Paul Lindemann

This article deals with the former mayor of Kiel Paul Lindemann; on the journalist of the same name, see Paul Lindemann (journalist) .

Paul Lindemann (* 10. January 1871 in Rostock , † 15. May 1924 in Wandsbek ) was from 1912 to 1919 the third mayor of the city of Kiel .

Life

After graduating from high school in Rostock , Lindemann studied law and political science at the University of Rostock and the University of Leipzig , completed his legal clerkship and passed the assessor examination in Rostock in 1896. In the same year he first became a judge there, but soon took over the mayor's office in Neukalen . He continued his career as a local politician in 1903 as a councilor in Stralsund and in 1907 as a city councilor in Magdeburg . In 1908 he was elected second mayor of the city of Kiel and was responsible for financial administration.

After the end of the term of office of the Lord Mayor Paul Fuß , Lindemann was elected as his successor and took over the official business on December 3, 1912. After the collapse of the Empire and the introduction of a democratic municipal electoral system, there was an uproar in the council meeting in 1919 when Lindemann took office Workers' Secretary Paul Greß ( SPD ) commented critically: "By naming one of their party members, the majority parties gave the election a political aftertaste." Greß was "appointed by the trust of party friends". "But it is in the nature of such upheavals, as we are currently experiencing, that basically everything that has existed so far must be eliminated, regardless of whether it has proven itself or not." These statements were viewed by all council groups as a disregard for the democratic candidate list A fruitful cooperation no longer seemed possible. On October 4, 1919, Lindemann resigned. His successor was Emil Lueken .

In 1920 Lindemann joined the forces of the Kapp Putsch , was appointed Upper President of the Province of Schleswig-Holstein on March 14, and fled Kiel three days later after the putsch against the Weimar Republic failed in Berlin. In Leipzig he turned himself in to the police, but was soon taken into custody and released on bail. The treason proceedings against him and others were settled by general amnesty .

Lindemann worked for a short term at a bank and in 1923 became administrative director of the See-Berufsgenossenschaft in Hamburg. He died on May 15, 1924 in Wandsbek.

Web links

• Lindemann biography on the website of the state capital Kiel (Author: Christa Geckeler)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kieler Zeitung October 1, 1910, quoted from Christa Geckeler .