Karl Külb

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Karl Külb

Karl Külb (born September 17, 1870 in Weisenau , † October 13, 1943 in Mainz ) was a general practitioner and politician ( NLP , DDP ).

Life

Külb was born in the suburb of Weisenau , which was later incorporated during his tenure, at the southern end of the city of Mainz. He was the son of the businessman and director of the steam mill Weisenau, Georg Külb, and came from an old Mainz family. His grandfather was the director of the city ​​library . In 1888 he passed his Abitur at the Mainz grammar school and studied medicine in Munich, where he became a member of the fraternity of Rhenania , Erlangen and Heidelberg in 1888 . After his doctorate as Dr. med. in 1893 he worked as an assistant doctor for two years. From 1895 he was established as a general practitioner with his own practice in Mainz. In Mainz he became a member of the Masonic Lodge "The Friends of Concord".

He also embarked on a political career with the National Liberal Party and was elected to the city council in 1907 and in July 1912 as a salaried councilor for twelve years. Among other things, he was responsible for the areas of health, school, poor, youth and social affairs, and from 1914 also for the Office for War Economics, which also organized the distribution of food. Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig awarded him the title of mayor on November 25, 1916 . As mayor, he was also responsible for the health system and thus for the hospital building commission, for which he was considered suitable with his training.

In 1924 he replaced Jakob Roos in the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse and held the mandate for the German Democratic Party until 1927.

The Lord Mayor

When Lord Mayor Karl Göttelmann was deposed on February 11, 1919 and deported across the Rhine border, the city council elected his successor on June 23, 1919. It was Külb who directed the city of Mainz during the difficult phase of the French occupation. The aim was to keep the negative effects on economic life in Mainz from customs borders, separatist riots and passive resistance, inflation and finally the global economic crisis that began in 1929 as small as possible.

He, too, made himself unpopular with the French and, like many other officials in Mainz and around 5,000 other Mainz residents, was expelled from the unoccupied area for a year and a half for anti-French opinion-making. After several years as Lord Mayor, the French withdrew at the end of June 1930.

Growth for Mainz

Külb was head of the site department and secured valuable surrounding land for the city. The area of ​​the former city wall, the Mainz green belt, was carefully converted into building land including green areas. Green areas, playgrounds and sports fields as well as allotment garden colonies were built. He initiated the incorporation of other places in 1930; Bretzenheim , Weisenau, Ginsheim, Gustavsburg and Bischofsheim . The population of Mainz grew to 134,000.

Major events during his tenure

Celebration of the liberation of the Rhineland

Karl Külb in the back left of the car with a chain of office, with President Hindenburg in front of the Liberation Monument by Benno Elkan .

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg came to Mainz for the big celebration of the liberation of the Rhineland in July 1930 and took part in the inauguration of the liberation monument. Karl Külb was also able to welcome Bernhard Adelung , President of Hesse, and Joseph Wirth , Reich Minister for the Occupied Territories . Heinrich Brüning and Hermann Müller , both former Chancellors, were among the guests .

On January 7, 1931, he resigned for health reasons. In March 1931 he was made an honorary citizen of Mainz . He died in Mainz on October 13, 1943. His grave is in the main cemetery in Mainz .

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 230.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 491.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel / Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820-1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften 5), Darmstadt 1980, p. 166
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 3: I-L. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0865-0 , p. 198.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State curator Glatz defends demolition plans for the listed Neutor School ( Memento from February 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Tonia Hufen: 125 years of local public transport in Mainz ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / consens-seniorenmagazin.de
personal data
SURNAME Külb, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord Mayor of Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz-Weisenau
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1943
Place of death Mainz