St. Pauli Civic Association from 1843

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The St. Pauli Citizens' Association from 1843 e. V. was founded in 1843, making it the oldest civic association in Germany and the first civic association in Hamburg .

Since January 1, 2018, the citizens' association has been recognized as a non-profit organization and authorized to accept donations . It is listed in the register of associations at the Hamburg District Court under the number VR 17885.

history

As a founding March 8, 1843 has survived, as founding is restaurant "country house on the high road" (today Feldstraße 60-61, corner Glacischaussee) specified. The association should be seen as a representation of interests of the citizens against the ruling politics . When it was founded, the association had 12 active members and a short time later 110 active members . The number grew to 162 by the end of 1848, and around 1900 there were even 4,000 members. In the first 15 years of the association's existence there were 13 different presidents on the board . The first president was the businessman Matthias Mahlandt . On August 17, 1848, the association held an independent constituent assembly. In 1934, the civic associations were downgraded to local history associations and only revived after the Second World War with the establishment of the Association of German Civic Associations . In 1949 Willy Bartels joined the citizens' association. In the 1960s , Friedrich Winkelmann was chairman of the citizens' association. In 1979 Harry H. Oest became a member of the association and was appointed chairman in January 1986. He died on August 8, 1997. He was succeeded by Ralph Lindenau. From November 11, 1997, he headed the association for around 20 years. In April 2018, Ralph Lindenau handed over the chairmanship to Dieter Lohberger. Lindenau was also appointed honorary chairman . Ekkehart Opitz became second chairman and Carsten Maywald took over the position of treasurer .

Content and activities

According to the minutes handed down, the first topics of the association were

He supported the building of the tower of St. Nikolai with a collection of shillings . In 1848 the association took part in building the German fleet for Germany's defense against Denmark . Even then, the Heiligengeistfeld was to be cultivated. The Hamburg St. Pauli Turnverein wanted to build a hall , but this was prevented by the resistance of the citizens' association. In 1989 more than 10,000 signatures were collected against the development of the Heiligengeistfeld with the “Super Dome”. In 1997 the association campaigned in vain for the preservation of the harbor hospital . Under his then chairman Harry H. Oest, Monday demonstrations were organized and over 50,000 signatures were collected. The resulting initiative "A district stands up - Save the harbor hospital" could not stop the closure. Holger Hanisch continued the Monday demonstrations and also founded the “CaFée mit Herz”, a social institution for poor, unemployed and homeless people on St. Pauli. In 2004 the association of Portuguese citizens was presented with “Citizens Thank You”. In January 2008, the St. Pauli and Duisburg-Ruhrort citizens' associations concluded their first district partnership. In addition to representing residents' interests, the association has also been offering socially oriented events since 2015, such as the “Nice Days” project (not only) for refugee children . On June 29, 2017, the "Saint Paul" day was launched.

Club magazine

The club magazine was published as early as 1925 under the name "Club newspaper St. Pauli Bürgererverein". In March 1950 it was renamed “St. Pauli Kurier ”, from 1965 to September 1998 it published under the name“ Der Hamburger Bürger ”, then as“ Die Bürgerzeitung ”, since 2011 under the name“ Der St. Paulianer ”. From 1996 to 1998 the association published the “St. Pauli Citizens' Magazine "in the" Open Channel ".

Individual evidence

  1. Foundation , photo at Hamburg Bildarchiv accessed on October 7, 2018
  2. Trümmer - Träume - Tor zur Welt: The History of Hamburg from 1945 to the Present , google-books, page 206, accessed on October 7, 2018
  3. St. Pauli: Der große Nepp , Der Spiegel from February 1, 1961, accessed on October 7, 2018
  4. Vice Preses Harry H. Oest , Bürgerervereine in Hamburg, accessed on October 7, 2018
  5. St. Pauli Citizens Association: Lindenau remains president , Hamburger Abendblatt of March 13, 2006, accessed on October 7, 2018
  6. Changing of the guard at the Sankt Pauli Bürgerverein , reeperbahn.de in the Hamburger Morgenpost from April 12, 2018, accessed on October 7, 2018
  7. The Ruhrort and Sankt Pauli citizens' associations have agreed a district partnership , WAZ from January 14, 2008, accessed on October 7, 2018

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