Luitpold Weegmann

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Luitpold Weegmann (born July 26, 1885 in Bamberg ; † August 28, 1966 there ) was Lord Mayor of Bamberg and later an honorary citizen of his hometown.

Life

During his studies he became a member of the Danubia Munich fraternity in 1904 . The lawyer Weegmann was Lord Mayor from April 1, 1924, according to other sources, from February 24, 1924 until the Nazis' deposition on March 31, 1934. From April 26, 1933, Lorenz Zahneisen was assigned to him as the second honorary mayor. During his tenure, the area of ​​the Volkspark intended for sport and recreation was built from 1925, including a stadium, swimming pool and a cycling track. In his first term of office he was supported by the BVP .

It was reinstated by the occupying power after the end of the Second World War on the suggestion of Thomas Dehler . On June 7, 1946 and July 1, 1948 he was confirmed by the city council, and he won the election on March 30, 1952 with 64.7% of the votes cast. He held the office of Lord Mayor from April 16, 1945 to May 1, 1958. After the war he was one of the founding members of the CSU in Bamberg.

Weegmann died on August 28, 1966 in Bamberg and was buried in the 5th section of the Bamberg main cemetery in the area designated for honorary graves for the city of Bamberg.

Honors

The construction of the vocational school, which began under him in the first half of the 1950s at Dr.-von-Schmidt-Straße 12, was named "Luitpold-Weegmann-Schule" in recognition of his commitment to the official inauguration of the second construction phase on May 22, 1955 the construction of one of the largest vocational schools in Bavaria. A memorial plaque was also placed there. The Weegmannufer along the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal was named after him. In 1953 he was awarded the Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 1959 the Bavarian Order of Merit.

estate

His estate is in the Bamberg City Archives.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , pp. 224-225.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , p. 224.
  2. ^ List of the Lord Mayors of Bamberg since 1818 at www.stadt.bamberg.de , accessed on February 14, 2008.
  3. ↑ a b Chronicle of Bamberg in the 20th century, on skalle66.de ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 14, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skalle66.de
  4. ↑ Martin Broszat, Klaus-Dietmar Henke, Hans Wollner: From Stalingrad to currency reform: On the social history of upheaval in Germany on books.google.com , Oldenbourg Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3486541331 , accessed February 14, 2008
  5. ^ Thomas Dehler: A Political Biography on books.google.com , accessed on February 14, 2008.
  6. ↑ Results of the mayoral elections in Bamberg, on www.stadt.bamberg.de , accessed on February 15, 2008.
  7. ^ The political career (Meixners) , at www.mgl-obermaingeschichte.de , accessed on February 14, 2008.
  8. ↑ Werner Fiedler: The vocational schools, Bamberg's vocational schools introduce themselves , on www.vlb-bayern.de ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 14, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vlb-bayern.de
  9. ^ Heinz F. Fränkel: New and old Bamberg streets . 4th edition 2002 online (PDF) , accessed on February 13, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Weegmann, Luitpold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lord Mayor and honorary citizen of Bamberg
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1966
Place of death Bamberg