Paul Goebel

Paul Goebel

Paul Göbel (born August 30, 1870 in Urach ; † May 5, 1921 in Heilbronn ) was Lord Mayor of Heilbronn from 1904 to 1921 .

Life

Paul Göbel was born in Urach in 1870 as the son of the Württemberg government councilor Gustav Göbel. He attended the elementary and Latin school in Backnang and the grammar school in Ellwangen . Originally he wanted to be a pastor, which is why he entered the theological seminary at Tübingen Abbey in 1880 . After a year of military service, he enrolled at the University of Tübingen in 1889 . After three semesters he lost interest in further theological studies and took lectures in law and political science, in which he received his doctorate in 1894. After completing his studies, he was initially deputy bailiff in Ellwangen, Maulbronn, Kirchheim / Teck, Esslingen and Neuenbürg. In 1898 he married the pharmacist's daughter Anna Fortenbach in Ilshofen. In 1900 he came to the Stuttgart City Schools Office as a research assistant. In 1903 he became a government assessor. In 1904 he applied for the election to Heilbronner Stadtschultheißen, which he won on February 18, 1904. In the election he was able to vote against his opponent, a finance assessor Dr. Sigel , enforce. He took office on April 23, 1904. Göbel's tenure included the imperial era of the early 20th century, the First World War, the turmoil of the November Revolution and the peak of inflation.

On August 25, 1904, he complained about the inadequate "registry". He was particularly committed to the old Heilbronn council library from the Franciscan monastery and was happy about the "return" of the books. The highlights of his tenure before the First World War were the inauguration of the new church fountain in 1904, the Schiller celebration on the 100th anniversary of the poet's death in 1905 and the opening of the new Heilbronn City Theater in 1913. When the war began, it was he who took part on August 1, 1914 read the mobilization from the balcony of the Heilbronn town hall . On November 9, 1918 , a group of Social Democrats and armed soldiers occupied the Heilbronn town hall and declared the takeover of office by a workers 'and soldiers' council. Göbel replied that the city would face the prevailing problems of the time and declared itself loyal to the rebels, who in future would receive two offices in the town hall. The day-to-day political business of the joint councils was to alleviate the famine that prevailed after the war years. In November 1919 the workers 'and soldiers' councils were disarmed and dissolved. In their place came an armed vigilante who u. a. was used in public facilities to protect strikebreakers.

Göbel died on May 5, 1921 at the age of 50 when he attended a festive service in the Nikolaikirche on the occasion of the appointment of the parish priest Kull and suddenly collapsed. A doctor summoned could only determine death. The architect Emil Beutinger was elected as his successor as mayor .

The Paul-Göbel-Brücke ( B 39 , over the railway line to Weinsberg ) and the Paul-Göbel-Strasse in Heilbronn were named after him.

In 1963, a Paul and Anna Göbel Foundation to promote culture, art and popular education was established by Kurt Göbel, son of Paul and Anna Göbel.

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  Göbel on the 100th anniversary of Schiller's death on May 9, 1905

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  Göbel at the inauguration of the church fountain on April 23, 1904

Individual evidence

1. ^ Preserving the past for the future , p. 86
2. ↑ Preserving the past for the future , page 81
3. ↑ Steinhilber: Die Nikolaikirche zu Heilbronn (1965), p. 48

literature

• Wilhelm Steinhilber: The Heilbronn city councils since 1803 (VII): Lord Mayor Paul Göbel . In: Swabia and Franconia. Local history supplement of the Heilbronn voice . 6th year, no. 5 . Heilbronner Stimme Verlag, May 28, 1960 ZDB -ID 128017-X .
• Preserving the past for the future. The city archive Heilbronn: history - tasks - holdings . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1993, ISBN 3-928990-41-1 (Publications of the Heilbronn City Archives, 33). Pages 81, 84-86, 129
• Uwe Jacobi: That was the 20th century in Heilbronn . 1st edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2001, ISBN 3-86134-703-2 , p. 49