Paul Martin (politician, 1859)

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Paul Martin (born December 11, 1859 in Dürrheim , † August 13, 1913 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German politician.

After graduating from high school in Karlsruhe in 1879 , Martin completed his military service as a one-year volunteer . He then studied law at the University of Freiburg until 1883 . After a legal clerkship in Villingen, he became a police officer at the Heidelberg district office in 1891 . In 1894 Martin was elected the second mayor of Mannheim , with responsibility for the poor and sick. Only four years later he became the first mayor and head of the building department. In addition, he was a member of the district council and in 1907 chairman of the district assembly. In 1908, after the death of Otto Beck, he was elected Lord Mayor of Mannheim. He was married to Johanna Fanny Schloss (1868–1928).

Martin's grave in Mannheim

Martin continued the politics of his predecessor, but placed an emphasis on art and culture. He promoted Fritz Wichert , the first director of the Kunsthalle , and the National Theater . During Martin's tenure, Mannheim's district increased by almost 50 percent through the incorporation of Sandhofen , Feudenheim and Rheinau . The construction work for the Herschelbad and the new clinic has started. In addition, with the establishment of the Rhein-Haardtbahn and the Upper Rhine Railway, important points were made for the transport connection between the region and Mannheim.

In 1913 Martin died unexpectedly of a heart attack during a cure in Bad Nauheim. The city of Mannheim named a street after him and maintains his grave in the main cemetery as a grave of honor . The grave consists of a richly decorated limestone urn with four putti heads on the sides. In front a representation of Melpomene , behind Thanatos with a torch. At the deceased's request, no portrait was chosen, but an architectural solution in the Greek architectural style. The burial motto was chosen by Martin himself.

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  1. MARCHIVUM: street names, Paul-Martin-Ufer. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
  2. ^ W. Münkel: The cemeteries in Mannheim . SVA 1992, p. 136