Paul Schmook

Paul Schmook (born March 23, 1860 in Stralsund ; † November 1921 in Berlin ; born Paul August Wilhelm Franz Ludwig Georg Schmock ) was a German lawyer , 2nd Mayor of Halberstadt (1888–1890) and Mayor of Burbach - Malstatt (1900– 1909).

Life

After school education and matriculation, he studied law at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and the Friedrich Wilhelms University of Berlin . He passed his first state examination in law on June 23, 1881, followed by his legal clerkship at the courts of Stralsund, Altona , Wandsbek and Kiel . Then he passed the second state examination on April 19, 1886. From July 2 of the same year, Paul Schmook was assessor at the Berlin magistrate until September 10, 1888 .

It was not until March 24, 1903 that he changed his previous family name from "Schmock" to "Schmook". The use of the name Schmock , which was very widespread at the time, in the reading “empty, swollen talk” was probably sufficient to justify this , which could certainly only be detrimental to a desired career in politics.

Public offices

He became second mayor of Halberstadt on September 10, 1888 and held this office until June 14, 1890. Subsequently he was paid community leader in Berlin-Schöneberg until March 31, 1898 . On July 1, 1898, he was until July 2, 1900 community leader in Treptow . Schmook stood on May 25, 1900 for election for the office of mayor of Malstatt-Burbach, a northeastern suburb of the city of Saarbrücken . The Trier government confirmed his election on July 2, 1900, and he took office on July 19 of the same year.

By resolution of the Saarbrücken city council on August 15, 1907, confirmed on October 1, Schmook received, in addition to his mayor's office on site, the commission of provisional administration of the neighboring municipality of Saarbrücken from October 19, 1907 - his colleague there, Feldmann , had his certificate of commitment with him Effective January 1, 1908, already signed at this point in time and was in early retirement . Schmook's goal was to create the city ​​of Saarbrücken from the communities of Alt-Saarbrücken with Burbach - Malstatt and Sankt Johann . He was instrumental in drafting the unification treaty with the Sankt Johannern, and the administrative bodies on both sides gave the go-ahead on December 5, 1908. His term of office ended one day before the contractually agreed merger on March 31, 1909. Neither Paul Schmook nor his Sankt Johann counterpart Paul Neff wanted to submit to the other local government afterwards. The position of the new mayor was advertised, and Emil Mangold was chosen on May 6, 1909 .

The administrative lawyer Schmook then turned his back on the newly formed Saar metropolis forever. He was appointed April 1, 1909 Government in Marienwerder (West Prussia) , from 1911 to 1919 he was chairman of the investment committee of the Prussian financial administration in Gdansk . This was followed by employment with the Oberpräsident in Koblenz and with the state tax office in Breslau . From September 1920 Schmook was senior councilor and head of the Berlin-Lichtenberg tax office .

The Saarbrücken city unification

For years, the community fathers of the settlements on the left and right of the Saar have been fighting for a union. Basically wanted by every side, but disputes in detail kept efforts stalling. The conflict culminated in 1894 in a life-and-death pistol duel between the old Saarbrücken principal Friedrich Wilhelm Feldmann and his colleague from Sankt Johann, Paul Neff . For years nothing more was achieved than the assimilation of the village of Sankt Arnual to the old Saarbrücker urban area in 1897. Movement only came back into the matter from 1905, the merger finally sealed in 1908. The rest was routine. The agreement reached the Prussian Ministry of the Interior through the incumbent District President Constanz von Baltz . After it was passed in the legislative process of the Prussian state parliament, the agreement with the emperor's imperial signature came into force on April 1, 1909. On April 16 and 17, 1909, Saarbrücken elected its first unified city council meeting.

Honorary positions

• In the war 1914–1918 in the XVII General Command

See also

Paul-Schmook-Straße (formerly Rathausstraße ) in the Saarbrücken- Malstatt district is a reminder of his work. The Technical-Commercial-Vocational Training Center II (TGBBZ II) of the city of Saarbrücken, located in the former Malstatter Town Hall , has been called the Paul-Schmook-Schule since 1978 .

literature

• Hanns Klein: short biographies of the mayors of Saarbrücken ; in: Journal for the history of the Saar region 19th century, Historical Association for the Saar region , Saarbrücken 1971, p. 524

Web links

• Paul Schmook on Saarland biographies
• Topic page on the founding of a major city in Saarbrücken in 1909 (last accessed on January 8, 2014)