Karl Buhrow
Karl Wilhelm Hermann Buhrow (born May 14, 1863 in Neustettin ; † January 14, 1939 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer and local politician. From 1902 to 1921 he was mayor of Steglitz , the largest Prussian rural community until it was incorporated into Greater Berlin .
Life
Karl Buhrow was the son of a district court president. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the universities of Tübingen , Halle and Berlin between 1881 and 1884 . After completing his studies, he worked as an assessor before passing the assessor examination on October 1, 1890 and then working at the district court in Lyck ( East Prussia ; today's Poland). Buhrow entered the service of municipal offices: From 1893 he moved to the district town of Memel (today's Lithuania) as a city councilor and treasurer . From 1897 he worked as a town counsel in the Brandenburg town of Forst . In 1898 he joined the city of Aschersleben as the second mayor .
In October 1901, Buhrow was elected as the head of the district and community leader of the independent rural community of Steglitz in the Teltow district. He took up this office on January 1, 1902 and led it from 1905 with the title of mayor until April 1, 1921. During his tenure, a. a. the Steglitz city park , the Steglitz power plant , the St. Mark's and St. Luke's Churches , the Steglitz public baths and the Steglitz post office in Bergstrasse (built 1907–1909 based on designs by Wilhelm Walter ). In addition, the Steglitz community tram called Grunewaldbahn (1905), the Paulsen Realgymnasium (1908/09) and the Lyceum (1912; today: Fichtenberg Oberschule ) were opened. The population rose from around 21,000 (around 1900) to around 83,000 immediately before the incorporation of Steglitz into Greater Berlin in October 1920.
At the end of 1916, during the First World War , he was awarded the Iron Cross on a black and white ribbon . At the beginning of 1918 he was promoted to captain before returning home from the field in November of that year.
After his work as Mayor of Steglitz - the formerly independent rural community was incorporated into Greater Berlin with effect from October 1, 1920 - he was active as an administrative lawyer.
In 1923 Buhrow founded today's Heimatverein Steglitz under the name Verein für die Ortsgeschichte Steglitz and took over the chairmanship until 1928. From 1922 to 1937 he was chairman of the Lenzheim sanatorium association, which was known throughout Germany at the time, and was based in Berlin-Steglitz. In addition, from 1902 to 1933 he was patronage elder of the Protestant parish of Steglitz. From December 12, 1929 to March 12, 1933, Buhrow was a member of the Berlin city council .
Buhrow last lived at Hindenburgdamm 131. He found his final resting place in the Parkfriedhof Lichterfelde (grave site no longer exists).
He had at least one son, Gerhard.
Honors
Since July 11, 1957, Buhrowstrasse in Berlin- Südende has been dedicated to the memory of the long-time mayor of the former municipality of Steglitz. There is also a boulder in his memory in the Steglitz city park ( Lage ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Marc Zirlewagen : Biographical Lexicon of the Associations of German Students: Volume 1 - Members A – L. BoD, ISBN 978-3-73572-288-1 , p. 119 f. ( Google Books ).
- ↑ a b c Buhrowstrasse . In: Kaupert's street guide through Berlin , accessed on April 8, 2019.
- ^ Heinz Boberach (†), Carsten Nicolaisen , Ruth Pabst (arrangement): Handbook of the German Protestant Churches 1918 to 1949: Organs - Offices - Associations - People. Vol. 1: Supraregional institutions. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-64755-784-7 , p. 381 f. ( Google Books ).
- ↑ Karl Buhrow . berlin.friedparks.de, accessed on April 8, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buhrow, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buhrow, Karl Wilhelm Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustettin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1939 |
| Place of death | Berlin |