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Jakob "Jockel" Fuchs (born December 11, 1919 in Hargesheim near Bad Kreuznach , † March 6, 2002 in Mainz ) was Lord Mayor of Mainz ( SPD ).

Life

The Mainz town hall was built during his time in office and is therefore also known as the Fuchsbau . The square in front of it now bears his name .

His high school made Jockel Fuchs 1938. The same year he joined the Nazi Party. After he returned from French captivity in 1947 , he joined the SPD in 1948 and in the same year began an internship at the social democratic newspaper Freiheit , of which he became editor-in-chief in 1957. In 1949 he became chairman of Jusos Mainz, which he remained until 1952. From 1955 to 1975 he was a member of the SPD parliamentary group in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament , of which he was chairman of the parliamentary group in 1970 and 1971. From 1966 to 1970 he was also chairman of the SPD Rhineland-Palatinate ; From 1962 to 1973, Fuchs was a member of the SPD federal executive committee. In 1962 he became a member of the ZDF television council, and from 1976 until his departure in 1992 he was also its chairman. In May 1965, Fuchs was elected Lord Mayor of Mainz after the city council voted against an extension of Franz Stein's term of office in January of the same year . He held this office until May 1987.

Jockel Fuchs died in 2002 after a long illness at the age of 82. He was buried in the main cemetery in Mainz . Fuchs had been married since 1951 and had two sons.

Significance as Lord Mayor

During his tenure as Lord Mayor, the popularly minded Jockel Fuchs became extremely popular, his unconventional management and his good relationship with the citizens of the city earned him a legendary reputation. He was said to be "the most popular Mainz since Gutenberg ".

The rise of the city of Mainz to a modern metropolis in the 1960s and 1970s is largely linked to the name of Fuchs. This included the settlement of ZDF (on the Lerchenberg ) and IBM . The Rheingoldhalle , the first Hilton in Germany and the “Am Brand” shopping center were also built in the city ​​center during this period . Furthermore, in 1969 the six suburbs Drais , Ebersheim , Finthen , Hechtsheim , Laubenheim and Marienborn were incorporated into Mainz . Fuchs continued the policy of international understanding begun by his predecessor Franz Stein. During his tenure, Zagreb (1967), Valencia (1978) and Haifa (1987) became twin cities of Mainz. On May 23, 1978, he received the British Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip for a state visit in Mainz.

Quotes

"And now we go enunner, to the printer workshop."

- Jockel Fuchs : during Queen Elisabeth's visit on May 23, 1978, after the English manuscript had disappeared.

Awards

Jockel-Fuchs-Platz with the inconspicuous main entrance to Mainz City Hall .

literature

  • Werner Hanfgarn : Jockel Fuchs. Episodes from 60 years. , Mainz: Krach, 1979 ISBN 3-87439-066-7
  • Werner Hanfgarn, Erich Stather : The fox. 20 years mayor d. City of Mainz; e. Memory book. Mainz: Krach, 1985 ISBN 3-87439-116-7
  • Werner Hanfgarn (Hrsg.), Erich Stather (Hrsg.): Messages to Jockel: made up letters from d. Past from Drusus to Geiger-Fränzje; on the occasion of d. Completion d. Term of office of Lord Mayor Jockel Fuchs Mainz: Schmidt, 1987 ISBN 3-87439-138-8
  • Werner Hanfgarn, Erich Stather: All kinds of foxes for fairytale use given by thirty-seven contemporaries. Mainz: Schmidt, 1989 ISBN 3-87439-206-6

Web links

Commons : Jockel Fuchs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carsten Dirx: Rhineland-Palatinate Bibliography. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The 100 largest Rhineland-Palatinate: Fuchs, Jockel
  3. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Jockel Fuchs
  4. ^ "The most popular Mainz since Gutenberg" special page of the Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz of March 7, 2002
  5. ↑ Died: Jockel Fuchs . Der Spiegel from March 11, 2002.
  6. ↑ Politician and journalist: Jakob “Jockel” Fuchs - Mayor of Mainz you can touch - a legend on swr.de (with further data on the curriculum vitae) from August 14, 2007 during his lifetime
  7. ↑ Photo: Jockel Fuchs meets the Queen , SWR, accessed on October 28, 2013.
  8. ^ Obituary on Spiegel.de, accessed on October 6, 2015
  9. ↑ Queen visit to Mainz 1978 "Your Majesty, now we go 'enunner'" swr.de, accessed on December 11, 2019
  10. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Fox, Jockel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuchs, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag and Lord Mayor of Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Hargesheim , Bad Kreuznach
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2002
Place of death Mainz