Ihno Alberts

Ihno Alberts (born October 30, 1910 in Pilsum ; † June 26, 1985 in Norden , East Friesland) was a German administrative officer and senior district director of the north district .

Live and act

Ihno Alberts was the son of a dike worker. He had five siblings. He had a minor disability and a stiffened and shortened left leg. After attending the Pilsum elementary school from 1917 to 1926, he studied at the trade and trade school in Emden until 1929 . From 1926 he also completed vocational training in the local government of Emden, for which he also worked after school.

From 1931 to 1932 Alberts had a job in the district of Emden. Since the districts of Emden and Norden were united, he worked from 1932 to 1938 as an employee in the administration of the district of Norden, then there as a civil servant candidate. He was judged to be very talented and extremely ambitious, and rose quickly through the administration. He studied for five semesters at the Administration Academy and in 1935 passed the first and second administrative official examination within a few months, both with a good final grade.

From August 15, 1938, Alberts worked as a city inspector, then as a city inspector in Glückstadt . At the beginning of the Second World War he was considered "only fit for work" due to the slight handicap. In 1939 he was postponed from military service as an administrative specialist. On September 1, 1940, he moved to Teschen as city inspector . From 1944 to May 1, 1945 he worked there as director of the city administration. At the same time, he taught administrative studies, community affairs, community law and civil service law for three years at the administration school in Wroclaw .

Alberts had joined the SPD before 1933 and switched to the NSDAP on May 1, 1933, without obviously appearing as an active National Socialist there. He did not hold any offices in the party. In 1947, his superior in Teschen expressly stated that Alberts had positioned himself at a distance from National Socialism. After the civil administration of Teschen was lifted on May 1, 1945, Alberts went on a 46-day walk to the west and initially lived in Emden. At the beginning of March Alberts tried to get a job with the government in Aurich. District President Jann Berghaus described Albert's performance as "well above average" and, with the testimony of Albert's former superior Walter Bubert, made a recommendation to the North District.

On March 28, 1946, Alberts took over the management of municipal supervision and the personnel office of the Northern District Office. On August 28, 1947 he was appointed deputy senior district director and on February 3, 1948 regular deputy senior district director. In 1951 he was appointed to the district board of directors with unchanged responsibilities. The district council unanimously confirmed him and his superiors in their offices for life in 1953.

After the chief district director Meint Janssen fell ill, Alberts took over his duties in January 1959. The district council elected him unanimously on March 28, 1960, without a previous job advertisement, as senior district director. The planned term of office was twelve years. In 1972 he was unanimously confirmed in office for a further six years.

Alberts mostly dealt with the territorial and administrative reform with which he should be dissolved the north district. As part of the regional planning advisory board of the government in Aurich, he tried, ultimately unsuccessfully, to avert this. The district was dissolved on July 31, 1977. Alberts, whose term of office was supposed to end a year later, then asked for leave of absence.

Significance for the north district

Alberts was very supportive of tourism and also tried to put the economy on a broader basis. He played a decisive role in the fact that the Olympia-Werke set up a branch in Tidofeld in 1970 . From 1960 to 1970 the district replaced almost all district roads. Exceptional new buildings that arose during his service

• the district middle school Pewsum (1960/1961)
• the North District Hospital with three nurses' homes (from 1962)
• from 1963 the district building II,
• in 1965 a nurses house at the "Helenenstift" in Hage,
• a school sports facility at the district secondary school in Dornum (1966)
• the district secondary school in Norden (1968)
• from 1969 the “Helenenstift” retirement home in Hage
• from 1970 the hospital kindergarten

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Voluntary work

In addition to his work as a senior district director, Alberts also volunteered. It belonged to around 30 non-profit associations or organizations and was also very interested in culture. So he suggested several publications on the history and current events in his district. As a result of his efforts, all communities in the north district were given their own coat of arms. In the East Frisian landscape , to which he belonged for many years, he served as a landscape councilor from 1971 to 1983.

Honors

After the 1962 storm surge , Alberts helped combat its effects. The Lower Saxony regional association of the German Red Cross (DRK) awarded him the Cross of Honor in 1966 for this commitment, which is the DRK's highest award. In the same year, he received the Graf von Luckner plaque from the Störtebecker guild for his commitment to supporting tourism.

In addition to other awards, Alberts received the Order of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1973.

family

Alberts was married twice. He first married Jenny Ellen, whose father Gerhard Ellen worked as a building contractor in Emden-Wolthusen. In August 1939 the couple had a son. Albert's first wife died on May 17, 1964. In his second marriage, he married Ute Köppen (* 1945 in Emden) on September 24, 1965. From this marriage two daughters were born.

literature

• Paul Weßels: Alberts, Ihno in: Martin Tielke (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich, Vol. 3 ISBN 3-932206-22-3 (2001). Pages 16-18 ( digital library , accessed December 24, 2017).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Excerpt from the family book Alberts / Köppen from September 24, 1965, marriage entry No. 40/1965, registrar Harting, Norderney: Ihno Remmers Alberts, birthday October 30, 1910 in Pilsum, North District, Pilsum registry office, No. 21/1910