Ulrich Rastemborski
Ulrich Rastemborski (born October 17, 1940 in Berlin ; † June 24, 1994 there ) was a German lawyer and politician ( CDU ). He was the Berlin Senator for Construction and Housing in the conflict-ridden phase of the squatting in Berlin.
Life
Ulrich Rastemborski studied after graduating from high school in 1959 at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Tübingen until 1964 law . In Tübingen he became a member of the Catholic student union AV Cheruskia Tübingen in the CV . In Berlin he was a member of the KAV Suevia Berlin .
After completing his legal traineeship, a short course at the Administrative Academy Speyer (winter semester 1966/67) and the second state examination (1969), he settled in Berlin as a lawyer. Since 1979 he has also been a notary.
In June 1983 he was appointed by the governing mayor Richard von Weizsäcker to the Senate, which was newly formed after the elections in May 1983. “He announced a program for the repair and modernization of empty old buildings. In August 1983, Rastemborski caused a sensation by his sudden disappearance. Apparently overworked in terms of health and nerves, he announced his resignation. After returning to Berlin, he pursued his profession as a lawyer. "
In addition to party politics, he was a member of the medium-sized and business association of the CDU and of the Berlin Lawyers' Association .
Ulrich and Irmgard Rastemborski had four children.
politics
Rastemborski became a member of the CDU in 1965. At that time he was still a parish youth leader in the Berlin Catholic parish of St. Clara .
Member of the Berlin House of Representatives
Since April 1975 he has been a member of the House of Representatives , in which he headed the Committee on Building and Housing from 1979 to 1981. He also acquired the reputation of a "specialist" for parliamentary committees of inquiry and headed the Garski Committee of the House of Representatives, which had to deal with the surety affair after the collapse of the "Bautechnik KG" of the architect Garski , which prompted the resignation of the Stobbe Senate has been.
From 1977 Rastemborski was deputy district chairman in Neukölln .
“As Neukölln member of the CDU, he cautiously took up criticism of the prevailing urban development policy during the 1981 election campaign, which deserted the city centers and oriented entire old building quarters to demolition while the satellite towns grew up. The squatters, who were alien to all (old) parties, interested him, law-and-order slogans were never heard from him. Even before Richard von Weizsäcker's election victory in May 1981, he appeared in public discussions with sympathizers of the squatters and showed an interest in stopping the demolition policy and the integration of the squatters' protest - unthinkable for the CDU up to that point . "
Building Senator
From June 1981 to 1983 Rastemborski was Berlin's Senator for Construction and Housing. He had been elected to the office at the request of the then governing mayor Richard von Weizsäcker.
Squatting in Berlin
After the election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 1981 on May 10, 1981 and the replacement of the SPD / FDP Senate under Hans-Jochen Vogel by a CDU Senate under Richard von Weizsäcker, the pace against it intensified under the leadership of Interior Senator Heinrich Lummer the squatters. In the summer of 1981 around 170 houses were occupied in the city. In the city, evictions and street fighting were the result of 'civil war-like conditions'. After a large-scale operation to clear eight squatted houses, the squatter Klaus-Jürgen Rattay was killed during a police operation on September 22, 1981 . The incident came as a shock to all sides. Von Weizsäcker initiated a communication course that was taken up by the Evangelical Church in Berlin under Bishop Martin Kruse and led to the redevelopment and legalization of numerous squatted houses and the calming of the situation in the city through the establishment of the alternative redevelopment agency Stattbau in March 1983.
Legalization process
The attempts to come to an understanding and to 'solve the problem of the occupied houses' were overshadowed several times by vicissitudes and challenged by violent conflicts. In the course of negotiations between the intermediary, Stattbau, and the Building Senate, Ulrich Rastemborski became the focus of internal disputes within the ruling Berlin CDU:
Following the suggestion of the representative of the Evangelical Church, Rainer Papenfuß , to the organization Netzwerk Selbsthilfe to found an alternative redevelopment agency , the Senator for Construction also supported this project and agreed to transfer two occupied blocks of old buildings - the Grundag named after the housing associations concerned - (Winterfeldstrasse) and Samog houses (Block 103 in Kreuzberg). “The Senator for the Interior thwarted these plans twice with surprising evictions. In this way, Police Senator Lummer thwarted what Building Senator Ulrich Rastemborski had done. "
Die Zeit commented:
“Today, the actions of the Senate are based on the motto: one step forward (the liberal building senator Ulrich Rastemborski, CDU, can take this by tirelessly sitting down to negotiate with occupiers, owners and various intermediaries) - two steps back (which forces the CDU right wing, Interior Senator Heinrich Lummer, if he uses brute force to evacuate even those occupied houses where a contract is about to be concluded between occupiers and owners). "
resignation
In August 1983 Rastemborski resigned surprisingly. The resignation was preceded by a sudden disappearance, which caused a stir in the public.
"23. August 1983. 'Where's the Senator? Shortly before his disappearance, the 42-year-old Ulrich Rastemborski celebrated in a particularly good mood at a hen party. ' ( BZ of the day) […] Friday, August 22nd, 8:30 am, a large Senate team in black limousines waits in vain for the building senator in the IBA area in front of Block 104 . He had already taken off his hat and the first plane to Frankfurt and, as it turned out in retrospect, had also said goodbye to the constant stress and party quarrels. He won't come back as a building senator. "
The renewed concern about the failure of the contract negotiations, however, only lasted briefly: “5. September 1983. The new Senator for Construction Franke signs the redevelopment contract, which is ready to be signed by Richard von Weizsäcker. Stattbau and the [12] houses in block 103 can take a deep breath and begin. "
Appreciation
While Rastemborski received irony and ridicule, as expected, in parts of the governing parties and the "Springer press" , mediators and negotiating partners reacted more understandingly:
“The negotiating legend of the Winterfeld houses and the houses in Block 103 in Kreuzberg is basically too sober evidence of the human and political commitment with which the Senator for Construction at the time tried to solve the so-called“ occupation question ”. [...] On an emotional level, he was probably always very aware that the "concern" of the residents in the occupied houses went far beyond the rational area of housing policy. [...] Actually, this is the only way to explain his patience bordering on masochism (towards the 'hardliners' on all levels) to find a 'decent' (as I suspect, he would say: a 'Christian') solution. The fact that he not only met with a lack of understanding from the clean men of his party, but also at the beginning with the lack of understanding of his administration, for whom the whole thing apparently seemed 'too risky', is probably the tragedy of an 'emotionally charged' politician. [...] The 12 principles of careful urban renewal formulated by Senator Rastemborski together with the Berlin Building Exhibition are certainly the way of the future. "
The taz wrote about his death :
“He was incorruptible. He did not speak to 'investors' in private, and immediately returned gifts that had been 'forgotten' with him. He saw himself as a 'civil servant' in a traditional sense, and he wanted democratic decision-making processes in urban development as well. [...] Lummer, who cleared houses and had himself celebrated as the winner, was Rastemborski's great opponent in the Senate and made him appear to have broken his word several times. […] He died, completely surprising, of a heart attack on Friday night. Until the last day he worked as a lawyer as his clients and friends knew him: hastily, quick, effective, a little clumsy and yet precise and engaging. It burned as fast as the countless cigarettes he smoked every day. Unfortunately only for 54 years. "
literature
- Werner Breunig, Andreas Herbst (ed.): Biographical handbook of the Berlin parliamentarians 1963–1995 and city councilors 1990/1991 (= series of publications of the Berlin State Archives. Volume 19). Landesarchiv Berlin, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-9803303-5-0 , p. 300.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Rastemborski was only 54 years old - ex-building senator died. In: Berliner Zeitung . June 25, 1994, Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Munzinger portrait . Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ A b Jony Eisenberg: incorruptible, liberal . In: The daily newspaper . June 27, 1994, p. 24 ( taz.de ).
- ↑ Stattbau informs. Volume 2, Berlin 1984, p. 325.
- ^ "The Berlin Line is a corpse" - How the Weizsäcker Senate wants to end the squatting movement . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1983 ( online - June 20, 1983 ).
- ↑ Peter Beck: Negotiation History 2. In: Stattbau informed. 2, 1984, p. 85.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rastemborski, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), MdA, Berlin Senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1994 |
| Place of death | Berlin |