Jürgen Mehrtens

Jürgen Mehrtens (born April 7, 1912 in Delmenhorst ; † April 15, 2003 in Lübeck ) was a German lawyer and city director of Delmenhorst.

Life

Jürgen Mehrtens was born in 1912 as the son of a teacher in Delmenhorst, where he spent his school days at the boys' school on Kirchplatz and at the secondary school. After graduating from high school, Mehrtens studied law and political science at the Georg August University in Göttingen . In the summer semester of 1931 he joined the Holzminda fraternity . Further studies in Munich , internship in Celle and Berlin , work as a consultant in the Oldenburg Higher Regional Court . He began his working life in Berlin at the Prussian Building and Finance Directorate. He took part in the Second World War , in which he was wounded several times, as a high-ranking officer.

In 1947 he returned to Delmenhorst and joined the city administration. From 1952 to 1969, Mehrtens was City Director of Delmenhorst, then senior city director until his retirement in 1977. Until 1979 he worked as headmaster of the Oldenburg administration school.

Even after his retirement, he held leading positions in many associations and clubs. Among other things, he was chairman of the working group of the free welfare associations, district chairman of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge , DRK district association chief and chairman of the contact group between the military and civil offices. Furthermore, he was chairman of the working group of homeland associations in the Oldenburg landscape , co-founder of the working group on Green Coastal Road , 30 years chairman of the traffic watch in Delmenhorst , 20 years at the tourist office and guild master of the St. Polycarpus guild . Since 1963 he has been involved in the Rotary Club Delmenhorst.

Honors

1977 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
1991 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
In 1991 the city of Delmenhorst made him its sixth honorary citizen .
In 2012 Jürgen-Mehrtens-Straße in Delmenhorst was named after him.
The Bundeswehr awarded him the Cross of Honor .

Publications

Delmenhorst. Delmenhorst, 1977.
Delmenhorst through the ages. Delmenhorst. 1989.
300 years of Delmenhorster Markt. Delmenhorst, 1990.
Against the red rooster! Delmenhorst, 1995.
Old Delmenhorst. Pictures, stories, anecdotes. Delmenhorst, 1982.

Web links

Short biography

Individual evidence

↑ Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. List of members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934, p. 1039.
^ Club and membership directory of Rotarians in the Federal Republic of Germany 2002/2003
^ Andreas D. Becker: Delmenhorst then: Jürgen Mehrtens becomes an honorary citizen. In: Weser-Kurier of October 29, 2016.
↑ Official announcement of the city of Delmenhorst from February 23, 2012. ( Memento from May 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 31 kB)

personal data
SURNAME	Mostly, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and City Director of Delmenhorst
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Delmenhorst
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 2003
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. List of members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934, p. 1039.

[2] Club and membership directory of Rotarians in the Federal Republic of Germany 2002/2003

[3] Andreas D. Becker: Delmenhorst then: Jürgen Mehrtens becomes an honorary citizen. In: Weser-Kurier of October 29, 2016.

[4] Official announcement of the city of Delmenhorst from February 23, 2012. ( Memento from May 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 31 kB)