Walter Lübke

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The emergency bill from 1923 bears Lübke's signature

Walter Ernst Louis August Lübke (born September 10, 1861 in Berlin , † November 18, 1930 on a trip to Starnberg ) was a Prussian politician ( DVP ) and Lord Mayor of Bad Homburg in front of the height .

education and profession

Walter Lübke studied political science and law in Berlin. After working as a court trainee from 1884 to 1888, he passed the Grand State Examination in 1889. He worked for the city of Hamburg for the next seven years and was then an alderman in Witten .

politics

Walter Lübke was elected mayor of Bad Homburg in 1907 without a dissenting vote. From 1909 he carried the title of Lord Mayor. As Lord Mayor, he was responsible for the areas of finance, police and spa / bath management. Until 1918 he was a member of the district council of the Obertaunuskreis and there since 1909 a member of the district committee and district deputy. From 1918 to 1920 he was a member of the Nassau municipal parliament for the Obertaunus district and a member of the finance committee there. The first democratically elected city council of Bad Homburg elected him again on April 8, 1919 as mayor. In May 1924 he resigned from this office and returned to Berlin. He died in 1930 on a vacation trip to Lake Starnberg .

Private matters and honors

Lübke married Fanny zu Reventlow in 1894 and initially supported her in her art training in Munich. They separated in 1895 and divorced in 1897. In May 2018, Bad Homburg paid tribute to the services of its former mayor by naming Walter-Lübke-Platz.

literature

  • Nassau parliamentarians. Part 2: Barbara Burkardt, Manfred Pult: The municipal parliament of the Wiesbaden administrative district 1868–1933 (= publications of the historical commission for Nassau. 71 = prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. 17). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-930221-11-X , p. 221.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lord Mayor Hetjes inaugurates Walter-Lübke-Platz (press release of the City of Bad Homburg from May 14, 2018, accessed July 23, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Luebke, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lübke, Walter Ernst Louis August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian politician (DVP) and Lord Mayor of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1930
Place of death on a trip to Starnberg