Wilhelm Diederichs
Wilhelm Diederichs (born April 24, 1896 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † April 8, 1974 there ) was a German businessman, politician ( CDU ) and the first freely elected mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr after the Second World War.
biography
Wilhelm Diederichs was district chairman of the center in Mülheim an der Ruhr until 1933 . In 1945 he was one of the founders of the CDU in his hometown. He was elected county party chairman and in the same year city councilor .
On November 4, 1946, Diederichs was elected by the city council as the first Lord Mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr after the end of World War II , after he had already been appointed Lord Mayor by the British military government on May 9 of the same year . He was proposed for the office of Lord Mayor by his party colleague Max Kölges on behalf of the SPD and CDU parliamentary groups. No opposing candidates were put up, so that Diederichs won the election almost unanimously, with the exception of his own abstention and a dissenting vote by the KPD , and held this office until November 18, 1948. Heinrich Gröschner of the SPD was elected mayor under him . From November 21, 1952 to November 8, 1956 he was mayor under Heinrich Thöne ( SPD) .
In 1960 Wilhelm Diederichs became CDU honorary chairman. In 1964, due to his age, he resigned the district chairmanship of the CDU in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
In 1974 Diederichs was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon . In the last few years until his death, Diederichs lived withdrawn for health reasons and died shortly before his 78th birthday.
Diederichs was a member of the St. Marien Church Council, the Catholic Hospital Board of Trustees and the full assembly of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
A street in his hometown was named after him in 2005.
Quotes
"... a man of balance, a man of matter-of-fact, sober reasoning, whose only goal is the good of the community."
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- illustrated city mirror , Mülheim an der Ruhr, May 1974
- Mülheim an der Ruhr - Yearbook '84
- Leaflet "60 years of the Mülheim CDU parliamentary group" ( PDF file )
- November 4, 1946: First meeting of a freely elected city council after the Second World War
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Municipal director: Johann Hermann Voerster (1808–1813)
Mayor: Johann Heinrich Michels (1813–1816) | Lambert Maubach (1816–1821) | Franz Kniffler (1822) | Christian Weuste ( 1822–1847) | Friedrich Fritsch (1847–1851) | Wilhelm Oechelhäuser (1852–1856) | Karl Obertüschen (1857–1873) | Heinrich Bang (1873–1878) | Karl von Bock and Polach (1879–1895)
Lord Mayor: Karl von Bock and Polach (1895–1902) | Paul Lembke (1904–1928) | Alfred Schmidt (1928–1933) | Wilhelm Maerz (1933–1936) | Edwin Hasenjaeger (1936–1945) | Wilhelm Diederichs (1946–1948) | Heinrich Thöne (1948–1969) | Heinz Hager (1969–1974) | Dieter from Siepen (1974–1982) | Eleonore Güllenstern (1982–1994) | Hans-Georg Specht (1994–1999) | Jens Baganz (1999–2002) | Dagmar Mühlenfeld (2003–2015) | Ulrich Scholten (since 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diederichs, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and politician (CDU) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1974 |
| Place of death | Mülheim an der Ruhr |