Josef Kollmann (politician, 1855)

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Josef Kollmann (born March 25, 1855 in Remnatsried (municipality of Stötten am Auerberg ); † March 21, 1932 in Neu-Ulm ) was a German court official and long-time mayor of the Bavarian city ​​of Neu-Ulm. Due to his extensive work for the common good of the people of Neu-Ulm, the city ​​park that he initiated and inaugurated in 1910 received his name: Kollmannspark , and Kollmann was appointed court councilor.

biography

Cenotaph for Josef Kollmann in the Neu-Ulm main cemetery

Josef Kollmann attended grammar school in Augsburg . He then studied law and political science at the University of Munich , and also attended lectures on economics and philosophy . Due to his hard work and his good results, Kollmann received a scholarship from the Maximilianeum , the foundation established by King Maximilian II "for Bavarian students of outstanding talent". After successfully completing his studies in 1880, Kollmann found a job as an administrative lawyer in Augsburg and then as a legally qualified magistrate in Kaufbeuren . In 1885 he won the election for the first mayor of the city of Neu-Ulm, replacing Josef Haidt. Josef Kollmann held this office until 1919. During his tenure he had the entire infrastructure of the place expanded, new streets and squares built, the first tram line built (opened in 1897); Drinking water , town gas and electricity came to the residents. In addition, a hospital (1887), a poor institution (1888), a city foundation, a lending institution, a municipal slaughterhouse (1890), schools and a gymnasium were built and put into operation. In 1889, Kollmann gave his adopted home the official "classification among the immediate cities of Bavaria" (that is, the town charter ), and from March 1, 1891 Neu-Ulm (until 1935) became a district-free town with the rights and obligations of a district .

With on the other side of the Danube lying Württemberg city Ulm he concluded in 1899 a first cities contract with which both partners among other things for the joint construction of power plants along the iller channel and establishing the Gänstorbrücke and a pedestrian web over the Danube committed. With this contract, Neu-Ulm also received some areas south of the Danube that were still owned by Ulm. The purchase of the city ​​fortifications in 1906 with all of its areas within the city limits (the softening contract ) had a particularly lasting effect on the development of Neu-Ulm . This created building site for new residential complexes and the settlement of industry.

Around 1911 the Bavarian King Josef Kollmann awarded the title of Hofrat for his commitment , and on June 12, 1919 he became an honorary citizen of Neu-Ulm. The First World War left deep psychological and medical marks on Kollmann, he feared for the residents and his city. At his own request, he resigned from his mayor's office on August 1, 1919. He was succeeded in office by Franz Josef Nuißl , who rose to the rank of Lord Mayor .

Josef Kollmann died on March 21, 1932 a few days before his 77th birthday in Neu-Ulm and found his final resting place in the main cemetery there, where a memorial of the city of Neu-Ulm commemorates him.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Neu-Ulm: Upward development . Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ Information board about Josef Kollmann at the entrance of the park named after him in Neu-Ulm; As of May 2019.
  3. ↑ Gerrit R. Ranft: A look into the history of Neu-Ulm: A mayor cleans up , in: Augsburger Allgemeine , accessed on June 6, 2019.
  4. ^ City of Neu-Ulm . Retrieved June 6, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kollmann, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court official and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Remnatsried
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1932
Place of death New Ulm