Rolf Böhme

Rolf Böhme (right) receives the state government under Prime Minister Lothar Späth (left) in the Freiburg City Hall (1987)

Rolf Böhme (born August 6, 1934 in Konstanz ; † February 12, 2019 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German lawyer and politician of the SPD .

From 1978 to 1982 he was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance and from 1982 to 2002 Lord Mayor of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau .

education and profession

Böhme studied law in Munich and Freiburg . In 1965 he joined the Baden-Württemberg tax administration, and in 1968 he was admitted as a specialist lawyer for tax law. In 1969 his promotion to Dr. jur. at the University of Freiburg with the work The limitation of official liability to the sovereign administration .

From 2003 to 2015, Böhme Partner worked in the Freiburg office of the Graf von Westphalen law firm, particularly in the field of public law and project development. When he gave up his legal practice, he also renounced his admission to the bar at the Freiburg Bar. From 2002 to 2005 he was also an honorary advisor to the former Federal Interior Minister Otto Schily .

MP

Since 1959 Böhme belonged to the SPD. In 1970 he was delegated to the SPD party council . In 1971 Böhme became a Freiburg city councilor. From 1972 until his resignation on December 2, 1982, Böhme was a member of the German Bundestag . He was always drawn into the Bundestag via the state list of Baden-Württemberg .

Public offices

On February 16, 1978 he was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance in the Federal Government led by Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt . On the occasion of a cabinet reshuffle, he resigned on April 28, 1982.

Rolf Böhme at an election campaign event at Bertoldsbrunnen (September 1982)

On November 16, 1982, he was elected Lord Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau in the second ballot - the opposing candidate was Sven von Ungern-Sternberg - and thus Eugen Keidel's successor . When he stopped running in 2002, the Green Dieter Salomon became his successor. The city of Freiburg named the Great Hall of the concert hall, which was significantly supported by Böhme, after him during his lifetime. During his term of office, the construction of the B 31 Ost fell , which relieves large parts of the east of Freiburg from through traffic with a tunnel. The district of Betzenhausen received new impulses through a state horticultural show . The economy, tourism, energy supply and local public transport were strengthened by special purpose enterprises. Cross-border cooperation was also important to Rolf Böhme . B. through the establishment of the Freiburg regional society, through joint municipal council meetings with the neighboring city of Mulhouse and through his participation in the trinational advisory board of EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg . Rolf Böhme was involved in founding the Zelt-Musik-Festival and the Jazzhaus Freiburg .

Life

Rolf Böhme was the grandson of the social democrat Heinrich Delp , who was president of the Hessian state parliament until 1931 and mayor of Darmstadt until 1933. Heinrich Delp died in the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 a few days after the liberation.

In the summer of 2016, Böhme suffered a stroke and has been dependent on a wheelchair ever since. Since 2017 he has lived in a nursing home in Wiehre . He died in February 2019 at the age of 84. His grave is in the main cemetery in Freiburg .

Grave in the main cemetery in Freiburg.

Honors

In 2002 Böhme became an honorary citizen of the city of Freiburg. On April 27, 2002 he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart and on June 27, 2005 Otto Schily in Berlin awarded him the Great Federal Cross of Merit . On November 29, 2012, he received an honorary doctorate from the Medical Faculty of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg for his services to the further development of the city of Freiburg, in particular with regard to its attractiveness as a living space and as a location for medical conferences and congress events.

Publications

The more we have, the more we have too little. Comments from everyday political life. (= Politik im Taschenbuch , Volume 8) Dietz, Bonn, 3rd edition, 1994. ISBN 3-8012-0199-6 .
Places of remembrance - ways of reconciliation. How to deal with the Holocaust in a German city after 1945. Herder, Freiburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-451-23117-9 .

literature

Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 82-83.

Web links

Commons : Rolf Böhme - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Rolf Böhme in the catalog of the German National Library
Boehme's political life in pictures in the Badische Zeitung

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Joachim Röderer: Freiburg's former mayor Rolf Böhme is dead. In: Badische Zeitung . February 12, 2019, accessed February 12, 2019 .
↑ Barbara Mayer: Dr. Rolf Böhme: Farewell to retirement. In: Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. January 7, 2016, accessed April 15, 2017 .
↑ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Böhme, Rolf, p. 48 .
↑ Companions remember: "Rolf Böhme was top-class". In: Badische Zeitung. February 12, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .
↑ He never told his grandson about Dachau. In: Echo-Online . January 19, 2013, archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on February 13, 2019 .
^ Joachim Röderer: Rolf Böhme: Back in Freiburg. In: Badische Zeitung. April 15, 2017, archived from the original on April 15, 2017 ; accessed on February 13, 2019 .
↑ Joachim Röderer: Former Mayor Rolf Böhme spoke at the commemoration ceremony for the destruction of Freiburg. In: Badische Zeitung. November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ Joachim Röderer: Farewell to Rolf Böhme - a Homo Politicus and passionate European. Badische Zeitung, February 22, 2019, accessed on February 24, 2019 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Eugene Keidel	Lord Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau 1982–2002	Dieter Salomon

personal data
SURNAME	Böhme, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Constancy
DATE OF DEATH	February 12, 2019
Place of death	Freiburg in Breisgau

[Roederer-1] Joachim Röderer: Freiburg's former mayor Rolf Böhme is dead. In: Badische Zeitung . February 12, 2019, accessed February 12, 2019 .

[2] Barbara Mayer: Dr. Rolf Böhme: Farewell to retirement. In: Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. January 7, 2016, accessed April 15, 2017 .

[3] Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Böhme, Rolf, p. 48 .

[4] Companions remember: "Rolf Böhme was top-class". In: Badische Zeitung. February 12, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .

[5] He never told his grandson about Dachau. In: Echo-Online . January 19, 2013, archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on February 13, 2019 .

[6] Joachim Röderer: Rolf Böhme: Back in Freiburg. In: Badische Zeitung. April 15, 2017, archived from the original on April 15, 2017 ; accessed on February 13, 2019 .

[7] Joachim Röderer: Former Mayor Rolf Böhme spoke at the commemoration ceremony for the destruction of Freiburg. In: Badische Zeitung. November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .

[8] Joachim Röderer: Farewell to Rolf Böhme - a Homo Politicus and passionate European. Badische Zeitung, February 22, 2019, accessed on February 24, 2019 .