Josef Filler

Josef Füller (born December 14, 1861 in Hünfeld , † October 20, 1953 in Oberursel ) was a German local politician ( DVP ) and mayor of Oberursel for 29 years.

Life

Josef Füller was born as the tenth of 13 children to his parents. His father, Johann Christoph Füller (born November 11, 1818 in Fulda ; † July 14, 1897 in Wehlheiden ) was a teacher in Hünfeld, his mother, Eva Theresia nee Schöppner (born September 12, 1823 in Fulda; † June 19, 1919 in Kassel ) took care of the family. From 1876 Josef Füller did an apprenticeship as a surveying technician at the land registry office in Hünfeld. He then served as a soldier in the Prussian army for twelve years and retired from service as a district sergeant in Homburg vor der Höhe .

On May 5, 1891, Josef Füller, who was a Catholic denomination, married Susanne Kirchner in Homburg (* May 5, 1891 in Homburg vor der Höhe; † April 14, 1949 in Oberursel), the daughter of the Oberursel watchmaker Gottfried Kirchner. In 1892 the only child, Gottfried, was born. Gottfried fell in World War I in 1916. The Füller couple adopted a girl named Irmtrude, who was born in 1911.

In 1893 Josef Füller accepted a position as an office assistant in Cologne , worked there in the city treasury and rose to become senior city secretary after passing the secretary's examination in 1895.

On October 28, 1897, he was elected (first full-time) mayor of Oberursel by the city council. On December 8, 1897 he took office. He was to remain mayor for 29 years and thus have the longest term of office of all mayors of Oberursel to this day. He was re-elected in 1909 and 1921 and retired on December 31, 1926. The city grew rapidly during his tenure. Both in economic terms (for example, the Oberursel engine works were founded) and in terms of population development. His successor as mayor was the non-party Karl Horn .

He was also active outside the city as a district deputy in the Untertaunuskreis and from 1907 to 1918 as a member of the provincial parliament of Hessen-Nassau and the Nassau municipal parliament. In the provincial parliament he was a member of the audit committee from 1908 and of the building committee from 1910 to 1918. Between 1910 and 1918 he was also a deputy member of the state committee. He resigned his mandate as district deputy, which he had held since 1907, at Easter 1933 after the National Socialists came to power .

He was also active in the city's clubs. He was one of the co-founders of the Red Cross and the city's patriotic women's association.

The city of Oberursel made him an honorary citizen . Füllerstraße in Oberursel is named after him. He is buried in an honorary grave at the old cemetery in Oberursel .

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• Christine Šarac: The list of his merits is long. In: Taunuszeitung , December 14, 2011, page 18, ( online ).
• Heinrich-Leo Ebert: Hünstelder was mayor of Oberursel for 29 years. In: Fuldaer Zeitung , June 10, 2011, ( online ).

literature

• Nassau parliamentarians. Part 2: Barbara Burkardt, Manfred Pult: The municipal parliament of the Wiesbaden administrative district 1868–1933 (= publications of the historical commission for Nassau. 71 = prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. 17). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-930221-11-X , pp. 91–92.