Peter Gilles (politician)

Peter Gilles (born February 7, 1874 in Grimlinghausen , Kr. Neuss, † July 11, 1968 in Grevenbroich ) was a German lawyer and local politician .

Life

Gilles was born as the son of the businessman Heinrich Gilles and his wife Maria Gilles (née Schmitz). On September 11, 1901, he married Maria Petit (1879–1951) in Essen .

He attended the Quirinus-Gymnasium in Neuss , where he passed his matriculation examination in 1895, and underwent a commercial apprenticeship between 1895 and 1897. He then worked in the editorial department of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitung . He continued his education by studying law and political science at the University of Berlin and from 1905 at the University of Bonn , where he received his doctorate in July 1909.

From 1909 he worked as in-house counsel for the Rhine-Westphalian Brewery Association. On May 1, 1912, he joined the municipal administration as an unskilled worker at the municipal administration of Dortmund , which remained his area of activity until his retirement. From May 1, 1913, he was a laborer in Herdecke , from December 9, 1913, Mayor of Neurode (Silesia) and, from November 22, 1918, Mayor of Saarlouis .

On August 25, 1919, Gilles, who belonged to the German Center Party , temporarily took over the office of mayor in Viersen and was confirmed in the election of December 30, 1919. With effect from November 6, 1929 he was Lord Mayor of the city and was re-elected on March 25, 1931. After the National Socialists came to power, he was given leave of absence on May 8, 1933 and retired on December 1, 1933.

After the collapse of the Third Reich, the British control authorities appointed him in March 1945 as district administrator for the Grevenbroich-Neuss district . He remained in this office until 1949.

Since 1931 he was an honorary member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Asgard Cologne.

Honors

1952: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (= publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ In the library catalogs there is a dissertation under his name on electricity as a driving force in large-scale industry and the question of power generation in the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial district with the note: “Bonn, phil. Diss. V. October 15, 1909, Ref. Schumacher ”. However, the assignment has not been clarified.

personal data
SURNAME	Gilles, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and local politician (center)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 7, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grimlinghausen (Neuss)
DATE OF DEATH	July 11, 1968
Place of death	Grevenbroich

[1] In the library catalogs there is a dissertation under his name on electricity as a driving force in large-scale industry and the question of power generation in the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial district with the note: “Bonn, phil. Diss. V. October 15, 1909, Ref. Schumacher ”. However, the assignment has not been clarified.