Josef Schnorbach

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Josef Schnorbach (born July 26, 1893 in Koblenz ; † August 22, 1973 there ) was a German administrative clerk and politician ( CDU ). From 1946 to 1960 he was Lord Mayor of Koblenz.

Life and work

Schnorbach began his professional life on April 1, 1907 as an administrative apprentice in the district office of Koblenz. This was followed by a four-year activity at the mayor's office in Weißenthurm . From 1914 he worked again in the administration of the city of Koblenz.

After the Nazi mayor Konrad Gorges fled from the approaching American troops in March 1945, he previously commissioned Franz Lanters and Josef Schnorbach to manage the city. On June 8, 1945, Wilhelm Kurth was appointed Lord Mayor by the Americans . This appointed Schnorbach mayor.

Acting as the Lord Mayor of Koblenz

On September 22, 1946 Schnorbach was elected honorary mayor of the city of Koblenz for two years. This was preceded by the first free local elections on September 15, 1946, from which the CDU emerged as the strongest faction in the city council. The first freely elected city council elected him full-time mayor on December 1, 1948 for twelve years.

Schnorbach's work as Lord Mayor was determined by the reconstruction of the city after the Second World War. Koblenz was in ruins after the heavy air raids , and the entire infrastructure was destroyed. The French occupation and the rearmament of the Bundeswehr also fell during his term of office . The first soldiers of the army moved into barracks on the Ehrenbreitstein on February 8, 1957 and made Koblenz the largest garrison town of the Bundeswehr during the Cold War . Schnorbach began building housing estates on the Pfaffendorfer Höhe and on the Karthauser . Schnorbach had the municipal festival hall damaged in the war blown up on March 11, 1952 and in 1960 laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Rhein-Mosel-Halle just a few meters away . After the state government moved from Rhineland-Palatinate to Mainz , Koblenz became the seat of the newly founded Federal Archives on June 3, 1952 as compensation . The reconstruction of the Koblenz bridges could be celebrated during Schnorbach's tenure, so in 1953 the Pfaffendorfer bridge and in 1954 the new Moselle bridge were opened again. The outdoor pool on the Oberwerth was opened under him on August 8, 1954. During his tenure, the population of Koblenz rose from 66,444 (1950) to 99,240 (1961).

Schnorbach died on August 22, 1973 and was buried in the main cemetery in Koblenz .

Honors

literature

  • Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH Mülheim-Kärlich, Ed .: Bernd Weber, 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition).
  • Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz . Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt
    • Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X
    • Vol. 2: From the French city to the present . Theiss, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8062-1036-5

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personal data
SURNAME Schnorbach, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative employee and politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Koblenz
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH 22nd August 1973
Place of death Koblenz