Joseph Breuer (politician)

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Joseph Breuer (born August 25, 1874 in Eschweiler , † August 4, 1953 in Daun ) was a German local politician.

Career

Joseph Breuer was born the son of an innkeeper. After attending the Progymnasium in Eschweiler , he went to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, later the Einhard-Gymnasium , in Aachen , where he passed his matriculation examination in 1894. After completing a traineeship at the Aachen District Office, he became a civilian supernumerary for the District President of Aachen . He also attended lectures in political science and law at the Technical University of Aachen .

On September 9, 1899, at the age of 25, he was elected mayor of the city of Montjoie (later: Monschau ). In June 1904, the unanimous election as mayor of the city of Werden followed . After his term of office he was unanimously confirmed in office in 1916 and 1928. With the incorporation of Werden into the city of Essen on August 1, 1929, he was entrusted with special tasks and retired on March 31, 1934.

Breuer's life's work was closely linked to the self-government of the district towns in Germany. In 1918 he was elected chairman of the Rheinische Städtebund and from 1924 until its dissolution in 1933 he was vice-president of the Reichsstädtebund . After the end of the Second World War, he took the initiative, together with the later general manager Kurt Kottenberg, to rebuild a municipal umbrella organization. When the cities belonging to the district reunited in the German Association of Cities in 1946 , Breuer became its first president. When he left his office in the fall of 1951, he was made honorary president.

In December 1951, Federal President Theodor Heuss honored him for his many years of service to German self-government by being awarded the Great Cross of Merit.

In addition, he was a member of numerous municipal bodies and associations, including chairman of the board of the Rheinisches Landestheater and co-editor of the newspaper Der Städtetag .

Breuer died at the age of 78 during a recreational stay in the Eifel. His grave is in the Werden II municipal cemetery in Essen.

Honors

literature

  • Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads: who was what? Bacht, Essen 1985 (with illustration)
  • Fritz Pudor : Joseph Breuer. In: Life pictures from the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area 1952–1954. Düsseldorf 1957, p. 48ff.
  • President Breuer 75 years. In: The City Day. Journal for community practice and science. Issue 9, September 1949, p. 236
  • Mayor Breuer has died. In: The City Day. Journal for community practice and science. Issue 8, August 1953, p. 405

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 3, No. 250, December 29, 1951.
personal data
SURNAME Breuer, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschweiler
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1953
Place of death Down