List of mayors of the city of Dieburg

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This is a list of the mayors of Dieburg in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district , Hessen .

Grand Duchy of Hesse

Dieburg's mayor in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , 1802–1871

Term of office Surname Political party description
1821-1823 Jakob Korb In 1821 the Hessian municipal code was announced, from then on Dieburg had the right to self-government and an honorary mayor was elected for a period of six years. Master rope master Jakob Korb was the first elected mayor of Dieburg in the Grand Ducal Hessian era. Under him, Dieburg became the district town of the district of Dieburg . The Capuchin monastery in the old town (since 1695) was closed by the district administrator.
1823-1825 Nikolaus Schumann Surgeon Nikolaus Schumann became mayor.
1825-1831 Georg Hiemenz I. Under Hiemenz, the old Renaissance town hall on the market square was demolished and a new one built on the edge of the square. For the first time, the city bills did not contain any entries about the costs of paying war debts or interest on loans. The medieval city wall and its towers and gates were slowly torn down and the former Capuchin monastery in the old town was converted into a prison. Appointment of the Grand Duke of Hesse forester Christoph Reitz as an honorary citizen of the city of Dieburg.
1831-1837 Adam Kunkel I. One year after taking office, the Dieburg district was formed by merging the Reinheim and Dieburg districts. The official seat was the city of Dieburg, which is why a district office building was built next to the town hall. On the orders of Grand Duke Ludwig II, the roads from Roßdorf via Dieburg to Seligenstadt and from Höchst via Dieburg to Langen were built.
1837-1843 Andreas Hoffarth II. Under Hoffarth, a road to Münster was built (today Frankfurterstrasse) and the city received a land register and a parcel map.

During his tenure, both the grounds of Stockau Castle were sold to the Barons of Gemmingen and the grounds of the Ullnerschlösschen to the von Fechenbach family, and the “Karnevallverein Dieburg 1838 eV” (KVD) was founded.

1843-1871 Johannes Weber IV. The landlord of the inn "Zum Weisse Ross" Weber was considered to be "future-oriented". Under him, Dieburg got a railway connection (1858). Weber directed the fortunes of the city until the founding of the empire.

The German Imperium

Dieburg's mayor in the German Empire , 1871–1918

Term of office Surname Political party description
1872-1885 Georg Adam Glässer The first mayor after the founding of the empire was the typesetter and editor Glässer. His term of office was marked by the difficult time for the Catholic Dieburg of Bismarck's culture war against the Catholic Church.
1886-1918 Andreas Krausmann Krausmann still holds the record for the longest term of office of all mayors of Dieburg. Under him, Dieburg got a “modern face”: E-Werk (1897), District Office (1902), District Court (1902–1905), churches (1888/89 Evangelical Church, 1891–1893 Parish Church, 1904 Wendelinus Chapel), schools (1902 City Boys' School (Marienschule), 1908 Higher Citizens School (Goetheschule) and 1913 Stadtmädchenschule (Marienschule)), ...

Weimar Republic

Dieburg's Mayor in the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic , 1919–1933

Term of office Surname Political party description
1919-1922 August Rödler center As the first democratically elected mayor, Rödler did self-sacrificing work in the difficult post-war period, which was characterized by inflation, hunger and lack of heating material. In 1922 Rödler died unexpectedly.
1922-1933 Heinrich Josef Wick center After Rödler's death, Wick took over the office of mayor and took emergency measures to combat unemployment. In 1933 he was deposed by the National Socialists.

Third Reich

Dieburg's Mayor in the Third Reich , 1933–1945

Term of office Surname Political party description
1933-1940 Franz Burkart NSDAP Burkart was appointed mayor without election by members of the NSDAP in 1933 and became the city's first full-time mayor in 1937. The city parliament, in which the Center Party still holds the majority, was dissolved and replaced with a parliament consisting only of NSDAP members. The number of unemployed fell from 500 to 60. Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler was also made an honorary citizen in Dieburg. The liberal magistrate Hans Otto Becker was also forced out of office. A war memorial was erected on the north side of the market square for the citizens of the city who fell in World War I and several streets are renamed. In 1938 Burkart was relieved of his office and transferred to Griesheim.
1938–1940 unofficial Georg Rödler NSDAP After Burkart's impeachment, Rödler was in charge of official business. Under him, the prison in the old town was expanded into main camp I of the Dieburg-Rodgau prison camp and the administrative seat of the Nieder-Roden (Rollwald) and Eich camps.

Karoline Freiin von Fechenbach-Laudenbach sold the grounds of Fechenbach Castle to the city, which made the castle the party headquarters of the NSDAP-Dieburg and built tombstones from the Jewish cemetery in the terrace.

1940-1945 Peter Diehl NSDAP After his impeachment, Franz Burkart was forced to swap positions with the former mayor of Griesheim, Peter Diehl. Diehl tried to replace the city's coat of arms with a representation of St. Martinus, but failed. The deportation of Jewish citizens began. Diehl tried to buy the site of the Jewish cemetery, but failed.

Under Diehl, the former castle garden of Stockaus Castle was replanted. After Dieburg was captured by US forces, Diehl was deposed.

Federal Republic of Germany

Dieburg's mayor in the post-war period and the Federal Republic of Germany , since 1945

Term of office Surname Political party description
1945-1975 Ludwig Steinmetz CDU Installed by the Americans, Steinmetz was later re-elected. With him, Dieburg mastered the hardships of the post-war period and doubled its population to 13,000. Under him, the building of the Postfachhochschule was realized. Shortly before the end of his tenure, Steinmetz signed the partnership document with the French city of Aubergenville . In 1975 Ludwig Steinmetz retired as the longest serving mayor of the Federal Republic of Germany after 30 years in office. He was made an honorary citizen of Dieburg and received the Freiherr vom Stein plaque from the state of Hesse . The municipal outdoor swimming pool is named after him "Ludwig Steinmetz Bad".
1976-1982 Stephan Schmitt CDU Schmitt promoted the industrialization of Dieburg. Under him, the pedestrian zone was created in the city center and the town hall received a new building incorporating historical parts of the building. In 1982 he resigned for health reasons.
1983-1987 Helmut Aelken CDU Under Aelken, projects such as the redesign of streets, the restoration of the bath house or the planning of the individual sewage treatment plant were implemented. He was dismissed in 1987 on charges of abuse of office, Horst Majunke (CDU) takes over the official business.
1987-2005 Peter Christ CDU Under Christ, a youth and senior citizens 'advisory council was founded for the first time, a city youth worker was hired and a senior citizens' week was organized. The party “Independent Voting Community Dieburg” (UWD) was founded. The renovation of the old town was completed.

During his tenure, the citizens of Dieburg made use of the right of citizenship in Hesse for the first time. The citizens were allowed to vote in 1993 on whether the level crossing in Frankfurter Strasse should be tunneled under. The city parliament was outvoted with 65.5% approval and the tunnel was built in 2009 (first referendum in Hesse).

2005-2017 Dr. Werner Thomas initially independent; since 2015 CDU Werner Thomas was initially independent as the first mayor of Dieburg. He was re-elected on March 27, 2011. He prevailed in the first ballot with 70.7 percent of the votes against Harald Schöning (CDU) and Ferdinand Böhm (SPD).

Werner Thomas joined the CDU on May 7, 2015. Thus, after almost 10 years, Dieburg had a CDU mayor again, as was the case from 1945 to 2005.

from 2017 Frank House independent On March 12, 2017, in the first ballot with 50.2 percent of the vote, Frank Haus has been mayor of Dieburg since August 9, 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Magistrat der Stadt Dieburg (ed.): Dieburg a chronicle. Dieburger Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-023096-7 , pp. 64-166
  2. ↑ Dr. Jürgen Heinel: Tour through the old Dieburg. Verlag Dieburger Anzeiger, Dieburg 1987, p. 6
  3. ↑ compare the meaning of the Roman numeral in the ordinance concerning the designation of local citizens of the same name
  4. ↑ Mayoral election in Dieburg, Stadt on March 27, 2011. Hessian State Statistical Office , accessed in November 2019 .
  5. ^ Dieburger Anzeiger, May 9, 2015. Accessed May 10, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Mayor election Dieburg 2017; Preliminary final result of March 12, 2017. In: Website. City of Dieburg, accessed November 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mayoral election in Dieburg, Stadt on March 13, 2017. Hessian State Statistical Office , accessed in November 2019 .