Josef Frank (politician, 1906)

Josef Frank (born July 20, 1906 in Frankenthal ; † August 6, 1971 in Palafrugell , Spain ) was a German SPD politician . He became the first Lord Mayor of Neunkirchen .

Life

Josef Frank was elected full-time mayor on October 16, 1956 at the suggestion of the SPD parliamentary group in the city council of Neunkirchen, which marked the beginning of his ten-year term of office. Reconstruction after the Second World War was one of his tasks ; the regional press therefore called him the "father of reconstruction".

During his tenure, the Neunkircher Stadtbad, the town hall on the upper market and the municipal hospital were opened. Despite these building openings, which in part still characterize the cityscape of Neunkirchen today, and the incipient collapse in Neunkirchen mining and the steel industry, Frank's term of office is considered a quiet one. Neunkirchen grew and became a medium-sized town (in Saarland at that time 40,000 inhabitants). The last seven months of his term of office (from March 1, 1966) he therefore served as the city's first mayor. He was adopted into retirement on October 15, 1966.

literature

Susanne Neis: Mayor and Lord Mayor of Neunkirchen since it became a town in 1922 . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 731-738 .

Individual evidence

^ Susanne Neis: Mayor and Lord Mayor of Neunkirchen since it became a town in 1922 . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 733 .
↑ Peter Bierbrauer: Neunkirchen in the post-war period . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 350 .

personal data
SURNAME	Frank, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankenthal
DATE OF DEATH	August 6, 1971
Place of death	Palafrugell , Spain

[1] Susanne Neis: Mayor and Lord Mayor of Neunkirchen since it became a town in 1922 . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 733 .

[2] Peter Bierbrauer: Neunkirchen in the post-war period . In: Rainer Knauf and Christof Trepesch (eds.): Neunkircher Stadtbuch . District town Neunkirchen, 2005, ISBN 3-00-015932-0 , p. 350 .