List of mayors of the city of Norderney

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The list of mayors of the city of Norderney lists the holders of the office of mayor on the East Frisian island of Norderney from 1607 to 2020. Up until the middle of the 19th century, it was primarily the sovereigns and island bailiffs who determined what was happening on Norderney. The names of the incumbents, who were entrusted with the task of administration and supervision of the island and its population, varied in the past centuries from island governor (from 1607) and bathing commissioner during the time of the Hanoverian and Prussian state baths. Today the official title is mayor .

Island bailiffs from 1607 to 1839

  • 1607–1652: Johann Rass 1
  • 1652-1664: Tade Taden
  • 1664-1670: Henrich Buermann
  • 1670–1681: Hinderk Gerdes
  • 1681-1686: Arend Cluin
  • 1686–1688: Lübbe Tiarkes
  • 1688–1689: Jakob Bilcker
  • 1689–1692: Simon Jacob Raß
  • 1692–1703: Jürgen Christian Schleevoigt
  • 1703–1712: Simon Jacob Raß
  • 1712-1732: Johann Husius
  • 1732-1750: Johann Tromp
  • 1750–1766: Jakob Aylts
  • 1766-1779: Jacob Peters
  • 1779–1794: Diedrich Feldhausen
  • 1794–1838: Johann Gerhard Feldhausen (* 1767; † 1838) 2
1The surname "Raßke" for the first island bailiff comes from a typographical error on the copy of the family tree of the Rass family. This has been used again and again since a copy was made by the island museum. In the original documents of the creator, this same family tree, the name "Rass" is correctly mentioned
2Johann Gerhard Feldhausen, the son of Diedrich Feldhausen, was initially the island bailiff on the neighboring island of Juist . He was appointed as bailiff by the Berum office . Among other things, he had police power, was in charge of the beach supervision and was responsible for the recovery of flotsam. He had the sole right to run a restaurant on the island. Even before the seaside resort was founded in 1797, the first bathers lived in his house. In 1797 he applied to the East Frisian estates to set up a bathing establishment on Norderney that he ran

Bathing officers and spa directors from 1814 to 1945

From 1814 on, bathing officers were appointed by the Hanoverian administration and from 1867 by the Prussian administration. From 1857 onwards they were given police power on the island.

  • 1814–1838: Count August Friedrich von Wedel-Nesse
  • 1839-1846: Major James Hay; used by the Kingdom of Hanover
  • 1846 -9999: Major von Hedemann 1
  • 1847 -9999: Major James Hay 1
  • 1848 -9999: Oberamtmann Jochmus 1
  • 1849–1852: Friedrich von Beulwitz
  • 1852–1857: Captain von Landesberg
  • 1858–1866: Baron Bock von Wülfingen
  • 1867 -9999: Major of Kessel 1 ; first Prussian bathing commissioner
  • 1868–1870: von der Lanken
  • 1871–1892: Baron von Vincke
  • 1893–1912: Count of Oeyenhausen; Initiator of the bathing police
  • 1913–1918: Baron von Solemacher-Antweiler
  • 1922–1923: Captain Polack
  • 1924–1925: Captain Wettin
  • 1926–1930: Major a. D. Klingemann
  • 1931–1933: Clemens Freyer
  • 1933–1934: Ferdinand Schröder
  • 1934–1936: Heinrich de Haan
  • April 1, 1935-31. March 1940: Wendt
  • 1936–1941: Wilhelm Söhlmann
  • 1941–1945: Gerhard Mehrens
  • 1945 -9999: Carssen Lührs
1 In each case for the bathing season in summer

Between 1894 and 1969, six bathing policemen were deployed annually by the city's bathing administration to act as supervisors. They were subordinate to the mayor and ensured security, order and cleanliness in the place. In addition, the control of the spa cards on arrival and departure as well as the beach supervision was placed under you.

Spa directors and managing directors

  • March 31, 1950–22. May 1950: Tetzlaff
  • 1954/1955: Eckhardt
  • November 1, 1954-15. July 1955: School man (provisional)
  • July 16, 1955-31. December 1978: Christian Sibbersen
  • April 1, 1980-31. January 1992: Helmut Hottendorf
  • February 1, 1992-15. March 1998: Garrelf Remmers
  • March 16, 1998-30. June 1998: Paul Schild (provisional)
  • July 1, 1998-31. December 2000: Gerhard Schulze
  • January 1, 2001–31. March 2001: Heinz-Hermann Blome
  • since April 1, 2001: Wilhelm Bernhard Loth

Community leader and mayor from 1857 until today

In 1857 the Hanoverian municipal code, which was passed in 1851, was introduced on the island. It was the first time a resident of Norderney was elected as the mayor of the community , who was responsible for convening the community assembly . Two councilors, a community servant and a night watchman were made available to the community leader. In addition, a community committee consisting of eight members and four substitutes was elected, who had to provide help in the event of ship breakdowns and stranding. Each of the islanders with their own household has one vote in the community assembly. The police violence was transferred during the bathing season a bath Commissioner. A local log book was introduced, which is continued and maintained by the municipality of Norderney. The office of mayor has been held since 1918.

Community leader

  • 1857–1863: Ihnke Tjarks Ihnken; first mayor of the municipality of Norderney
  • 1863–1873: Friedrich Heinrich Winter
  • 1873–1874: Ihnke Tjarks Ihnken
  • 1874: –9 Carl Nesso
  • 1874–1880: Johann Friedrich Lindemann
  • 1880–1885: CH Kuhlmann
  • 1885–1887: D. Schepler
  • 1887–1895: Paul Berg
  • 1895–1905: Carl Schlüter
  • 1905–1907: Adolf Klappert
  • 1907–1914: Carl Uhde
  • 1914-1918: JJ Rass

mayor

Frank Ulrichs -
Acting Mayor since September 11, 2011.
  • 1918–1922: Jann Berghaus ( DDP ); first mayor of the city of Norderney
  • 1923-1933: Carssen Lührs; first native Norderneyer mayor

During the time of National Socialism , the mayor of Norderney was provided by the NSDAP .

  • 1933–1934: Bruno Müller (NSDAP); provisional
  • 1934–1936: Heinrich de Haan (NSDAP); at the same time swimming director
  • 1936–1941: Wilhelm Söhlmann (NSDAP); at the same time swimming director
  • 1941–1945: Gerhard Mehrens (NSDAP); at the same time swimming director

From 1946 the British military government introduced a local government constitution based on the British model in the zone of occupation . Afterwards there was an elected council that elected an honorary mayor from among its members as chairman and representative of the city. The mayor Carssen Lührs, who was deposed by the NSDAP in 1933, took over the post until 1946, before Jakob Mai 1946, the first democratically elected mayor since the Weimar Republic, took over the post.

  • 1945–1946: Carssen Lührs; at the same time swimming director
  • 1946–1948: Jakob Mai ( SPD )
  • 1948–1952: Josef Ernst ( FDP )
  • 1952–1954: Jakob Weerts Rass (SPD)
  • 1954–1956: Carssen Lührs (FDP)
  • 1956–1974: Willi Lührs (SPD)
  • 1974–1984: Heinz-Ludwig (Heiner) Salverius (SPD)
  • 1984-2001: Remmer Harms (SPD) 3
  • 2001–2006: Klaus-Rüdiger Aldegarmann (WIN)
  • 2006–2011: Ludwig Salverius († August 2, 2011)
  • since 2011 –9: Frank Ulrichs (SPD)
3 Remmer Harms has been the only honorary citizen of the city of Norderney since the council decision of December 27, 2001 (officially since January 6, 2002).

See also

Individual references and references

  1. ↑ Hans-Helmut Barty: Norderney, North Sea Spa - Chronicle of an island: community leader / mayor . Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hans-Helmut Barty: 1918 . Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Norderneyer mayor has passed away . ZGO newspaper group Ostfriesland GmbH. August 3, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.