Otto Willms
Otto Georg Hermann Willms (born July 17, 1866 in Jever , † March 24, 1901 in Delmenhorst ) was a German lawyer and mayor of the city of Delmenhorst.
Life
Willms was born in Jever in 1866 as the son of the wine merchant Onko Emmius Willms and his wife Johanne Rosaline Henriette and was the younger brother of Johannes Eduard Folckard Willms . He attended the Mariengymnasium in Jever, where he obtained the Abitur . During his studies in Göttingen, he became a member of the Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia in 1885 . Further study places were Munich and Berlin, and Willms concluded in 1896 with a degree in Law from.
He gained his first administrative experience as an assessor in Butjadingen and Westerstede before he applied for the mayor's office in Delmenhorst in 1898. He had to postpone his entry into service on January 1, 1899 for health reasons, and he was also frequently absent during his tenure. Erich Koch stood by his side as assessor, who also took his place in office in the summer of 1900.
During his tenure, he did the preparatory work for the recognition of Delmenhorst as a city of first class, campaigned for the construction of higher schools so that a secondary school was built in the city, and pushed ahead with the construction of the first advanced training school (today a vocational school) in Delmenhorst.
Otto Willms died on March 24, 1901 in the Peter Elisabeth Hospital in Delmenhorst of complications from his tuberculosis . He was buried in an anonymous grave on March 28, 1901 in the city's New Evangelical Cemetery.
On August 23, 1901, the Magistrate of the city of Delmenhorst decided to rename the "Koppelfußweg", on which the secondary school was built, to "Willmsstrasse" because Willms had "made a great contribution to the construction of the secondary school built on this path" . The school, which became an upper secondary school in 1910 , was named " Gymnasium an der Willmsstraße " in 1956 .
swell
- The unknown mayor, Delmenhorster Kurier , March 12, 2018, accessed on March 18, 2018
- Otto Willms given a face nwzonline.de , March 13, 2018, accessed on March 18, 2018
- School history , website of the Willms-Gymnasium in Delmenhorst
Individual evidence
- ^ Annual report on the Grand Ducal Marien-Gymnasium zu Jever, school year 1884/85; published in Jever 1885; Information from the school archive
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 77, 181.
- ^ Delmenhorst, Deaths, 1876–1950, Delmenhorst City Archives
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willms, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Willms, Otto Georg Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jever |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1901 |
| Place of death | Delmenhorst |