Otto Plassmann
Otto Plassmann (born April 25, 1861 in Arnsberg ; † June 26, 1932 in Emden ) was a German lawyer and the first mayor of the city of Paderborn .
Life
He was the son of Ernst Plassmann (1820–1876), a lawyer and member of the Prussian House of Representatives , and Ottilie Sommer (1829–1900), the daughter of the politician and lawyer Johann Friedrich Joseph Sommer . His brother was the German astronomer Joseph Plassmann .
Initially, Otto Plassmann was a district judge in Balve , and later an alderman and second mayor of the city of Münster . From 1895 to 1919 he was mayor of the city of Paderborn , and since 1912 with the personal title of "Lord Mayor". He was also a board member of the Prussian City Council. From 1919 to 1921 he worked for Stinnes AG in Berlin, and from 1921 he was a board member of Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke AG .
Otto Plassman was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Paderborn on April 27, 1931 .
His daughter Margaret, born in 1898, married the government builder Werner Adams .
literature
- Clemens Plassmann: ancestors and grandsons of the astronomer Joseph Plassmann . A memorial sheet for the hundredth birthday of his birth. With a foreword by Friedrich Becker . o. O. (o. J. [1959]; with bibliography).
- Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: Otto Plassmann (1861-1932) . In: Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann (Hrsg.): Westfälische Lebensbilder 19 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia ). New series 16. Aschendorff, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-402-15117-4 , p. 107-120 .
Web links
- Otto Plaßmann on the website of the city of Paderborn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plassmann, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plaßmann, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, first Lord Mayor of Paderborn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1932 |
| Place of death | Emden |