Kurt Rossa

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Kurt Siegfried Rossa (born February 13, 1930 in Gelsenkirchen ; † April 1, 1998 at Winnerath ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and chief city ​​director of Cologne .

Life

After secondary school, Rossa trained as an electrician . On the second educational path , he caught up with the Abitur and then studied law and economics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and then studied at the Federal Finance Academy in Siegburg .

Rossa then became an employee of the financial administration in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969 he was spokesman for the Ministry of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia and personal assistant to Finance Minister Hans Wertz (SPD). From 1970 to 1973 he was director of the State Finance School of North Rhine-Westphalia / University of Applied Sciences for Finance at Nordkirchen Castle .

In 1973 Rossa was appointed Senate Director for Finance (State Secretary) to the Senator for Finance of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . In 1976 he was appointed State Councilor and Head of the State Chancellery (CdS).

Grave in Melaten cemetery

1977 Rossa was elected senior city director (head of the city administration) of the city of Cologne for twelve years. During his tenure as senior city director from 1977 to 1989, some important projects for Cologne fell, such as the cathedral / Rhine project with the new building of the Philharmonie and the double museum Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Museum Ludwig , the renovation of the Severinsviertel , the establishment of the media park and the establishment of the women's equality office - later women's office - of the city ​​administration of Cologne .

Rossa was particularly committed to the independent cultural scene in Cologne. In his spare time he played the cello and worked as a writer. He was chairman of the NRW Literature Council .

The definition is said to come from him: " Kölscher Klüngel means 'solving official problems privately'." The quote from 1977, when he presented himself to the Cologne City Council with the words: "Accept me in your club! “Not just the council, but the whole city loved it.

His grave is on the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (HWG between Lit. K and L) .

Honors

Trivia

In the Cologne population Kurt Rossa was referred to as " Kojak von Köln" because of his visual similarity to Telly Savalas (both bald people).

Fonts

  • Death penalty. Your reality in three millennia. Stalling, Oldenburg 1966.
  • A fish in Grandpa's bed. Romances, gentle satires and very secular sermons to make you smile and dream. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1985.
  • Kurt's Stories Against Sadness. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1992.
  • Rossa's miniatures. Thouet, Aachen 1996.
  • Reading book for fellow human beings. Thouet, Aachen 1997.
  • Watch out i love you / All power to the mediocre. Teiresias, Cologne 2002.
  • In addition, some children's books have been published by Rossa.

literature

  • Gerd Huppertz, Axel Pollheim (ed.): 100 Cologne Heads. Cologne 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zander, Hans Conrad .: Praise of stupidity: 15 reports with meaning . Lit, Münster 2005.
  2. ↑ Detlef Rick: Melaten - graves tell history . Emons, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-789-0 , p. 53 .
  3. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 36, No. 8, January 12, 1984.
  4. ↑ Central name archive. (PDF; 287 kB) In: Official Gazette of the City of Cologne. March 13, 2019, pp. 116/117 , accessed March 15, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rossa, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (SPD), City Director of Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1998
Place of death Winnerath