Hinrich Lehmann-Grube

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Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (2011)
Lehmann-Grube (left) in the 1990 local elections in Leipzig

Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (born December 21, 1932 in Königsberg ; † August 6, 2017 in Leipzig ) was a German local politician ( SPD ). From 1979 to 1990 he was senior city director of Hanover, then until 1998 mayor of the city of Leipzig.

Life

Lehmann-Grube was born in 1932 as the son of the pediatrician Fritz Lehmann-Grube and his wife Elsa nee. Luck born. At the end of the Second World War , the family fled to Hamburg , where his mother came from. In 1951 he finished his school years with the Abitur in Hamburg and then studied law, interrupted by a six-month study visit at the Sorbonne in Paris. He passed both state exams and received his doctorate in 1961.

In 1956 Lehmann-Grube became a member of the SPD. In 1957 he married Ursula Paproth. The couple had four children.

From 1957 to 1967 Lehmann-Grube worked in the main office of the German Association of Cities in Cologne . From 1967 to 1979 he was an alderman in the city administration of Cologne. In 1979 he became City Director of the City of Hanover , which has been a partner city of Leipzig since November 23, 1987.

In order to be able to participate as an SPD candidate in the GDR municipal elections on May 6, 1990 in Leipzig, Lehmann-Grube took on GDR citizenship in April 1990. He won his constituency and became a city councilor in Leipzig. On June 6, 1990, the city council elected him mayor. His term of office was shaped by the “Leipzig Model”, the alternative political attempt to solve problems across party and faction boundaries in a factual manner. In the direct elections for the mayor on June 26, 1994, he was confirmed in office with a large majority.

During Lehmann-Grube's tenure, the new exhibition grounds were inaugurated in 1996 and the communities of Hartmannsdorf , Lausen , Plaußig and Seehausen were incorporated into Leipzig. On June 30, 1998, Lehmann-Grube retired and on July 1, 1998 handed over the business to his party colleague and previous deputy Wolfgang Tiefensee , who had been elected as his successor.

Lehmann-Grube died in August 2017 at the age of 84 in St. Elisabeth Hospital in Connewitz of complications from cancer. The burial took place on August 14, 2017 at the Südfriedhof in Leipzig.

Honorary burial site Hinrich Lehmann-Grube

Honors

On July 14, 1999, Lehmann-Grube was made an honorary citizen of the city ​​of Leipzig in recognition of his services as Lord Mayor 1990–1998 .

Fonts

  • The claim for recovery in social law: a comparative study in the areas of social insurance, war victims' insurance, unemployment insurance, burden sharing and social assistance. Legal dissertation from July 25, 1961, University of Cologne; Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1962.
  • From Power: Reflections on a Political and Sociological Phenomenon. Buch & Media, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-86520-360-1 .

literature

  • Karin Kühling, Doris Mundus : Leipzig's ruling mayors from the 13th century to the present. An overview with biographical sketches. Sax-Verlag, Beucha 2000, p. 80, ISBN 3-934544-02-9 .
  • Ursula Lehmann-Grube: When I came to Germany from Germany: Leipziger Tagebuch 1990/91. Lehmstedt, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937146-66-9 .

Web links

Commons : Hinrich Lehmann-Grube  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Hinrich-Lehmann-Grube-ist-tot-Leipziger-Ex-OBM-mit-84-Jahren-gestorben
  2. ↑ Hinrich Lehmann-Grube , Munzinger Archive
  3. ↑ Susanne Happe: Memories: “Not a temporary thing” , Kölnische Rundschau , November 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Leipzig honorary citizen , leipzig.de
  5. ^ The border crossing of the Lehmann-Grubes , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , October 28, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Lehmann pit, Hinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Mayor of Leipzig (1990–1998)
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 2017
Place of death Leipzig