition of SPD and FDP, later by an absolute majority of the SPD. He remained in office until his resignation on July 20, 1978. His successor was Hermann Hildebrand, who stayed in office for only one year.

Hip has been prepared by the former German President Walter Scheel with the Federal Cross of Merit and the Lower Saxony Prime Minister Ernst Albrecht with the Lower Saxony Order of Merit awarded. He died on February 18, 1979.

During his time as mayor, Hippen was able to implement the following projects, among others:

• 1972 Construction of the indoor swimming pool, Am Ellernfeld
• 1974 Conversion of the city center into a pedestrian zone
• 1975 Construction of the vocational training center with comprehensive school

In 1972 there was a regional reform in Lower Saxony and the Aurich administrative region was dissolved. It now became part of the Weser-Ems administrative district . For the city of Aurich , this meant that the population increased from 11,944 (1970) to over 30,000 (1972).

Web links

• City of Aurich: Hermann Hippen (1964-1978) (requires javascript)
• Karl Otto Saur, Who's Who in Politics , RR Bowker Company, 1971, p. 106