Max Ringelmann

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Max Ringelmann (born July 29, 1868 in Schweinfurt , † April 24, 1917 in Würzburg ) was a German lawyer and local politician as well as Lord Mayor of Würzburg.

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Max Ringelmann attended grammar school in Schweinfurt in 1868 and began studying law in Munich and Berlin in 1890, where he also acquired economic skills. In Würzburg he was employed in the trade department, magistrate council in 1894. Under and supported by Philipp Michel , the young legal advisor was initially the city's second legally qualified mayor (and financial advisor) from 1901 to 1913 . After Michel's resignation, in 1913, with the support of the Social Democrats, he was elected as his successor as Mayor of Würzburg. In July 1914 he received the title of Lord Mayor after the designation "Lord Mayor", which was introduced in Bavaria in 1908, was initially awarded as an award . He only stayed in office until 1917. On April 24th, he died of pneumonia and pleurisy.

Ringelmann's son Ernst, born in 1897, participated as a left-wing radical student in the Revolutionary Action Committee (also called Action Committee of the Revolutionary Proletariat ) of the Würzburg Soviet Republic as chairman of the "Press and Posters" section.

literature

  • Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Würzburg local politics 1869-1918. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 64-166 and 1254-1267; here: pp. 113–119 and 151 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ House of Bavarian History: Max Ringelmann .
  2. ^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt: Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. (2007), p. 113.
  3. ^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt: Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. (2007), p. 151 f.
  4. ^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt: Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. (2007), p. 117 f.
  5. Ulrich Wagner: Würzburg rulers, Bavarian minister-presidents, chairmen of the district council / district council presidents, regional presidents, bishops, lord mayors 1814–2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1221-1224; here: pp. 1224 and 1379, note 11.
  6. ^ Matthias Stickler : New Beginning and Continuity: Würzburg in the Weimar Republic. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , p. 1269, note 16 f.