Joseph Fluthgraf
Joseph Franz Hubert Fluthgraf (born April 7, 1851 in Cologne , † September 1, 1926 in Würzburg ) was a German local politician and lawyer . He was mayor of Grünberg in Silesia and of Wesel on the Lower Rhine.
Career
Born as the son of a copper beater and metal manufacturer, Fluthgraf studied law in Bonn , Munich and Greifswald after attending the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Cologne . During his studies he became a member of the Marchia Bonn fraternity in 1870 , the Algovia / Arminia Munich fraternity in 1871 and the Germania Greifswald fraternity in 1872 . In 1875 he was in Jena to the Dr. iur. did his doctorate and began a career in municipal administration after completing his legal clerkship . At the beginning of the 1880s he was alderman and second mayor of the Silesian district town Grünberg. In 1882 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of first mayor of Worms in Rheinhessen. In 1884 he rose to the position of first mayor in Grünberg. From 1887 to 1891 he was also a member of the Silesian Provincial Parliament for the Conservative Party . He left Silesia and resigned his duties there in order to take up a new position as mayor of the Lower Rhine city of Wesel on September 26, 1891. Its primary task lay in the process of de-fortification , through which the former fortress city was able to expand significantly and new building opportunities arose around the city center . The basic contract of 1890 for this had various loopholes, so that Fluthgraf also had to undertake subsequent negotiations. In addition to development issues, his first years in office were particularly shaped by the design of the infrastructure on the rivers Rhine and Lippe . An upswing set in around 1895, which increased construction activity in particular. On the part of the city, Fluthgraf's work was honored with two significant increases in salary, and in 1896 he was awarded the title of "Lord Mayor" by a higher-ranking body. In December 1902, for health reasons, he announced that he would be giving up another term of office, and in September 1903, after twelve years, his position as Lord Mayor ended.
In retirement , Fluthgraf lived with his wife in Würzburg, where he died in 1926. He was buried in a grave of honor in Wesel in the cemetery on Caspar-Baur-Straße . As early as July 1903, a thoroughfare between Kornmarkt and Reeser Landstrasse, which was then busy at the time, was named Oberbürgermeister-Fluthgraf-Strasse in his honor . Today it is simply called Fluthgrafstrasse .
Awards
- 1898: Royal Belgian Order of Leopold , Knight's Cross
- 1901: Order of the Red Eagle , 4th class
- 1902: Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class with crown
- 1903: Order of the Crown, 3rd class
- Order of Orange-Nassau , Knight's Cross
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , pp. 46-47.
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of the old fraternity members. Edition 1925/26. Frankfurt am Main 1925/26, p. 111.
- ^ Fritz Reuter: Karl Hofmann and "das neue Worms": Urban development and municipal building, 1882-1918, p. 45
- ↑ a b Mayor Fluthgraf died on September 1, 1926 (wesel.de)
- ↑ Streets in Wesel - Letter F (wesel.de)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fluthgraf, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fluthgraf, Joseph Franz Hubert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1926 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |