Otto Voos

Otto Voos (born July 28, 1912 in Ohligs ; † November 14, 1987 ) was a German politician and honorary mayor of Solingen .

Life

Otto Voos was born in the town of Ohligs, which was then part of the Solingen district , where he also passed the certificate of maturity at the Ohligs- Walder Realgymnasium ( Humboldt-Gymnasium ) in 1932 . He then studied economics and Protestant theology . After the Second World War , Voos was one of the founders of the Ohligser CDU in 1946 , for which he moved to the Solingen city council in 1952, of which he was a member until 1984. From 1952 to 1961 he represented the mayors Eugen Maurer and Karl Haberland as mayor on official occasions . He himself was the only one to hold the honorary post of Lord Mayor twice, namely from 1961 to 1964 and 1975 to 1976. Otto Voos was a full-time manager from 1946 to 1975.

“In North Rhine-Westphalia, the mayor is an honorary post, although it can obviously only be filled by a man who makes this honorary post his main job. It demands sacrifices in free time, health and nerve strength for the holder of such an office. "

- Otto Voos, March 30, 1961

Honor

• October 13, 1971: The City of Solingen was awarded the Ring of Honor
• 1978: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gallery of the Lord Mayors, Solingen 2012 ( Memento from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14.0 MB)
2. ↑ Honorary Ring Bearer of the City of Solingen ( Memento from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 31, 2017

Web links

• Gallery of the Lord Mayors, Solingen 2012 ( Memento from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14.0 MB)
• Der Spiegel of November 25, 1964: The hour has come on spiegel.de