Robert Brauner
Robert Brauner (born April 12, 1907 in Herne ; † October 22, 1992 ) was a German politician ( SPD ). From 1951 to 1974 he was Lord Mayor of the city of Herne .
Life
Robert Brauner was born the son of a miner. He completed an apprenticeship as a painter and later became an independent master of painting and varnishing .
Because of his political convictions, Brauner was persecuted by the National Socialists during the Nazi era. He had to spend several years in prison. In December 1945, the British military government appointed him a member of a 38-member city council of Hernes, whose term of office ended with the first free local elections after the Second World War in October 1946.
Brauner served as Lord Mayor of the city of Herne from October 1951 to December 1974. During his tenure, the town twinning with Hénin-Beaumont was established. After the municipal reform and the associated merger of the city with Wanne-Eickel , he was from January to May 1975 commissioner for the performance of the tasks of the council and the council chairmen. He is buried in the south cemetery in Herne.
Robert Brauner was married to Hedwig Nickel since 1933.
Honors
- Honorary citizen of the city of Herne in 1984
- Robert-Brauner-Platz with a memorial in the center of Hernes
- Robert Brauner School in Herne
- Robert-Brauner-Strasse in Hénin-Beaumont (May 2014)
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener , Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? Volume 34.Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1995, p. 155.
Hermann Schaefer (1897–1907) | Karl Büren (1907–1913) | Georg Sporleder (1913–1925) | Kurt Täger (1925–1933) | Albert Meister (1933–1942) | Hermann Meyerhoff (1942–1943) | Hugo Peiter (1943–1945) | Hermann Meyerhoff (1945–1946) | Heinrich Crämer (1946) | Hermann Kleine (1946–1948) | Josef Walter (1948–1951) | Robert Brauner (1951–1974) | Manfred Urbanski (1975–1984) | Wilhelm Pohlmann (1984-1994) | Wolfgang Becker (1994-2004) | Horst Schiereck (2004-2015) | Frank Dudda (since 2015)
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| SURNAME | Brauner, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Herne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herne |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1992 |